Interviews with Annabelle Lyon, 197-

Item data

Title

Interviews with Annabelle Lyon, 197-

Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Names

Lyon, Annabelle, 1916-2011 (Interviewee)
Nathanson, Lucile Brahms (Interviewer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1970 - 1979 (Approximate)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 5-449

Subjects

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

Extent: 1 audiotape reel (19 min.) : 3 3/4 ips ; 5 in.
Sound quality is excellent.

Abstract

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.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 83417829
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12118245
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 27d48680-c346-0133-461b-60f81dd2b63c

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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