Research Catalog

Interview with Leon Fokine.

Title
Interview with Leon Fokine.
Author
Fokine, Leon, 1905-1973
Publication
[between 1970 and 1972]

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
Horosko, Marian
Description
1 streaming audio file (approximately 28 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 28 minutes). Leon Fokine speaks with Marian Horosko about the theater and other enterprises of his father in Russia before and after the Russian Revolution; training at the Mariinsky Theatre and performing with Pierre Vladimiroff and Anatole Oboukhoff; his uncle, Mikhail (Michel) Fokine; his career as a performer and teacher.
Donor/Sponsor
  • National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
  • Oral History Archive.
  • Gift of Marian Horosko.
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive
Subjects
Genre/Form
Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Leon Fokine conducted by Marian Horosko for a series of articles entitled In the shadow of Russian tradition, which appeared in Dance magazine.
  • Sound quality is fair to poor.
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Access only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Funding (note)
  • The processing 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)
  • Marian Horosko
Call Number
*MGZTO 5-794
OCLC
50934432
Author
Fokine, Leon, 1905-1973, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Leon Fokine.
Imprint
[between 1970 and 1972]
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Restricted Access
Access only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Event
Recorded by Marian Horosko between 1970 and 1972 New York (N.Y.)
Funding
The processing 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 reel (approximately 28 minutes); polyester; half-track; 1.875 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto5794_v01f01_sc.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTL 4-794
Local Note
*MGZT 5-794 (Former classmark)
Arch. orig.: *MGZTO 5-794.
Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-794.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-794.
Source
Marian Horosko Gift
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Added Author
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-794
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