Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Horosko, Marian.

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (15 min.) : analog.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Marian Horosko. Oral History Archive.
2. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Uniform title

1. Profiles (Radio program)

Subject

1. Lander, Toni
2. Audiotapes > Chase, L
3. Fernandez, Royes
4. Pleasant, Richard, 1909-1961
5. Serrano, Lupe
6. American Ballet Theatre
7. Copyright > Choreography

Contents

1. SUMMARY: Lucia Chase, director of American Ballet Theatre, discusses the company's coming tour of South America under the auspices of the U.S. State Department, the importance of maintaining at least two major American ballet companies, and the formation of American Ballet Theatre by Richard Pleasant. She then talks about the company's repertoire, the usual copyright clause in contracts with choreographers, the star system and the major stars of American Ballet Theatre, notably Lupe Serrano, Toni Lander and Royes Fernandez. In conclusion she discusses her own duties as artistic director of the company.

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-10

Note

1. Host: Marian Horosko. Recorded at the Russian Tea Room, New York City and broadcast in 1964 by radio station WNCN, New York, on its series, Profiles.

Author

1. Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Lucia Chase [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1964.

Local note

1. Preservation funded by National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD)
2. Archival original in *MGZTO 5-10. 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; acetate; dual track.
3. Dubbing master in *MGZTD 10-10. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester, dual track.

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Chase, L.

Added author

1. Horosko, Marian. Interviewer

Added title

1. Profiles (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *MGZTC 3-10