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Interviews with Robert Tracy and Violette Verdy

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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General Dance Video Archive

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[Interviews with Robert Tracy and Violette Verdy]

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Title
Interviews with Robert Tracy and Violette Verdy
Names
Tracy, Robert (Interviewee)
Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016 (Interviewee)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1983
Table of Contents
[Interview] (ca. 7 min.) / telecast on Good Day! ; host (?), Tim White ; Tracy and Verdy discuss George Balanchine's attitudes towards women dancers, and Verdy describes some of her own experiences in working with him -- [Interview] (ca. 6 min.) / telecast on Sunday Open House ; interviewer not identified ; Verdy shares some memories of working with Balanchine and describes what he taught her about running a ballet company ; Tracy discusses his book.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9191
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-5832 (former)
Topics
Balanchine, George
Genres
Interviews
Television programs
Notes
Content: Hiss on audio in first segment.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (13 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Compilation of two television interviews with author Robert Tracy and ballerina Violette Verdy (then artistic director of the Boston Ballet), recorded upon the publication of Tracy's book Balanchine's ballerinas: conversations with the muses (Linden Press/Simon & Schuster, c1983).
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F3255
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13936559
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e71f9a30-90c4-0135-4efe-08fc1560e3e4
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1983: Issued
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2023: Found by you!
  • 2024

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interviews with Robert Tracy and Violette Verdy" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1983. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e71f9a30-90c4-0135-4efe-08fc1560e3e4

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interviews with Robert Tracy and Violette Verdy" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 24, 2023. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e71f9a30-90c4-0135-4efe-08fc1560e3e4

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1983). Interviews with Robert Tracy and Violette Verdy Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e71f9a30-90c4-0135-4efe-08fc1560e3e4

Wikipedia Citation

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Interviews with Robert Tracy and Violette Verdy