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Interview with Cleo Nordi, 1977

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Title

Interview with Cleo Nordi, 1977

Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Names

Nordi, Cleo (Interviewee)
Vaughan, David, 1924- (Interviewer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1977-10-20

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-518

Subjects

Pavlova, Anna
Nordi, Cleo
Dance teachers

Genres

Interviews

Notes

Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by David Vaughan 1977 London (England)
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.
Acquisition: Gift David Vaughan

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 19 min.) : quarter-track; 1.875 ips
Sound quality is very good.

Abstract

Interview with Cleo Nordi conducted by David Vaughan on October 20, 1977 in London (England) for a Dance magazine article entitled: Conversation with Cleo Nordi (July 1979). The interview ends at approximately 21:30 minutes into streaming audio file 2; the remaining approximate 25 minutes consist of ambient noise or are blank. Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 41 minutes). Cleo Nordi speaks with David Vaughan about her training in dance plastique; theories of teaching; studies with Nicholas Legat and his pupils; performing with Anna Pavlova; Pavlova's death. Streaming audio file 2 (The file is approximately 48 minutes. However, the interview ends at approximately 21:30 minutes; the remaining approximate 25 minutes consists of ambient noise or are blank.) Cleo Nordi speaks with David Vaughan about Anna Pavlova; her own childhood and early dance experiences; teaching Margot Fonteyn; her project to record teaching methods.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 83154847
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12118287
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c389b740-795f-0136-2cfc-2b31999f5afa

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Cleo Nordi, 1977" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c389b740-795f-0136-2cfc-2b31999f5afa

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). Interview with Cleo Nordi, 1977 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c389b740-795f-0136-2cfc-2b31999f5afa

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Cleo Nordi, 1977" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c389b740-795f-0136-2cfc-2b31999f5afa

Wikipedia citation

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