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Interview with Daniel Duell
- Title
- Interview with Daniel Duell [sound recording].
- Author
- Duell, Daniel.
- Publication
- 1979.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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 3-1983, side A | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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 3-1983, side B | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kaptzan, Kyra Lynn.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 28 min.)
- Summary
- Daniel Duell speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about his childhood dance training at the Schwarz School of Dance, in Dayton, Ohio, including his teacher David McClain; being chosen by Violette Verdy to study at the School of American Ballet; joining New York City Ballet as an apprentice; touring with City Ballet, including in the former Soviet Union; favorite roles, including the pas de trois in George Balanchine's work Agon; learning roles previously danced by Edward Villella; more on touring; male dancers who he finds inspiring, including Villella, Jacques D'Amboise, Peter Martins, and Misha [Mikhail] Baryshnikov; partnering his wife, Kyra Nichols; partnering Heather Watts; working with Jerome Robbins on a new ballet [a section of a ballet with the working title Arts of the gentleman] and other Robbins works, including Dybbuk; increased prominence of male dancers in ballet; Baryshnikov and his position in City Ballet; leisure activities; a typical work day.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral history archive.
- Uniform Title
- Ballet beat (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Note
- Sound quality is good overall, but the recording is slightly marred by extraneous noise.
- Interview with Daniel Duell conducted by Kyra Lynn Kaptzan on May 23, 1979 for the radio program Ballet beat on WNYU-FM and broadcast on June 8, 1979.
- Source (note)
- Kyra Lynn Kaptzan.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1983, side A [sound cassette]
- OCLC
- 227003222
- Author
- Duell, Daniel. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Daniel Duell [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1979.
- Local Note
- Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-1983, side A
- Source
- Gift; Kyra Lynn Kaptzan. NN-PD
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Duell, D.Audiotapes -- Kaptzan, K.
- Added Author
- Kaptzan, Kyra Lynn. Interviewer
- Added Title
- Ballet beat (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1983, side A [sound cassette]