Interview with Natch Taylor and Peter Anastos, 1976

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Title
Interview with Natch Taylor and Peter Anastos, 1976
Additional title: Interview with Peter Anastos
Additional title: Sound of dance (Radio program)
Names
Taylor, Natch (Interviewee)
Anastos, Peter (Interviewee)
Gruen, John (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1976-02-23
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-319 Side B
Topics
Taylor, Natch
Anastos, Peter
Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Coppélia (Choreographic work : Horosko)
Go for barocco (Choreographic work : Anastos)
Genres
Radio programs
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by WNCN-FM, New York 1976, February 23 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
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 3 min.)
Sound quality is good overall. There is some distortion, but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Description
Interview with Natch Taylor and Peter Anastos conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on February 23, 1976 by radio station WNCN-FM, New York on its series The sound of dance. Streaming audio file (approximately one hour and three minutes). [Music and introductory remarks by Oscar Buhler]. John Gruen, host, introduces Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo and his guests, Suzina LaFuzziovitch (Natch Taylor) and OlgaTchikaboumskaya (Peter Anastos); Taylor and Anastos speak with Gruen about the founding of the Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo; the company's all-male Swan lake; the principles underlying the company's approach to staging classic ballets [a recording of music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky from Swan lake is played; commercial announcements follow]; Gruen reads aloud from the [fictitious] accounts of his guests' backgrounds; Taylor and Anastos speak about dancing on point; Anastos' work Go for barocco; Marian Horosko's staging of Coppélia for the company [a recording of music by J.S. Bach used in Go for barocco is played]; commercial announcements follow]; Taylor and Anastos speak about their audiences; Taylor's male roles (performed under the name Alexis Ivanovitch Lermontov) including the challenges of partnering other men; company class; the problem of recruiting competent dancers; touring; plans for the future including dances based on legendary dancers; Gruen's closing remarks [music; ends abruptly].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 82237400
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12117993
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2f3a19f0-c24b-0135-2aff-351767641efc
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Natch Taylor and Peter Anastos" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1976. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abfd6610-c323-0133-361b-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Natch Taylor and Peter Anastos" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abfd6610-c323-0133-361b-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1976). Interview with Natch Taylor and Peter Anastos Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/abfd6610-c323-0133-361b-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Natch Taylor and Peter Anastos