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Interview with Marlene Mesavage DeSavino and Joysanne Sidimus

Title
Interview with Marlene Mesavage DeSavino and Joysanne Sidimus [sound recording].
Publication
1998.

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Additional Authors
  • Mesavage, Marlene.
  • Sidimus, Joysanne.
  • Blumenthal, Sallie.
Description
1 sound cassette (approx. 45 min.) +
Summary
Former New York City Ballet dancers Marlene Mesavage (DeSavino) and Joysanne Sidimus are interviewed together. DeSavino discusses her early dance training; Sidimus offers a brief overview of her ballet career and the experience of being a child dancer with New York City Ballet. Sidimus and DeSavino discuss and praise their School of American Ballet teachers and George Balanchine's technique classes. DeSavino discusses sharing an apartment at age 14; Sidimus discusses her training before SAB. DeSavino identifies the qualities Balanchine sought in prospective company members. Sidimus and DeSavino recall their first impressions of Balanchine. Sidimus gives her impressions of Lincoln Kirstein and describes Peter Martin's New York debut in Apollo. Sidimus then discusses Balanchine's ability to highlight dancers' unique movement qualities in his ballets and his unpossessive attitude toward his ballets. DeSavino and Sidimus discuss their favorite ballets and reminisce about various company members, including John Taras, Vida Brown, Maria Tallchief, Melissa Hayden, Francisco Moncion and Diana Adams. In closing, Sidimus and DeSavino discuss their current activities.
Series Statement
New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
Alternative Title
  • Dance Oral History Project.
  • Dance Audio Archive.
  • New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
Subjects
Note
  • For transcript, see *MGZMT 3-2148.
  • Interviewed by Sallie Blumenthal on November 21, 1998, in New York City Ballet's Education Office.
Access (note)
  • Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2148
OCLC
NYPY99-R6
Title
Interview with Marlene Mesavage DeSavino and Joysanne Sidimus [sound recording].
Imprint
1998.
Series
New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
Local Note
Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2142, 4 of 13/Sides A & B.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2148.
Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2148.
Partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Restricted Access
Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Mesavage, M.
Audiotapes -- Sidimus, J.
Added Author
Mesavage, Marlene. Interviewee
Sidimus, Joysanne. Interviewee
Blumenthal, Sallie. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZMT 3-2148 [Transcript]
*MGZTC 3-2148 [Cassette]
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