John Gruen and Antony Tudor speak about his very recent appointment as Associate Director of American Ballet Theatre; Lucia Chase; Oliver Smith; his view that the director of a company should not also choreograph; supervising rehearsals; Sallie [Wilson], Natasha [Natalia Makarova], and Cynthia [Gregory]; difficulties with notating his works.
Interview with Antony Tudor conducted by John Gruen in New York City, on June 15, 1974, as research for an article to appear in programs [Playbills] for American Ballet Theatre's upcoming season.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss" and occasional gaps, but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
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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.
Author
Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Antony Tudor. June 15, 1974.
Production
1974
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Restricted access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at NYPL Research Libraries.
Event
Recorded by John Gruen 1974, June 15, New York (N.Y.)
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 27 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2014.