- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 25 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 25 minutes). Walter Terry speaks about the Capezio Dance Award including prior recipients; he names the members of the Capezio Dance Award committee. Anatole Chujoy introduces Greer Garson; Garson speaks about Alexandra Danilova including her background and the first time she saw Danilova perform, in London; Greer reads aloud some passages about Danilova from a book by Walter Terry as well as a congratulatory telegram from Ted Shawn and the award citation. Danilova accepts the award with a brief speech. Ben Sommers closes the ceremony with some brief remarks.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
- Uniform Title
- Today in ballet (Radio program)
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Capezio Award ceremony honoring Alexandra Danilova; recorded on February 18, 1958; broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series, Today in ballet. Speakers include Walter Terry, as moderator, Anatole Chujoy, Greer Garson, Alexandra Danilova, and Ben Sommers.
- The sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by extraneous noise and occasional short gaps.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 7-3
- OCLC
- 35890316
- Author
Terry, Walter, moderator.
- Title
Capezio Award, 1958, Alexandra Danilova.
- Imprint
1958.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Recorded for radio station WNYC, New York February 18, 1958 New York (N.Y.)
- Restricted Access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 25 minutes); polyester, full-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto73_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-3
Former call number: *MGZT 7-3
- Local Note
Archival Original: *MGZTO 7-3. 7 1/2 in. per. sec.; 7 in. reel; acetate, full track. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing Master: *MGZTD 10-3. 7 1/2 in. per. sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester, full track.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance
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- Added Author
Garson, Greer, 1904-1996.
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997.
Chujoy, Anatole, 1894-1969.
Sommers, Ben, 1906-1985.
- Added Title
Today in ballet (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 7-3