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Interview with Nina Vyroubova, 1976

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Title
Interview with Nina Vyroubova, 1976
Names
Vyroubova, Nina, 1921-2007 (Interviewee)
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Oral History Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1976-10-03
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 5-1602
Topics
Petit, Roland, 1924-2011
Lifar, Serge, 1905-1986
Trefilova, Vera, 1875-1943
Vyroubova, Nina, , 1921-2007 -- Interviews
Opéra de Paris. Ballet
Ballets des Champs-Elysées
Ballets de Paris de Roland Petit
Teatr "Letuchai͡a myshʹ"
Forains (Choreographic work : Petit, R)
Genres
Oral histories
Interviews
Notes
Additional physical form: For transcript of interview see *MGZMT 3-1602.
Bibliographic history: Title supplied by cataloger.
Source characteristics: Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss."
Venue: Recorded by Nancy Reynolds October 3, 1976 Paris (France)
Funding: The processing 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
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 2 hours) : polyester, half-track, 1.875 ips ; 5 in.
Description
Streaming audio files 1 - 3 (approximately 2 hours). Nina Vyroubova speaks with Nancy Reynolds about her childhood in Paris; seeing Anna Pavlova dance; studying with her mother and with Vera Trefilova; dancing with L'Opéra Russe d'Algeranoff; dancing in Nikita Balieff's [Balīev's] Chauve-Souris Company [Teatr "Letuchai︠a︡ myshʹ"]; World War II; Olga Preobrajenska; Roland Petit's Les forains; joining the Paris Opéra Ballet [Opéra de Paris ballet]; Serge Lifar; joining Les Ballets de Marquis de Cuevas [Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo; later the Ballet International de la Marquis de Cuevas; disbanded in 1962]; her favorite ballets.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 84330488
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12119048
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 75cb6140-c801-0135-83a0-3d4dcc92cac1
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1921: Creator Born
  • 1976: Created
  • 2007: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Nina Vyroubova, 1976" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1976. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a710f070-3b71-0134-9d76-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Nina Vyroubova, 1976" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 21, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a710f070-3b71-0134-9d76-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1976). Interview with Nina Vyroubova, 1976 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a710f070-3b71-0134-9d76-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Nina Vyroubova, 1976