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Interview with Violette Verdy

Title: Interview with Violette Verdy [sound recording]
Author: Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016.
Publication: 1980.

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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	*MGZTC 3-1347	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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1 sound cassette (ca. 25 min.)

Donor/Sponsor

Oral History Archive.
National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Uniform Title

Speaking of dance (Radio program)

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Note

Recorded October 24, 1980.
Host: Lee Edward Stern for the WNYC, New York radio program series, Speaking of dance.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1347

OCLC

NYPY00-R33

Author

Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Violette Verdy [sound recording]

Imprint

1980.

Summary

Violette Verdy discusses the negotiations that lead to her transfer from George Balanchine's New York City Ballet to the Paris Opéra Ballet under the direction of Rolf Liebermann, and subsequently to the Boston Ballet; the conditions and challenges for her at the Paris Opera Ballet; the relationship of choreographers, directors and dancers at New York City Ballet; choreographers' responsibilities; the advancing technique level among young dancers; the modern choreographers' movement in France; her invitation to go to, and the expectations of, Boston Ballet; performance ability; a dancer's life; her travel schedule; and the benefits of performing for foreign audiences.

Local Note

Preservation master tape: *MGZTO 7-1347.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1347.

Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Verdy, V.

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Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016 Interviewee

Stern, Lee Edward. Interviewer

Added Title

Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Oral History Archive.

National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

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