- Additional Authors
- Chazin-Bennahum, Judith
- Description
- 2 compact discs (approximately one hour and 19 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1 (approximately 56 minutes). Agnes de Mille speaks with Judith Chazin-Bennahum about Antony Tudor whom she first met in London in the 1930s; her contentious relationship with Marie Rambert; leaving Rambert's theater and working with Tudor; Tudor's relationship with Hugh Laing; Tudor's work Gallant assembly; his work The descent of Hebe; Tudor's financial compensation from Rambert for Jardin [Le jardin aux lilas]; Tudor and World War II; Tudor's behavior to her in connection with an awards ceremony; the deepness of his emotions and his sense of humor as expressed in his work; her relationship with Hugh Laing when they were performing together in London; Peggy van Praagh; De Mille as a dancer; Tudor's work Judgment of Paris including his performance; her thoughts on Baryshnikov in Tudor's works; Tudor's ungraciousness with respect to De Mille's work Fall River legend; more about their relationship when they were in London [ends abruptly].
- Disc 2 (approximately 33 minutes). Agnes de Mille continues to speak with Judith Chazin-Bennahum about Antony Tudor including her opinions of his works The leaves are fading and Romeo and Juliet; his work Les mains gauches; De Mille's falling out with Nora Kaye in connection with De Mille's ballet Sebastian; briefly, Margaret Craske including Tudor's admiration for her; briefly, Tudor's works Undertow, Shadow of the wind, and Shadowplay; Tudor's competitiveness; De Mille's work Three virgins and the devil; very briefly, her work Talley-ho; the rareness of truly good work in art [short gap at approximately 3 minutes into track 6]; Alicia Alonso's revolutionary politics [gap]; discussion of several dance scholars including Olga Maynard [ends abruptly].
- Alternative Title
- Judith Chazin-Bennahum collection of Antony Tudor audio material.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Agnes de Mille on Antony Tudor conducted by Judith Chazin-Bennahum at Agnes de Mille's apartment in New York City on July 18, 1989. This interview was conducted as part of Chazin-Bennahum's research for her book The ballets of Antony Tudor: studies in psyche and satire (1994).
- Sound quality is fair on audio disc 1. There is tape hiss and extraneous noise. Also, Agnes de Mille's voice is often soft and difficult to understand. Her voice is much clearer on most of disc 2.
- Title supplied by cataloger based on handwritten note on original container.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2928
- OCLC
- 828862954
- Author
De Mille, Agnes, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Agnes de Mille on Antony Tudor 1989, 1989.
- Production
1989.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audio disc
- Original Version
Original format : 1 microcassette (approximately one hour and 19 minutes; 0.9375 in. per sec. ; half-track). Originally recorded in 1989.
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTCO 2-2928
- Local Subject
Audiotapes -- De Mille, A.
- Added Author
Chazin-Bennahum, Judith, interviewer.
Judith Chazin-Bennahum, donor
- Added Title
Judith Chazin-Bennahum collection of Antony Tudor audio material.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2928