- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 10 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 10 minutes). Gene Shalit, host, introduces John Gruen, author of the Private world of ballet (1970), and Cynthia Gregory; John Gruen speaks about Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev; the athleticism of ballet dancers; Gregory speaks about Nureyev, who will be partnering her in the near future; Gruen speaks about the artistic motives behind the defections of Nureyev, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and Natalia Makarova; George Balanchine and his wives, including Balanchine's comments to Gruen on the subject; Gregory and Gruen speak about Balanchine's choreography; Gregory speaks about following the music when she dances, as contrasted with the conductor following her [Gruen begins to speak about interviewing Alicia Markova; Shalit cuts him off; program ends].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Andrew Wentink. Oral History Archive.
- Uniform Title
- Today show (Television program)
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Television programs.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Cynthia Gregory and John Gruen on The today show with Gene Shalit as host; telecast by WNBC-TV on April 10, 1975.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by "tape hiss."
- Funding (note)
- The conservation 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-231
- OCLC
- 79207840
- Author
Gregory, Cynthia, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Cynthia Gregory and John Gruen, 1975.
- Production
1975
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Event
Audio portion of The today show telecast by WNBC_TV 1975, April 10
- Funding
The conservation 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.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound cassette (approximately 10 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3231_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-231
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- Added Author
Shalit, Gene, 1936- interviewer.
Gruen, John, interviewee.
- Added Title
Today show (Television program)
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-231