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Additional authors

1. Horosko, Marian

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (30 min.) : analog, mono.

Summary

1. Mr. Skibine, artistic director of the Harkness Ballet, discusses the formation of the company; the facilities at Watch Hill, Rhode Island, the company's summer home; American dancers; his own background; his ballet, Daphnis and Chloë, the Harkness Ballet's first European tour; American audiences compared with European audiences; the repertory of the company; its upcoming U.S. tour; some of the outstanding dancers of the company; problems of organizing a New York season.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Uniform title

1. World of dance (Radio program)

Subject

1. Harkness Ballet
2. Daphnis and Chloe (Choreographic work : Skibine)
3. Dancers -- United States -- 20th century
4. Dance audiences
5. Dance -- Production and direction
6. Audiotapes -- Skibine, G

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-2086

Language

1. English

Note

1. Host: Marian Horosko. Recorded and broadcast in 1965 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series, World of dance. A recording with overlapping content, in streaming file format (accessible on site only at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts) is cataloged under the title: Interview with George Skibine, and Interview with Ralph Burgard, 1965.

Local note

1. Archival original: *MGZTO 5-74; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; polyester, quarter track.
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2086; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
3. Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Author

1. Skibine, George, 1920-1981. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with George Skibine [sound recording] : the Harkness Ballet.

Imprint

1. 1965.

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Skibine, G.

Added author

1. Horosko, Marian. Interviewer

Added title

1. World of dance (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *MGZTC 3-2086