Interview with Antony Tudor

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Title

Interview with Antony Tudor

Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Names

Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987 (Interviewee)
Hunt, Marilyn, 1937- (Interviewer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1986-11-11

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8831

Subjects

Genres

Interviews
Dance

Notes

Content: Unedited footage.
Additional Physical Form: For a transcript of this interview, see: *MGZMT 3-1130 Interview with Antony Tudor.
Venue: Recorded in Washington, D.C., on November 11, 1986, for the Kennedy Center Honors Oral History Program.

Physical Description

Extent: 3 videocassettes (U-matic) (151 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Looking back at his life and career, choreographer Antony Tudor discusses different aspects of his ballets and the dancers who performed in them. Throughout the course of the interview he reveals his conceptions of characters, settings and situations in various ballets, among them Undertow, Jardin aux lilas (Lilac garden), Pillar of fire, Dark elegies, Judgment of Paris, Gala performance, Romeo and Juliet, and Shadowplay. Topics include his childhood and its reflection in his work ; his experiences as an amateur actor and their influences on his choreography ; his early work with Marie Rambert, and how the limitations of her theater shaped his style ; working with dancers past and present on characterization in his ballets ; his choices and arrangements of musical scores ; qualities he seeks in dancers ; his observations of American Ballet Theatre's current management ; his opinions of the choreography of Twyla Tharp and Jiří Kylián. He tells numerous anecdotes about his contemporaries, among them Rambert, Nora Kaye, Hugh Laing, Tanaquil Le Clercq, Agnes de Mille, Jerome Robbins, Anthony Dowell, and Kathleen Moore. More briefly discussed are Frederick Ashton, Viola Essen, Peggy Van Praagh, Lucia Chase, Nana Gollner, Karen Conrad, Cynthia Anderson, Merle Park, Derek Rencher, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and others.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY00-F8
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16514718
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6c3a2320-01a1-0139-19ba-0242ac110003

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Antony Tudor" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1986. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c3a2320-01a1-0139-19ba-0242ac110003

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1986). Interview with Antony Tudor Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c3a2320-01a1-0139-19ba-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Antony Tudor" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/6c3a2320-01a1-0139-19ba-0242ac110003

Wikipedia citation

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