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Interview with Carmen de Lavallade
- Title
- Interview with Carmen de Lavallade [videorecording] / [Presented by] The League of Professional Theatre Women ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
- Publication
- New York, c2016.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (DVD) (76 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Dancer, choreographer and actress Carmen de Lavallade discusses her life and career with Deborah Jowitt. She begins with her early years as a performer, and talks about her cousin Janet Collins, the first African American ballerina with the Metropolitan Opera, and the influence Collins had upon her. She discusses her work with such mentors as Lester Horton and Bella Lewitzky, her marriage to Geoffrey Holder and her creative collaborations with him, her acting career, her work at Yale Repertory Theatre, and related topics. She also fields questions from audience members.
- Alternative Title
- Carmen de Lavallade in conversation with Deborah Jowitt
- Subjects
- Lester Horton Dancers
- Musical theater > New York (State) > New York
- Horton, Lester, 1906-1953 > Friends and associates
- African American actresses > Interviews
- Lewitzky, Bella > Friends and associates
- Theater > New York (State) > New York
- Yale Repertory Theatre
- African American dancers > Interviews
- Interviews
- African American theater > New York (State) > New York
- De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- > Friends and associates
- Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 > Friends and associates
- De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- > Interviews
- Dancers > Interviews
- Actresses > Interviews
- Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014
- Collins, Janet, 1917-2003 > Influence
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Note
- This video is available to be viewed online in the NYPL's Digital Collections database.
- Access (note)
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Performer (note)
- Introductory remarks: Pamela Hunt, Carmel Owen, Patrick Hoffman, and Betty Corwin.
- Interviewed by Deborah Jowitt.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., June 27, 2016.
- Call Number
- NCOW 414
- OCLC
- 967350070
- Title
- Interview with Carmen de Lavallade [videorecording] / [Presented by] The League of Professional Theatre Women ; [video prod. company] Character Generators, Inc. ; [video producer] Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, Patrick Hoffman, director.
- Imprint
- New York, c2016.
- Access
- Restricted to qualified researchers.
- Cast
- Introductory remarks: Pamela Hunt, Carmel Owen, Patrick Hoffman, and Betty Corwin.Interviewed by Deborah Jowitt.
- Event
- Videotaped by The New York Public Library's Theatre on Film and Tape Archive in the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., June 27, 2016.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- interviewee.Jowitt, Deborah, interviewer.Hunt, Pamela, speaker.Owen, Carmel, speaker.Hoffman, Patrick, speaker.Corwin, Betty L., speaker.Hoffman, Patrick.League of Professional Theatre Women.Character Generators/Video.New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Theatre on Film and Tape Archive.
- Research Call Number
- NCOW 414