1 streaming audio file (approximately 21 minutes) : digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 21 minutes). Walter Terry speaks about the Bolshoi Ballet's third New York season, which was to be the last event at the old Metropolitan Opera House; the changes in the company since its United States debut in 1959; the influence of the Bolshoi Ballet on American ballet including specifically the influence on Edward Villella; the influence of the New York City Ballet company and George Balanchine's choreography on the Bolshoi Ballet; the Bolshoi Ballet's new version of The nutcracker [Yuri Grigorovich after Lev Ivanov]; the ballerina, Maya Plisetskaya [Maĭi͡a Pliset͡skai͡a]; the contrasts between the Bolshoi Ballet and the New York City Ballet; the Bolshoi Ballet's Sacre du printemps [Rite of spring], and their four-act Swan lake; the policy of cultural exchange between the United States and the U.S.S.R. [former Soviet Union] which makes mutual artistic influence possible.
Walter Terry as host for radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance, speaks about the Bolshoi Ballet [Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR: Balet] on the occasion of its third season in New York City. The interview was broadcast on May 1, 1966
The sound quality is very good.
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.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Local note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-71
Former call number: *MGZT 7-71
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-71; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate, half track. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-71; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Author
Terry, Walter, host.
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance May 1, 1966 (broadcast) New York (N.Y.)
Original version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 21 minutes); acetate; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto771_v01f01_sc.