Streaming file 1, January 19, 1979 (approximately 48 minutes). Charles Payne speaks with Marilyn Hunt about his background including how he became involved with Ballet Theatre [later American Ballet Theatre]; his first impression of Lucia Chase; his years at Ballet Theatre including on tour; his impressions of Charles Pleasant; Mikhail Mordkin; Michel and Vera Fokine; and Anton Dolin; observations regarding the position of artistic director and Ballet Theatre's three-wing structure [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
Streaming file 2, January 19, 1979 (approximately 47 minutes). Charles Payne speaks with Marilyn Hunt about Eugene Loring including his comment on Payne's book [American Ballet Theatre, 1978]; Alicia Markova including several anecdotes; German Sevastianov; Sol Hurok, including his abandoning as it were of Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo for Ballet Theatre; choreographers at Ballet Theatre including Leonide Massine and Bronislava Nijinska; J. Alden Talbot [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 3].
Streaming file 3, January 19 and 22, 1979 (approximately 48 minutes). Charles Payne speaks with Marilyn Hunt about J. Alden Talbot; the transformation of Ballet Theatre into an ongoing company; George Balanchine and Vera Zorina at Ballet Theatre; Lincoln Kirstein, Balanchine, and the negotiations regarding a joint relationship with Ballet Theatre; Ballet Theatre's complicated history with Balanchine's ballet Apollo [end of January 19 session and beginning of January 22 session]; Payne speaks about Leonide Massine as a choreographer for Ballet Theatre; Lucia Chase including her personal life and as director; Oliver Smith including his and Chase's respective responsibilities; Donald M. Kendall and corporate support of the company [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 4].
Streaming file 4, January 22, 1979 (approximately 48 minutes). Charles Payne speaks with Marilyn Hunt about Antony Tudor and his respective relationships with Ballet Theatre and the Metropolitan Opera; Nora Kaye; Agnes de Mille; thoughts on the management of the company; Jerome Robbins including a rehearsal anecdote [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 5].
Streaming file 5, January 22, 1979 (approximately 48 minutes). Charles Payne speaks with Marilyn Hunt about Jerome Robbins including as a dancer in Petrouchka; economic aspects of hiring choreographers and producing their ballets including works by Robbins, Antony Tudor, and Agnes de Mille; John Kriza; Alicia Alonso [ends abruptly].
Streaming file 6, January 23, 1979 (approximately 47 minutes). Charles Payne speaks with Marilyn Hunt about how a dancer's billing was determined; venues including City Center [of Music and Drama (New York, N. Y.)] and the Metropolitan Opera; tours including London in 1946, Europe in 1950, and the former Soviet Union in 1960; Rudolf Nureyev [ends abruptly].
Streaming file 7, January 23, 1979 (approximately 43 minutes). Charles Payne speaks with Marilyn Hunt about Erik Bruhn and his idea for a school; Eliot Feld and his relationship with Ballet Theatre; Natalia Makarova; Mikhail Baryshnikov; the senior management of the company including Sherwin Goldman and his reasons for leaving the company; Donald M. Kendall and other past presidents; changes in the Board of Directors and how this has affected Lucia Chase's position; the life of the dancers at the company today compared with the past.