Research Catalog
Interview with Alexandra Danilova
- Title
- Interview with Alexandra Danilova [sound recording]
- Author
- Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997.
- Publication
- 1972.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-146 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John.
- Description
- 1 sound disc (ca. 71 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Alexandra Danilova discusses her childhood in St. Petersburg, Russia; her early training at the school of the Maryinsky Theater Ballet; her years with Diaghilev's Ballets Russes; her long career as prima ballerina of the Monte Carlo Ballet Russe; her long association with George Balanchine; teaching at the School of American Ballet.
- Donor/Sponsor
- John Gruen collection of oral history tapes.
- Oral History Archive.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interviewed by John Gruen October 2, 1972, in New York City.
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-146.
- This interview was used as a basis for a chapter in John Gruen's book, The private world of ballet (Viking Press, New York).
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-146
- Author
- Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Alexandra Danilova [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1972.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Local Note
- *MGZTC 3-146 (Former classmark)Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-146.Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-146.Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-146.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Danilova, A.
- Added Author
- Gruen, John. Interviewer
- Added Title
- John Gruen collection of oral history tapes.Oral History Archive.National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-146