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Interview with Jolinda Menendez
- Title
- Interview with Jolinda Menendez [sound recording].
- Author
- Menendez, Jolinda.
- Publication
- 1980.
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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 3-1981, 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 3-1981, side B | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Kaptzan, Kyra Lynn.
- Description
- 1 sound cassette (ca. 30 min.)
- Summary
- Jolinda Menendez speaks with Kyra Lynn Kaptzan about the recent management lock-out at American Ballet Theatre; the effect of the resignations of Cynthia Gregory and Gelsey Kirkland on female soloists in the company; her looking forward to dancing Nikiya in Natalia Makarova's full-length production of La bayadère; her height as neither detriment nor help in her career; her childhood and early training, including in Santiago, Chile, and in Trinidad; moving to New York City and studying at the National Academy of Ballet under the direction of Thalia Mara; joining American Ballet Theatre, first as an apprentice then in the corps; her first soloist roles, including the pas de deux in David Lichine's Graduation ball and a section of Alvin Ailey's The river; performing in Europe; the star system at American Ballet Theatre; Alexander Godunov's leaving and then rejoining the company; the upcoming change in directorship of the company from Lucia Chase to Mikhail Baryshnikov; plans for touring with American Ballet Theatre in the U.S. and the upcoming season at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City; her reasons for joining American Ballet Theatre; her reasons for not joining New York City Ballet; performing for the television program Live from Lincoln Center; filming other dance works, including for the television program Dance in America; leisure activities; future plans.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral history archive.
- Uniform Title
- Ballet beat (Radio program)
- Subjects
- Note
- Sound quality is good overall, but Jolinda Menendez's voice is soft and occasionally almost inaudible. There is occasional extraneous noise.
- Interview with Jolinda Menendez conducted by Kyra Lynn Kaptzan on Jan. 5, 1980 for the radio program Ballet beat on WNYU-FM and broadcast on Jan. 11, 1980.
- Source (note)
- Kyra Lynn Kaptzan.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1981, side A [sound cassette]
- OCLC
- 228503694
- Author
- Menendez, Jolinda. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Jolinda Menendez [sound recording].
- Imprint
- 1980.
- Local Note
- Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-1981, side A
- Source
- Gift; Kyra Lynn Kaptzan. NN-PD
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Menendez, J.Audiotapes -- Kaptzan, K.
- Added Author
- Kaptzan, Kyra Lynn. Interviewer
- Added Title
- Ballet beat (Radio program)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-1981, side A [sound cassette]