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Interview with Orest Sergievsky.

Title
  1. Interview with Orest Sergievsky. June 24, 1976, 1976.
Published by
  1. 1976
Author
  1. Sergievsky, Orest, 1911-1984

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Additional authors
  1. Kamendrowsky, Natalie
Description
  1. 1 sound disc (approximately 58 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Orest Sergievsky speaks with Natalie Kamendrowssky about his teachers including [Matilʹda Feliksovna] Kshesinska︠i︡a and Michel Fokine; Fokine and the Russian free style as illustrated in his works Paganini, Spectre de la rose, and Les sylphides and by such dancers as [Natalia] Makarova; Kshesinska︠i︡a as a teacher; [Mikhail} Baryshnikov; his preference for ballets with dramatic content; the importance of communication with one's partner in a pas de deux; his study of Spanish dance; his dance training and companies in which he danced; the importance of professional stage experience in order to be an effective teacher; Fokine's use of the arms as a means of dramatic expression;
Alternative title
  1. Dance Oral History Project.
Subject
  1. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
  2. Sergievsky, Orest, 1911-1984
  3. Audiotapes > Sergievsky, O
  4. Kshesinska︠i︡a, Matilʹda Feliksovna, 1872-1971
Call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-927
Note
  1. Interview with Orest Sergievsky conducted by Natalie Kamendrowssky on June 24, 1976 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division's Oral History Project.
  2. Title supplied by cataloger.
  3. Sound quality is good.
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.
Author
  1. Sergievsky, Orest, 1911-1984, interviewee.
Title
  1. Interview with Orest Sergievsky. June 24, 1976, 1976.
Production
  1. 1976
Type of content
  1. spoken word
Type of medium
  1. audio
Type of carrier
  1. audio disc
Event
  1. Recorded by Natalie Kamendrowssky 1976, June 24 New York (N.Y.)
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 reel (approximately 58 minutes); 5 inches; polyester, half-track; 1 7/8 ips.; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.
Local note
  1. For transcript of interview: see *MGZMT 5-927
  2. Former classmark: *MGZT 5-927
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Added author
  1. Kamendrowsky, Natalie, interviewer.
Research call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-927
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