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Swan lake

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Title
Swan lake
Additional title: Arabesques (Radio program)
Names
Manchester, P. W. (Phyllis Winifred) (Speaker)
Watts, Carolyn, 1914-2002 (Speaker)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1975
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 5-494
Shelf locator: *MGZT 5-494
Topics
Swan lake (Choreographic work)
Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ivanov and Petipa)
Genres
Radio programs
Interviews
Notes
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.
Additional physical form: Original format: one sound reel (approximately 30 minutes); polyester; 5 in.; full-track; 3 3/4 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto5494_v01f01_sc.
Content: Oral history archive.
Funding: New York State Council on the Arts, 2014-2015
Funding: National Endowment for the Arts, 2014-2015
Venue: Recorded by WGUC-FM, the radio station of the University of Cincinnati 1975 Cincinnati (Ohio)
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 30 min.) : polyester, full-track, 3 3/4 ips ; 5 in.
Sound quality is excellent.
Description
P. W. Manchester and Carolyn Watts discuss the ballet Swan lake; recorded at WGUC-FM, the radio station of the University of Cincinnati, for the radio program Arabesques, and broadcast on the National Public Radio network, in 1975. Streaming audio file (approximately 30 minutes). [Music and announcements.] P.W. Manchester and Carolyn Watts discuss the original and unsuccessful first production of the ballet Swan lake in 1877 including the difficulty dancers of that time had performing to [Peter Illich] Tchaikovsky's music; Marius Petipa's and Lev Ivanov's revised version of 1895, which included changes in the music [a recording of an excerpt of the music used in Act III of Swan lake is played]; Manchester and Watts speak about the music just heard; the origin of Odile's wearing of a black tutu and of the term "the black swan"; the tradition of the same dancer performing Odette and Odile; the 32 fouettés; changes to the ballet over the years including the addition of a jester [a recording of music by Tchaikovsky used for the dance of the four little swans is played]; Act II as the act that has seen the fewest changes; its romantic character; the Sadler's Wells Ballet and American Ballet Theatre productions and how they differ from the current Russian version [music and announcements].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118306
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ddffb630-c7d6-0135-95a5-45114275114a
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.

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  • 1975: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Swan lake" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1975. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65195970-3b78-0134-5668-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Swan lake" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65195970-3b78-0134-5668-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1975). Swan lake Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/65195970-3b78-0134-5668-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Swan lake