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Interview with Alvin Ailey

Title
Interview with Alvin Ailey [sound recording]
Author
Ailey, Alvin.
Publication
1972.

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1.AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-123-124 1.Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
2.AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-123-124 2.Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
3.AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-123-124 3.Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
4.AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-123-124 4.Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Gruen, John.
Description
4 sound discs (ca. 144 min.) ; digital; 4 3/4 min.
Summary
American choreographer Alvin Ailey discusses his early years in Texas and California; his dance training with Lester Horton and performing with Horton's company; performing with Carmen De Lavallade; the formation of his own companies; his feelings on choreography and the nature of American dance; his associations with other dance companies and ballets he has choreographed for them; plans for other ballets.
Donor/Sponsor
John Gruen collection of oral history tapes.
Subjects
Note
  • Interviewed by John Gruen January 10 and 11, 1972, in New York City.
  • For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-123-124.
  • This interview was used as a basis for an article for the New York Times which never appeared, and later was used for a chapter in John Gruen's book, The private world of ballet (New York, Viking Press).
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-123-124
OCLC
NYPY747039990-R
Author
Ailey, Alvin. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Alvin Ailey [sound recording]
Imprint
1972.
Local Note
Arch. origs.: *MGZTCO 3-123 and *MGZTCO 3-124.
Preservation copy: *MGZTP 4-123-124, nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-123-124, nos. 1, 2, 3, and 4.
Local Subject
Phonotapes -- Ailey, A.
Added Author
Gruen, John. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-123-124
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