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Margot Fonteyn answers questions about ballet and her career

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Margot Fonteyn answers questions about ballet and her career

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Title
Margot Fonteyn answers questions about ballet and her career
Names
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991 (Speaker)
Brass, Perry (Contributor)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1984
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-3036
Topics
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Margot Fonteyn answers questions from Perry Brass (?) and others, about ballet and her career, in spring 1984, in what sounds like a question and answer period following a lecture. The circumstances of the putative lecture and question and answer period are not identified.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by Perry Brass? spring, 1984
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.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 28 min.) : polyester; quarter-track, 1.875 ips.
Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss." However, Margot Fonteyn's voice is clearly intelligible.
Description
Streaming file (approximately 28 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Margot Fonteyn speaks about the problem of balancing the economic aspects of supporting a ballet company with the maintaining of artistic quality; in response to questions from Perry Brass (?) among others, Fonteyn speaks about Ninette de Valois and the lack of subsidies for Sadler's Wells Ballet prior to 1946; the special relationships between dancers; reasons she has done almost no coaching or teaching; her performance as Princess Aurora in New York City in 1949; three-act story ballets; dramatic ballerinas; reasons she does not want to be a an artistic director; dance in cinema, in particular the choreography of Fred Astaire, compared to dance on television; the dancer's responsibility to entertain the audience; the gradual merging of once-distinct ballet styles; Rudolf Nureyev and his role in raising the profile of male ballet dancers; Martha Graham's equal emphasis on men and women in her work; her identification with the character she is dancing, whoever the character may be.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 913831279
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20731479
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 14473570-b8ea-0133-ecfb-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1919: Creator Born
  • 1984: Created
  • 1991: Creator Died
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Margot Fonteyn answers questions about ballet and her career" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1984. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/18b76530-b8ea-0133-b551-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Margot Fonteyn answers questions about ballet and her career" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 16, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/18b76530-b8ea-0133-b551-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1984). Margot Fonteyn answers questions about ballet and her career Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/18b76530-b8ea-0133-b551-60f81dd2b63c

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Margot Fonteyn answers questions about ballet and her career