Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Mia Slavenska [sound recording]

Author

Slavenska, Mia.

Publication

1965.

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Details

Additional Authors

Horosko, Marian.

Description

1 sound cassette (8 min.) : analog, mono.

Summary

Mme. Slavenska discusses the film in which she starred, Ballerina (also seen under the title La mort du cygne); the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; contrasts between the era of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and the present ballet world; Slavenska, Tihmar and Company; the Slavenska-Franklin Ballet Company, for which Valerie Bettis created Streetcar named desire; her career since the Slavenska-Franklin Company; dancers of today as compared to dancers of the 1930's and 40's.

Donor/Sponsor

• National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
• Gift of Marian Horosko. Oral History Archive.

Uniform Title

World of dance (Radio program)

Subjects

• Streetcar named desire (Choreographic work : Bettis)
• Slavenska-Franklin Ballet
• Ballet in motion pictures > Mort du cygne
• Slavenska, Tihmar and Company
• Dancers > 20th century
• Audiotapes > Slavenska, M
• Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

Note

• Host: Marian Horosko. Recorded at the home of press agent Betty Smith, summer 1965, at Mme. Slavenska's birthday celebration. Broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series, World of dance.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2052

OCLC

NYPY737041359-R

Author

Slavenska, Mia. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Mia Slavenska [sound recording]

Imprint

1965.

Local Note

Archival original: *MGZTO 5-75; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; acetate, dual track.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2052; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.

Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Local Subject

Ballet in motion pictures. Mort du cygne.

Audiotapes -- Slavenska, M.

Added Author

Horosko, Marian. Interviewer

Added Title

World of dance (Radio program)

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-2052