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Additional authors

1. Dunning, Jennifer.

Description

1. 2 sound discs (ca. 90 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

1. Disc 1 (ca. 45 min.). Jock Soto speaks about his family background; first experiences with dance; including Navajo Hoop dancing with his mother; his early ballet training, including with Stanley Williams; hearing of Williams' death; Soto's own retirement; his earliest memories of the School of American Ballet, including meeting Lincoln Kirstein; the atmosphere at the school in those years; his first years with the company; reminiscences, including of George Balanchine, Peter Martins, and their influence on his career; his performances with the school; his perception of himself as a dancer; his favorite roles; partnering; the pas de deux in Balanchine's Midsummer night's dream.
2. Disc 2 (ca. 45 min.). Jock Soto speaks about his pas de deux in Christopher Wheeldon's After the rain; lessons he has learned and the lessons that he tries to impart to his students; working with different ballerinas; changes in his rehearsal style late in his career; teaching and staging; plans for his post-retirement future; the program he danced at his final performance; other brief reflections on his career.

Donor/Sponsor

1. New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007.
2. National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.

Alternative title

1. Dance Oral History Project.
2. Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

1. Balanchine, George
2. Balanchine, George > Midsummer night's dream
3. Balanchine, George > A Midsummer Night's Dream
4. School of American Ballet
5. Partnering in dance
6. Audiotapes > Soto, J
7. Midsummer night's dream (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
8. After the rain (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
9. Soto, Jock
10. Martins, Peter, 1946-
11. Williams, Stanley, 1925-1997
12. Male dancers

Call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2464

Note

1. Interview with Jock Soto conducted by Jennifer Dunning on Apr. 12, 2006 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center, in New York City.
2. For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2464.

Access (note)

1. Permission required for recordings. The transcript is open.
2. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.

Author

1. Soto, Jock. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Jock Soto [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 2006.

Access

1. Permission required for recordings. The transcript is open.

Funding

1. Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2006-2007 and the National Endowment for the Arts, 2006-2007.

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. Partnering in dance.
2. Audiotapes -- Soto, J.

Added author

1. Dunning, Jennifer. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZTL 4-2464 [sound disc
2. *MGZMT 3-2464 [transcript]
3. *MGZTL 4-2464