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Interview with Gene Gavin

Title
  1. Interview with Gene Gavin [sound recording].
Published by
  1. 1998.
Author
  1. Gavin, Gene

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FormatAudioAccessUse in libraryCall number*MGZTC 3-2145 (sound cassette)Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Additional authors
  1. Kraft, Susan, 1961-
Description
  1. 1 sound cassette (approx. 30 min.) +
Summary
  1. Former New York City Ballet dancer Gene Gavin discusses his dance training prior to joining New York City Ballet; studying with Anatole Oboukhoff and Pierre Vladimiroff at the School of American Ballet; his first impression of George Balanchine; working in the studio with Jerome Robbins and with Balanchine; his first experience hearing an audience applaud his performance; the effect of the move from City Center to Lincoln Center on the Company; his admiration for the dancing of Jacques D'Amboise and André Eglevsky; his post-New York City Ballet career in musical theater.
Series statement
  1. New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
Alternative title
  1. Dance Oral History Project.
  2. Dance Audio Archive
  3. New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
Subject
  1. D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021
  2. Audiotapes > Gavin, G
  3. Eglevsky, André
  4. Balanchine, George
  5. D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-
  6. School of American Ballet
  7. Vladimiroff, Pierre, 1893-1970
  8. Gavin, Gene > Interviews
  9. Robbins, Jerome
  10. Oboukhoff, Anatole
  11. New York City Ballet
Call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-2145
Note
  1. For transcript, see *MGZMT 3-2145.
  2. Interviewed by Susan Kraft on November 21, 1998, in New York City Ballet's Education Office.
Access (note)
  1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Author
  1. Gavin, Gene, interviewee.
Title
  1. Interview with Gene Gavin [sound recording].
Imprint
  1. 1998.
Series
  1. New York City Ballet at 50, interviews
Local note
  1. Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2142, 2 of 13/end of Side A; beginning of Side B.
  2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2145.
  3. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2145.
  4. Partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.
Restricted access
  1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Local subject
  1. Audiotapes -- Gavin, G.
Added author
  1. Kraft, Susan, 1961- Interviewer
Research call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-2145 [Transcript]
  2. *MGZTC 3-2145 [Cassette]
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