Interview with Norman McLaren and Ludmilla Chiriaeff, 1969

Item data

Title

Interview with Norman McLaren and Ludmilla Chiriaeff, 1969

Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Names

McLaren, Norman, 1914-1987 (Interviewee)
Horosko, Marian (Interviewer)
Chiriaeff, Ludmilla, 1924-1996 (Interviewee)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1967

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-3056

Subjects

McLaren, Norman, 1914-1987
Chiriaeff, Ludmilla, 1924-1996
Grands ballets canadiens
Pas de deux (Motion picture)
Dance in motion pictures, television, etc
Motion picture authorship

Genres

Interviews
Radio Programs

Notes

Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded for broadcast by WBAI-FM 1969 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.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 31 min.) : acetate, half-track, 7.5 ips ; 7 in.
Sound quality is good.

Abstract

Interview with Norman McLaren and Ludmilla Chiriaeff conducted by Marian Horosko, as host, at the [Solomon R.] Guggenheim Museum in New York, N.Y., on the occasion of a retrospective of McLaren's films; for broadcast on radio station WBAI-FM, New York on its series Dance New York, on December 17 and 18, 1969. Streaming file (approximately 31 minutes). Marian Horosko, as host, introduces her guests Norman McLaren and Ludmilla Chiriaeff; Norman McLaren speaks about his background briefly; Chiriaeff and McLaren speak about their collaboration on the film Duo (entitled Pas de deux in the United States) including how experiments with the filming of movement led McLaren to consider a ballet film; the developing of the film's scenario; techniques McLaren used to film Duo; the use of specific ballet steps to convey emotions; choreographing for film; the music in the film; influences on McLaren's work including the structure of classical Indian music and the work of other film makers; Chiriaeff speaks about Les Grands Ballets Canadiens including the recent European tour and season in Montréal (Québec).

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 925485589
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20819742
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 21ab4f30-b927-0133-fcb8-60f81dd2b63c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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