Research Catalog

Interview with Terry Orr

Title
Interview with Terry Orr, 1978
Author
Orr, Terry
Publication
1978

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
Kaptzan, Kyra Lynn
Description
One streaming audio file (approximately 27 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 16 minutes). Terry Orr speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about his reasons for retiring from dancing [with American Ballet Theatre]; the responsibilities of a ballet master, including rehearsals, casting, and teaching; his early dance training and career at the San Francisco Ballet; coming to New York City and joining American Ballet Theatre; his favorite roles, including one of the sailors in Jerome Robbins' ballet Fancy free; his certainty that he will not return to dancing as a career; possible interest in choreographing; ballet on television; the film The turning point.
Donor/Sponsor
Oral History Archive.
Uniform Title
Ballet Beat (Radio program)
Subjects
Genre/Form
Radio interviews.
Note
  • Interview with Terry Orr conducted by Kyra Lynn Kaptzan on June 8, 1978 for the radio program Ballet Beat on WNYU-FM and broadcast on July 4, 1978.
  • Sound quality is good overall, but the recording is marred by "tape hiss".
  • Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
  • Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library research libraries.
Funding (note)
  • The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Source (note)
  • Kyra Lynn Kaptzan
Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-1986, side B
OCLC
185035497
Author
Orr, Terry, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Terry Orr, 1978
Production
1978
Type of Content
spoken word
Type of Medium
audio
Type of Carrier
online resource
Digital File Characteristics
audio file
Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library research libraries.
Event
Recorded for the program Ballet Beat on WNYU-FM 1978, June 8 New York (N.Y.)
Funding
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Original Version
Original format: one sound cassette (approximately 27 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format (myd_mgztco31986_v01f02_sc) in 2015.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-1986, side B
Source
Gift Kyra Lynn Kaptzan
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Added Author
Kaptzan, Kyra Lynn, interviewer.
Added Title
Ballet Beat (Radio program)
Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-1986, side B
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