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Interview with Rima Corben

Title
  1. Interview with Rima Corben [sound recording]
Published by
  1. 1996.
Author
  1. Corben, Rima.

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FormatAudioAccessUse in libraryCall number*MGZTC 3-2092 (sound cassette)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Additional authors
  1. Moseley, Monica.
Description
  1. 1 sound cassette (90 min.) +
Summary
  1. Ms. Corben describes her first association with the Joffrey Ballet; working with Alexander Ewing and then Isadora Bennett; Bennett's personality; her own education and background in dance; the positive atmosphere for dance at that time; the influence of Morton Baum; her relationship with Robert Joffrey and Gerald Arpino; their personalities; traveling with the company; the formation of the company's board of directors; the choreographies Astarte and Clowns; the transition from Ewing to Anthony Bliss; Sally Bliss joining the company; the formation of Joffrey II; her own feelings about Mr. Bliss' impact on the company; getting fired by Mr. Bliss; political and economic issues regarding the company's structure; and Herbert Migdoll's influence on the company.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Alternative title
  1. Dance Oral History Project.
  2. Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  1. Audiotapes > Moseley, M
  2. Arpino, Gerald
  3. Joffrey Ballet
  4. Migdoll, Herbert
  5. Bliss, Sally Brayley
  6. Joffrey, Robert
  7. Bliss, Anthony A., 1913-1991
  8. Audiotapes > Corben, Rima
  9. Bennett, Isadora
  10. Joffrey II Dancers
  11. Ewing, Alexander
Call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-2092
Note
  1. For transcript, see; *MGZMT 3-2092.
  2. Interviewed by Monica Moseley, December 20, 1996, at the Dance Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Access (note)
  1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Author
  1. Corben, Rima. Interviewee
Title
  1. Interview with Rima Corben [sound recording]
Imprint
  1. 1996.
Local note
  1. Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2092.
  2. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2092.
  3. Interview funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD)
Restricted access
  1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Local subject
  1. Audiotapes -- Corben, Rima.
  2. Audiotapes -- Moseley, M.
Added author
  1. Moseley, Monica. Interviewer
Research call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-2092 [Transcript]
  2. *MGZTC 3-2092 [Cassette]
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