3 streaming audio files (approximately 2 hours): digital
Summary
Streaming audio files 1 - 3 (approximately 2 hours). Nina Vyroubova speaks with Nancy Reynolds about her childhood in Paris; seeing Anna Pavlova dance; studying with her mother and with Vera Trefilova; dancing with L'Opéra Russe d'Algeranoff; dancing in Nikita Balieff's [Balīev's] Chauve-Souris Company [Teatr "Letuchai︠a︡ myshʹ"]; World War II; Olga Preobrajenska; Roland Petit's Les forains; joining the Paris Opéra Ballet [Opéra de Paris ballet]; Serge Lifar; joining Les Ballets de Marquis de Cuevas [Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo; later the Ballet International de la Marquis de Cuevas; disbanded in 1962]; her favorite ballets.
Interview with Nina Vyroubova conducted by Nancy Reynolds on October 3, 1976, in Paris (France) for the Oral History Project of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, New York (N.Y.).
Title supplied by cataloger.
Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss."
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.
Author
Vyroubova, Nina, 1921-2007, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Nina Vyroubova, 1976
Imprint
1976.
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 Nancy Reynolds October 3, 1976 Paris (France)
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 2 hours); polyester; half-track; 1.875 ips; 5 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto51602_v01f01p01_sc, myd_mgzto51602_v01f01p02_sc, and myd_mgzto51602_v01f02_sc.