- Additional Authors
- Conway, Peter, 1929 July 18-
- Description
- 2 streaming audio files (approximately 3 hours and 13 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming file 1, October 24, 1979 (approximately one hour and 36 minutes). Frederic Franklin speaks with Peter Conway about Alexandra Danilova and their partnership; Russian ballet style including how it was influenced by stage and studio size; synchronizing music to films of Leonide Massine's ballets; more on his partnership with Danilova; his partnerships with Mia Slavenska and Ruthanna Boris; some of his partners in Giselle including Alicia Alonso and Yvette Chauviré; his guest appearances with Sadler's Wells Ballet in 1949; Ninette de Valois; the early days of English ballet; the many choreographers with whom he worked; George Balanchine's Le baiser de la fée including the cast; the early days of Ballet Theatre [now American Ballet Theatre] including an anecdote about Antony Tudor; Massine's The New Yorker including an anecdote about Mia Slavenska and her costume; the censoring of Ruth Page's [and Bentley Stone's] Frankie and Johnny; her work The bells including its controversial aspects; Ruth Page as a person and as a choreographer including as compared to Agnes de Mille; performing in De Mille's work Rodeo; Edward Caton's ballet Lola Montez; Eleanor Marra.
- Streaming file 2, October 25, 1979 (approximately one hour and 37 minutes). Frederic Franklin speaks with Peter Conway about touring with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in South America during World War II; his memories of René Blum; Boris Kochno; the company's lack of artistic direction and Sergei Denham; touring in the United States including anecdotes about Denham, the critic Claudia Cassidy, and others; company members including Sonia Woizikowsky; touring during World War II including life on the train; Eugenia Delarova, Leonide Massine, and Tatiana (Leskova) Massine; The song of Norway; Bronislava Nijinska and her work for the company including Ancient Russia; Irving Deakin; Maria Tallchief; Pilar López; George Balanchine and his work for the company including Danses concertantes; the revival of [Vaslaw Nijinsky's] Afternoon of a faun [Apres-midi d'un faune].
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Balanchine, George
- American Ballet Theatre
- New Yorker (Choreographic work : Massine)
- Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013 > Interviews
- Chauviré, Yvette, 1917-2016
- Blum, René, 1878-1942
- Boris, Ruthanna
- Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
- Slavenska, Mia
- Danses concertantes (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
- Bells (Choreographic work : Page)
- De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001
- Balanchine, George > Baiser de la fée
- Sound recordings
- Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
- Oral histories
- Delarova, Eugenia
- Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Oral histories.
- Note
- For transcript of interview see *MGZMT 5-1095, volumes 9-12, pages 427-564.
- Interview with Frederic Franklin conducted by Peter Conway for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division Oral History Project at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, on October 24 and 25, 1979. Part 1 (April 30 and May 1, 1979), Part 2 (May 7 and 8, 1979), Part 3 (May 11 and 18), Part 5 (October 9, 12, and 22, 1981), Part 6 (October 22 and 27, 1981), and Part 7 (November 3 and 5, 1981) are cataloged separately.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good overall.
- Access (note)
- Access only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
- Funding (note)
- The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 5-1095
- OCLC
- 994684763
- Author
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Frederic Franklin. Part 4 of 7: October 24 and 25, 1979
- Imprint
1979
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center
- Event
Recorded by Peter Conway for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts October 24 and 25, 1979 New York (N.Y.)
- Funding
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 3 hours and 13 minutes); polyester; half-track; 1.875 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto51095_v04f01_sc and myd_mgzto51095_v04f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZT 5-1095
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- Added Author
Conway, Peter, 1929 July 18- interviewer
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-1095