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Yeichi Nimura discusses Virginia Lee, Dean Crane, and Ballet Arts [and] Yeichi Nimura talks about his family and childhood in Japan

Title
Yeichi Nimura discusses Virginia Lee, Dean Crane, and Ballet Arts [and] Yeichi Nimura talks about his family and childhood in Japan [sound recording].
Author
Nimura, Yeichi, 1897-1979.
Publication
1978.

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Additional Authors
  • Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura. dnr
  • Oral history archive.
Found In
Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection
Description
1 sound disc (ca. 61 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Alternative Title
Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection. Audio materials.
Subject
  • Nimura, Yeichi, 1897-1979 > Family
  • Lee, Virginia, 1904?-1979
  • Kay, Lisan
  • Crane, Dean
  • Ballet Arts (New York, N.Y.)
Note
  • Tracks 1 to 7: Yeichi Nimura talks briefly about his early dance training with Katherine Edson and at the Denishawn School of Dance. He reflects on his professional relationship with Virginia Lee and the problems that have developed at Ballet Arts since the arrival of Dean Crane. The recording was made on February 2, 1978.
  • Tracks 8 to 13: Yeichi Nimura talks about his family and his childhood in Japan, and his early career as a dancer in the U.S. The recording was made in 1978.
  • The quality is poor. There is extraneous noise throughout the recording, and the speaker is unintelligible at times.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation was funded by the Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura.
System Details (note)
  • Transferred from 1 sound cassette (ca. 61 min.; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; two channels; originally recorded in 1978) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2011.
Source (note)
  • Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura
Language (note)
  • In English.
Linking Entry (note)
  • Forms part of: Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection. Audio materials.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2687
OCLC
743805397
Author
Nimura, Yeichi, 1897-1979.
Title
Yeichi Nimura discusses Virginia Lee, Dean Crane, and Ballet Arts [and] Yeichi Nimura talks about his family and childhood in Japan [sound recording].
Imprint
1978.
Funding
Preservation was funded by the Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura.
System Details
Transferred from 1 sound cassette (ca. 61 min.; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; two channels; originally recorded in 1978) to wav file and compact disc formats in 2011.
Language
In English.
Linking Entry
Forms part of: Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection. Audio materials.
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2687
Source
Gift; Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura, Sept. 2007. NN-PD
Added Author
Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura. Donor
Oral history archive.
Added Title
Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection. Audio materials.
Found In:
Yeichi Nimura and Lisan Kay Nimura collection
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2687
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