Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Moseley, Monica.
2. Aloff, Mindy, 1947-
3. Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
4. George Balanchine Foundation.

Description

1. 2 sound cassettes (ca. 133 min.) +

Summary

1. Cassette 19, side A, 06/07/00 (ca. 23 min.). Frederic Franklin comments on photographs of George Balanchine's ballet Serenade shown to him at the interview; speaks about the reason Leonide Massine did not require him to use a Russian stage-name; ballets to be discussed at the next interview; the musical comedy Song of Norway.
2. Cassette 19, side B, 06/13/00 (ca. 38 min.). The interview begins approximately 3 min. into the recording. Franklin speaks about Massine's ballet Seventh symphony; including Massine's working method; Franklin's learning his role, the Spirit of creation; other characters in the ballet, including Adam and Eve, the snake, and rocks; his costume; the ballet's story; Massine's unhappiness with the choreography set to the fourth movement; performing the ballet on tour; becoming sick from the make-up applied to his body; his friendship with the accompanist Rachel Chapman; reason he enjoyed dancing in Seventh symphony; more on the fourth movement; the engaging of Nini Theilade to dance in Seventh symphony; comments on photographs of the ballet. [Ends abruptly.]
3. Cassette 20, side A, 06/13/00 (ca. 38 min.). Franklin speaks about Bronislava Nijinska's ballet Sleeping beauty [after Marius Petipa; referred to as Aurora's wedding in the interview], including first seeing it in Liverpool in 1929; the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo's performance of the ballet, in Chicago; comments on drawings of costume designs for the ballet and photographs of the dancers; speaks about Nijinska's ballet Snow maiden, including the cast and the choreography; comments on photographs of Snow maiden; Michel Fokine's ballet Spectre de la rose, including his first seeing it, as staged by Anton Dolin; tells anecdotes about an accompanist Dolin employed [a woman, known as Turner]; begins to comment on photographs. [Ends abruptly.]
4. Cassette 20, side B, 06/13/00 (ca. 34 min.). Franklin continues to comment on photographs; speaks about the attempted murder of Paul Petroff; the musical comedy Song of Norway, including the recruiting of dancers from the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; how George Balanchine came to be hired as the choreographer; Balanchine's innovation of ending the show with a ballet; Alexandra Danilova's enjoyment of her speaking role in Song of Norway; similarities between the choreography of Song of Norway and Danses concertantes; comments on photographs of Song of Norway; ballets to be discussed at the next interview.

Series statement

1. Frederic Franklin Oral History Project

Alternative title

1. Dance Oral History Project.

Subject

1. Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
2. Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972 > Snow maiden
3. Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972 > Sleeping beauty
4. Danilova, Alexandra, 1903-1997
5. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 > Spectre de la rose
6. Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979 > Septième symphonie
7. Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983
8. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
9. Audiotapes > Franklin, F
10. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013
11. Musical comedies > Song of Norway

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-2253 nos. 19-20

Note

1. Interview with Frederic Franklin conducted by Mindy Aloff, Monica Moseley, and Nancy Reynolds, at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on June 7 and 13, 2000. These interviews were recorded for the Frederic Franklin Oral History Project; the Project is a collaboration between the George Balanchine Foundation and The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
2. For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2253 no.19-20.
3. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise.
4. The transcripts were prepared by the George Balanchine Foundation. The transcripts are edited versions of the recordings and may include material such as follow-up interviews, in person and by telephone, and explanatory notes, which are not included in the recording.

Access (note)

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Author

1. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Frederic Franklin. June 7 and 13, 2000 [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 2000.

Series

1. Frederic Franklin Oral History Project

Local note

1. Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2253 nos. 19-20
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2253 nos. 19-20
3. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2253 no. 19-20

Restricted access

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Connect to:

1. Request Access to Special Collections (Dance Division) material

Local subject

1. Musical comedies. Song of Norway.
2. Audiotapes -- Franklin, F.

Added author

1. Moseley, Monica. Interviewer
2. Aloff, Mindy, 1947- Interviewer
3. Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- Interviewer
4. George Balanchine Foundation.

Research call number

1. *MGZTC 3-2253 nos. 19-20 sound cassettes
2. *MGZMT 3-2253 no. 19-20 transcript
3. *MGZTC 3-2253 nos. 19-20