Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Guzelimian, Ara
2. De Conville, Philippe

Description

1. 2 streaming audio files (approximately 40 minutes): digital

Summary

1. Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 28 minutes). Nora Kaye speaks with Ara Guzelimian about why she changed her name to "Kaye"; Michel Fokine as a teacher; Ballet Theatre [now American Ballet Theatre] including some of her first solo roles; Antony Tudor's Pillar of fire including reasons Tudor chose her [for the role of Hagar]; Tudor's influence on her; working with a choreographer; factors that determine a dancer's decision to stop dancing; the film The turning point including her objectives in making the film; how Leslie Browne came to be cast [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
2. Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 12 minutes). Nora Kaye continues to speak with Ara Guzelimian about coaching dancers, in particular in Antony Tudor's ballets; Jerome Robbins and his ballet The cage; Philippe de Conville and Kaye speak about their plans for American Ballet Theatre in Los Angeles and the expansion of audiences for ballet generally.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Ara Guzelimian.

Uniform title

1. From the studio (Radio program)

Alternative title

1. Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

1. Robbins, Jerome > Cage
2. Radio programs
3. Pillar of fire (Choreographic work : Tudor)
4. Sound recordings
5. Ballet in motion pictures > The turning point
6. Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 > Interviews
7. Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987
8. Audiotapes > Kaye, N
9. American Ballet Theatre
10. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942

Genre/Form

1. Radio programs.
2. Sound recordings.

Call number

1. *MGZMT 3-393

Note

1. Interview with Nora Kaye conducted by Ara Guzelimian as host for broadcast on January 13, 1978 by radio station KUSC-FM, Los Angeles, on its series From the studio. Philippe de Conville, director of development for Music Center Presentations is also present and speaks in the latter part of streaming audio file 2.
2. Title supplied by cataloger.
3. Sound quality is good overall.

Funding (note)

1. 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.

Source (note)

1. WNET/13

Author

1. Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987, interviewee.

Title

1. Interview with Nora Kaye, 1978

Production

1. 1978

Type of content

1. spoken word

Type of medium

1. audio

Type of carrier

1. online resource

Digital file characteristics

1. audio file

Event

1. Recorded for broadcast by KUSC-FM, Los Angeles 1978, January 13 Los Angeles (Calif.)

Funding

1. 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

1. Original format: one sound cassette (approximately 40 minutes); quarter track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3393_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3393_v01f02_sc.

Local note

1. Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-393

Local note

1. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-393
2. For transcript see *MGZMT 3-393. The transcript was created by WNET/13 in the connection with the documentary: Jerome Robbins: Something to dance about.

Source

1. Transcript Gift; WNET/13, 2008. NN-PD

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Added author

1. Guzelimian, Ara, interviewer.
2. De Conville, Philippe, interviewee.

Added title

1. From the studio (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *MGZMT 3-393
2. *MGZTCO 3-393