- Additional Authors
- Horosko, Marian
- Description
- 1 streaming audio file (approximately 34 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 34 minutes).
- Streaming audio file (approximately 34 minutes). Fernando Alonso speaks with Marian Horosko about ballet in Cuba including ballet schools in Cuba; the audition process for prospective students; the training program; touring; government support; audiences; lecture-demonstrations; Fidel Castro and his support of ballet; his background and political views; his vision for the future of ballet in Cuba.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Fernando Alonso conducted by Marian Horosko in Havana, Cuba, in 1972.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by "tape hiss," but the speakers' voices are clear and easily intelligible.
- 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)
- Call Number
- *MGZTO 5-1114
- OCLC
- 51088476
- Author
Alonso, Fernando, 1914-2013, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Fernando Alonso, 1972
- Imprint
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.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 34 minutes); polyester; half-track; 7.5 ips; 7 in.; and one additional sound reel (approximately 34 minutes); polyester; half-track; 3.75 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzt71114_v01f01_sc and myd_mgzto51114_v01f01_sc, respectively.
- Event
Recorded by Marian Horosko 1972 Havana (Cuba)
- 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.
- Source
Gift of Marian Horosko
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Horosko, Marian, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTO 5-1114