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Interview with Walter Terry, 1980

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Title
Interview with Walter Terry, 1980
Additional title: Speaking of dance (Radio program)
Names
Terry, Walter (Interviewee)
Stern, Lee Edward (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1980-01-19
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-797
Topics
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
Bournonville, August, 1805-1879
Terry, Walter -- Interviews
American Ballet Theatre
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Interview with Walter Terry conducted by Lee Edward Stern, as host; broadcast on January 19, 1980 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Speaking of dance.
Funding: The processing 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.
Venue: Recorded for and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Speaking of dance Broadcast on January 29, 1967 New York (N.Y.)
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 32 minutes) : analog, 7.5 ips, full-track, 7 in.
The sound quality is very good.
Description
Lee Edward Stern introduces Walter Terry; Walter Terry speaks with Lee Edward Stein about his remarkable memory for song lyrics; Mikhail Baryshnikov including his time at New York City Ballet; his reservations about Baryshnikov's appointment as director as American Ballet Theatre; (briefly) Baryshnikov as an artist; Cynthia Gregory; Lucia Chase including her role at American Ballet Theatre; Alexander Godunov; Terry's biography of August Bournonville [The king's ballet master; a biography of Denmark's August Bournonville, 1979]; his role in introducing Bournonville's ballets to the United States; La sylphide; the Bournonville style including the dramatic nature of his ballets; the use of mime and relatively slow pace of Bournonville's ballets. [Music and closing announcement followed by approximately one minute of an unrelated recording.]
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 36193346
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118649
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aaca2780-3472-0137-abb1-025b26ac6921
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Walter Terry, 1980" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1980. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62af14f0-3ba6-0134-31af-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Walter Terry, 1980" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 1, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62af14f0-3ba6-0134-31af-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1980). Interview with Walter Terry, 1980 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62af14f0-3ba6-0134-31af-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Walter Terry, 1980