2 streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 14 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 17 minutes). Walter Terry records a series of questions he would like to ask Dorothy Alexander as research for his book on regional ballet; topics include: her company, Dorothy Alexander Concert Dancers, founded in 1928; the development of regional ballet from seasonal festivals to standing companies; the relationship between the growth in regional ballet and standards of technique, choreography, and teaching as well as audience preferences in the relevant regions; funding sources; whether dance that disturbs should have a place on regional dance programs.
Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 57 minutes). [Sound quality is poor.] Dorothy Alexander records her answers to Walter Terry's questions as well as speaking about other topics including: her own training and dance career; the formation of the Atlanta Civic Ballet [now the Atlanta Ballet]; the development of regional ballet companies throughout the United States; what she sees as the purpose of regional ballet. After listening to the recording of herself, Alexander adds a few clarifying remarks.
Walter Terry records a series of questions to be answered by Dorothy Alexander (streaming audio file 1; approximately 16 minutes); Dorothy Alexander records her responses (streaming audio file 2; approximately 57 minutes), in Augusta, Georgia, in 1977. The interview is conducted as part of Terry's research for a book on regional ballet. It is not clear if this book was ever published.
Sound quality is good in streaming audio file 1. It is poor in streaming audio file 2; the interviewee's voice is very soft and difficult to understand, and the recording is marred by occasional bursts of noise.
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.
Source (note)
Walter Terry
Local note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-854
Author
Alexander, Dorothy, 1904-1986, interviewee.
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded by Walter Terry 1977 Augusta (Ga.)
Original version
Original format: two sound cassettes (approximately one hour and 14 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015 : myd_mgztco3854_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3854_v02f01_sc.