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Interview-demonstration with Melissa Hayden and John Kriza

Title
Interview-demonstration with Melissa Hayden and John Kriza [sound recording]
Publication
1953.

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Additional Authors
  • Terry, Walter.
  • Hayden, Melissa.
  • Kriza, John, 1919-1975.
  • Dance Laboratory.
Description
1 sound cassette (51 min.) : analog, mono.
Summary
Miss Hayden and Mr. Kriza discuss and demonstrate the characteristics of the American style of ballet, focusing on the diversity of the roles they perform. Ballets discussed are: The cage (Robbins), Constantia (Dollar), Les sylphides (Fokin), Fancy free (Robbins), Rodeo (De Mille). Both dancers discuss their background. Individually they discuss and demonstrate ballet steps traditionally performed by the female dancer and by the male dancer. Together, they discuss and demonstrate the art of partnering.
Donor/Sponsor
  • National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
  • Gift of Walter Terry. Oral History Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Interviewer: Walter Terry.
  • Recorded November 1, l953. The second in the 1953-54 season of Walter Terry's series, Dance laboratory, given at the Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association, 92nd Street, New York. The guest artists were Melissa Hayden and John Kriza, soloists with American Ballet Theatre.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-2063
OCLC
NYPY737097255-R
Title
Interview-demonstration with Melissa Hayden and John Kriza [sound recording]
Imprint
1953.
Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 5-108; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; acetate, half track.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2063; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Local Subject
Ballet dancers -- Style.
Ballet technique.
Audiotapes -- Hayden, M.
Audiotapes -- Kriza, J.
Partnering in dance.
Added Author
Terry, Walter. Interviewer
Hayden, Melissa. Interviewee
Kriza, John, 1919-1975. Interviewee
Dance Laboratory.
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-2063
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