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Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1967

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Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1967

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Title
Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1967
Additional title: Invitation to dance (Radio program)
Names
Nagy, Ivan, 1943-2014 (Interviewee)
Terry, Walter (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1967-05-21
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-92
Topics
Nagy, Ivan, 1943-2014 -- Interviews
Magyar Állami Operaház
Ballet -- Hungary
Ballet
Hungary
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Interview with Ivan Nagy, conducted by Walter Terry, as host; broadcast on May 21, 1967 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance.
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.
Venue: Recorded for and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance Broadcast on May 21, 1967 New York (N.Y.)
Content: Music and introduction of program by unidentified speaker.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 25 minutes) : analog, 7.5 ips, acetate, half-track, 7 in.
The sound quality is good.
Description
Walter Terry introduces Ivan Nagy, a soloist with the National Ballet, Washington D.C. Ivan Nagy speaks about his training at the ballet school of the Hungarian State Opera House [Magyar Állami Operaház] including the curriculum; beginning his professional performing career in Budapest immediately upon graduating; the performing season in Budapest; some of his roles in the United States; his interest in modern dance; his upcoming role debut as Albrecht in Giselle, in Hungary; his thoughts on teaching including his own experience teaching in the United States; (very briefly) the use of music by modern Hungarian composers Béla Bartók and Zoltan Kodaly in new ballets; the popularity of the ballet in Hungary and its presence in film and on television. [Closing remarks by unidentified speaker and music.]
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 36936931
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12117168
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2184c6b0-3472-0137-6939-57c2b0a7e85a
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1943: Creator Born
  • 1967: Created
  • 2014: Creator Died
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1967" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1967. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d46894a0-3ba6-0134-4a18-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1967" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 26, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d46894a0-3ba6-0134-4a18-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1967). Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1967 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d46894a0-3ba6-0134-4a18-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1967