Interview with Jay Millard
- Title
- Interview with Jay Millard [sound recording].
- Published by
- 2004.
- Author
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Status | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
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Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTC 3-2417 sound cassette | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | FormatAudio | AccessSupervised use | Call number*MGZMT 3-2417 transcript | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 90 min.) +
- Summary
- Jay Millard discusses the beginnings of his career, working as a camera operator for public television while a student at Trinity College [in Hartford, Conn.]; the development of passion and commitment to his work; first professional opportunities; moving to New York and his experiences working as a director and associate director as well a cameraman for the New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive and for WNET, Chanel Thirteen; working as associate director for Emile Ardolino on the filming of George Balanchine's ballet The spellbound child [Enfant et les sortilèges]; an anecdotal experience regarding Balanchine; his thoughts on Ardolino's skills and the way he was influenced by him; his experiences taping Jerome Robbins' Broadway and the 1993 Balanchine Festival [Balanchine Celebration].
- Cont. Millard speaks about the filming of dance for archival purposes and for broadcast in shows such as Dance in America; techniques he learned from Ardolino as well as from Merrill Brockway; working directly with choreographers in the filming and editing process, particularly in his shoots for the New York Public Library's Dance Division; problems that can occur in the course of filming; working on the taping of Bill T. Jones' piece Still/here; different types of filming, with variations including style, number of cameras and whether work is in performance or rehearsal; his feelings about his work; the importance of creating audio visual records of the performing arts.
- Alternative title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Call number
- *MGZTC 3-2417
- Note
- Interview with Jay Millard conducted by Jan Schmidt at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in New York City on June 28, 2004.
- For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2417.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Author
- Millard, Jay. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Jay Millard [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 2004.
- Restricted access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Connect to:
- Local subject
- Dance videos -- Production and direction.
- Audiotapes -- Millard, J.
- Added author
- Schmidt, Jan, 1948- Interviewer
- Research call number
- *MGZMT 3-2417 [transcript]