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Interview with Antony Tudor

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Title
Interview with Antony Tudor
Names
Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987 (Interviewee)
Hunt, Marilyn, 1937- (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1986-11-11
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8831
Topics
Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987 -- Interviews
Hunt, Marilyn, 1937-
Rambert, Marie
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987
Laing, Hugh
De Mille, Agnes
Robbins, Jerome
Dowell, Anthony
Moore, Kathleen
Tharp, Twyla
Kylian, Jiri, 1947-
Ballet Rambert
Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre
Undertow (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Pillar of fire (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Jardin aux lilas (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Dark elegies (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Judgment of Paris (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Gala performance (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Shadowplay (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Choreographers -- 20th century
Ballet -- England -- 20th century
Ballet -- United States -- 20th century
Dance -- Anecdotes
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
Videocassette
Extent: 3 videocassettes (U-matic) (151 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
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.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY00-F8
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16514718
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6c3a2320-01a1-0139-19ba-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
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  • 1986: Created
  • 1987: Creator Died
  • 2020: Digitized
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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/b978ed4e-5831-44d7-9343-aad6c6b7a8cb

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Antony Tudor" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b978ed4e-5831-44d7-9343-aad6c6b7a8cb

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1986). Interview with Antony Tudor Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b978ed4e-5831-44d7-9343-aad6c6b7a8cb

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Antony Tudor