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Interviews with Annabelle Lyon, 197-

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Title
Interviews with Annabelle Lyon, 197-
Additional title: Interview with Annabelle Lyon
Additional title: Making the dance scene (Radio program)
Names
Lyon, Annabelle, 1916-2011 (Interviewee)
Nathanson, Lucile Brahms (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1970 - 1979 (Approximate)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 5-449
Topics
Lyon, Annabelle, 1916-2011
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
Dance teachers
Genres
Interviews
Radio programs
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded for broadcast by WHPC-FM, the radio station of Nassau Community College 197-? Nassau (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.
Acquisition: Gift; Nathanson, Lucile Brahms
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (19 min.) : 3 3/4 ips ; 5 in.
Sound quality is excellent.
Description
Two interviews with Annabelle Lyon, each conducted by Lucile Brahms Nathanson as host, for broadcast by WHPC-FM, the radio station of Nassau Community College, on its series Making the dance scene. Streaming file 1 (approximately 15 minutes). Music and introductory remarks by Lucille Brahms Nathanson; Annabelle Lyon speaks with Lucille Brahms Nathanson about her professional stage debut, as a soloist, at Lewisohn Stadium in [Michel] Fokine's work Les sylphides; dancing for George Balanchine in the Metropolitan Opera ballet; her relatively short career as a dancer; the musical comedy Carousel; her background including her decision as a child to become a dancer; her classes, on scholarship, with Fokine including some of the other students; closing remarks and music. Streaming file 2 (approximately 15 minutes). Music and introductory remarks by Lucille Brahms Nathanson; Annabelle Lyon speaks with Lucille Brahms Nathanson about teaching ballet, to children, including how she learned how to teach; her unsuccessful experience with the creative (as opposed to formal) approach to teaching ballet; her very good experience teaching at the American School of Ballet; Michel Fokine's influence on her teaching; her experience dancing in a Russian night club in New York City; closing remarks and music.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 83417829
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118245
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 27d48680-c346-0133-461b-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1916: Creator Born
  • 1970: Created (Approximate)
  • 2011: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interviews with Annabelle Lyon" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1970 - 1979. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b4fa8d0-c346-0133-eddc-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interviews with Annabelle Lyon" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b4fa8d0-c346-0133-eddc-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1970 - 1979). Interviews with Annabelle Lyon Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2b4fa8d0-c346-0133-eddc-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interviews with Annabelle Lyon