1 streaming audio file (approximately 47 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 47 minutes). Muriel Stuart answers questions from students at her workshop; topics include muscular control and the teaching of technique; her classes, as a child, in "fancy dancing;" her apprenticeship with Anna Pavlova; Pavlova as a person; touring; Gelsey Kirkland as a student; studying with [Enrico] Cecchetti; changes in technique over the years; Pavlova as a dancer including her avoidance of fouetées [from approximately 33:45 minutes to the end of the streaming file, the recording consists of what sounds like a class being taught by Stuart, including piano accompaniment and the occasional comments of observers].
Muriel Stuart answers questions from the students in her workshop; the final approximate 12 minutes of the recording are of a class being taught by Stuart. Dorothy Bird is also present and occasionally asks Stuart questions. The workshop was held in Freeport, New York, around 1979.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Sound quality is fair to poor. Muriel Stuart's voice is easily intelligible, but the voices of the students are sometimes difficult to understand. In addition, the recording is marred by extraneous noise and short periods of ambient noise. The final approximate 12 minutes consist of a class taught by Stuart.
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)
Dorothy Bird
Local note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-923
Author
Stuart, Muriel, 1900-1991.
Title
Workshop in Freeport, New York/ Muriel Spark, 1979
Imprint
[1979]
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded by Dorothy Bird ca. 1979 Freeport (N.Y.)
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 47 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3923_v01f01_sc.