- Additional Authors
- Goldberg, June Evans
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 19 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 46 minutes). Violette Verdy, director of the Paris Opéra Ballet [Opéra de Paris Ballet], speaks with June Evans Goldberg about returning to her native France after many years with the New York City Ballet; her aims and goals for the Paris Opéra de Paris ballether main responsibilities as director including with respect to the Opéra de Paris Ballet school; the challenge of working within the restrictions of the union rules; her multiple roles including that of teacher and coach; more on the challenges presented by the unions; the selection of repertory and recruiting of choreographers; plans for foreign and domestic tours; her intent to exercise her authority with discretion; her qualities of optimism and openness; the status of the Paris Opéra ballet as compared with that of the Paris Opéra; problems of sharing facilities with the opera; the frequency of performances and reasons the dancers generally do not like performing as part of an opera production; new productions; scheduling rehearsals; financial aspects including the dancers' compensation; government support of the arts in France; [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 33 minutes). Violette Verdy, director of the Paris Opéra Ballet, speaks with June Evans Goldberg about government support for the arts including creative conflicts and the locus of artistic control; the strengths and weaknesses of the dancers; performance venues other than the Paris Opéra; the style of the dancers; the company's version of La sylphide (Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni); the Paris Opéra Ballet school; guest artists [short gap following apparent conclusion of the interview] some of the notable dancers in the company.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of June Goldberg. Oral History Archive.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 3-678.
- Interview with Violette Verdy conducted by June Evans Goldberg in January 1978 at the Paris Opéra.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps, but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- 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 3-678
- OCLC
- 77889798
- Author
Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Violette Verdy , 1978
- Production
1978
- 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 The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- Event
Recorded by June Evens Goldberg 1978, January Paris, France
- 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 one hour and 19 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: (myd_mgztco3678_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3678_v01f02_sc).
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-678
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- Added Author
Goldberg, June Evans, interviewer.