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Interviews with John Taras and Eugenie Ouroussow

Title: Interviews with John Taras and Eugenie Ouroussow [sound recording]
Publication: [1965?]

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Audio	Use in library	*MGZTL 4-1883	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description

1 sound disc : digital (ca. 18 min.); 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Marian Horosko. Oral History Archive.
New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Uniform Title

World of dance (Radio program)

Subjects

Note

Taras interview conducted by Marian Horosko; Ouroussow interview by Alvin H. Reiss, for the radio station WNYC as part of its series World of dance.

Funding (note)

Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-1883

Title

Interviews with John Taras and Eugenie Ouroussow [sound recording]

Imprint

[1965?]

Summary

[Music]. Introduction of hosts: Marian Horosko and Alvin H. Reiss. Horosko interviews John Taras, ballet master of the New York City Ballet; Taras speaks about the role of a ballet master, including the knowledge of choreography; the necessity of knowing all of the ballets in City Ballet's repertoire; lack of time for his own choreography; characteristics of a Balanchine dancer; views on classical dancers studying folk and modern dance [music].

Reiss interviews Eugenie Ouroussow. Ouroussow discusses the origins of the School of American Ballet; its relationship with the New York City Ballet and City Ballet's predecessors; the move from 59th Street to the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts; collaborating with the Juilliard School on student performances; George Balanchine's desire for his students to study music and otherwise benefit from the creative climate of Juilliard and Lincoln Center [music].

Funding

Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Local Note

Arch: orig: *MGZTO 7-1883. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. tape.

Additional arch. orig.: *MGZTO 7-1445.

Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-1883.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1883. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. tape; polyester; half-track.

Additional dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-1883.

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Taras, J.

Audiotape -- Ouroussow, E.

Added Author

Taras, John. Interviewee

Ouroussow, Eugenie. Interviewee

Horosko, Marian. Interviewer

Reiss, Alvin H. Interviewer

DHCA.

Added Title

World of dance (Radio program)

Gift of Marian Horosko. Oral History Archive.

New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

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