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The art of performing interview-demonstration with Alicia Markova.

Title
The art of performing [sound recording] : interview-demonstration with Alicia Markova.
Author
Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.
Publication
1952.

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AudioUse in library *MGZTC 3-111Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Terry, Walter.
  • Dance Laboratory.
Description
1 sound cassette (50 min.) : analog, mono.
Summary
Alicia Markova discusses the stylistic alterations in classroom ballet technique for specific ballets with examples from Swan lake and The nutcracker; her role of Taglioni in Pas de quatre (Dolin); her interpretation of the role of Giselle; Léonide Massine's use of traditional ballet technique in his ballets, Rouge et noir, and Aleko; mistakes and accidents during performance; how she projects to an audience.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Walter Terry. Oral History Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Interviewer: Walter Terry.
  • Recorded October 26, 1952: The first in the 1952-1953 season of Walter Terry's series, Dance laboratory, held at the Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association, 92nd Street, New York.
Call Number
*MGZTC 3-111
OCLC
NYPY737097267-R
Author
Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004. Interviewee
Title
The art of performing [sound recording] : interview-demonstration with Alicia Markova.
Imprint
1952.
Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTO 5-111; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; acetate, half track.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-111; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Local Subject
Ballet technique.
Audiotapes -- Markova, A.
Added Author
Terry, Walter. Interviewer
Dance Laboratory.
Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-111
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