- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming file (approximately 23 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file (approximately 22 minutes). [Introductory announcement.by unidentified speaker.] Cynthia Gregory and Ted Kivitt speak with ABC Radio News correspondent Lionel Martin about their impressions of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba and the company school; the works in which Gregory and Kivitt are performing including [George Balanchine's] Apollo, a short solo from Eliot Feld's At midnight, Coppélia, and Swan lake; the Ballet Nacional de Cuba's versions of Coppélia and of Swan lake as compared with those of [American] Ballet Theatre; their impressions of other dancers at the Festival [International Ballet Festival of Havana]; the audience; how they came to be invited to the Festival; Alicia and Fernando Alonso; their impressions of Havana. [Closing remarks by unidentified speaker].
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview conducted by Lionel Martin of ABC Radio News, with Cynthia Gregory and Ted Kivitt, on the occasion of their participation in the International Ballet Festival of Havana, on November 10, 1974, in Havana, Cuba. An unidentified speaker introduces the interview and provides closing remarks.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise and occasional short gaps, but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-363 (former)
- OCLC
- Author
Gregory, Cynthia, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Cynthia Gregory and Ted Kivitt, 1974.
- Production
1974
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- Event
1974, November 10 Havana, Cuba
- 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 25 minutes); 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2014.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-363
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- Added Author
Martin, Lionel, interviewer.
Kivitt, Ted, interviewee.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-363 (former)
*MGZTCO 3-363