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Interview-demonstration with Igor Youskevitch the art of performing.

Title
  1. Interview-demonstration with Igor Youskevitch [sound recording] : the art of performing.
Published by
  1. 1953.
Author
  1. Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994.

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Additional authors
  1. Terry, Walter, 1913-1982, interviewer.
  2. Dance Laboratory.
Description
  1. 2 sound discs (108 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. Disc 1. Youskevitch discusses projection, the technique of jumping, the male ballet dancer, abstract ballets, pantomime, his approach to his roles in Balanchine's ballets Theme and variations and Apollo. Disc 2. Youskevitch discusses his roles in Les sylphides, L'après-midi d'un faune, Spectre de la rose, Romeo and Juliet (Tudor), and Giselle.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Walter Terry. Oral History Archive.
  2. New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Subject
  1. Afternoon of a faun (Choreographic work : Nijinsky)
  2. Phonotapes > Youskevitch, I
  3. Interpretation in dance performance
  4. Male dancing
  5. Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokin)
  6. Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
  7. Balanchine, George > Apollo
  8. Ballet technique
  9. Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994
  10. Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)
  11. Giselle (Choreographic work)
  12. Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-112, nos. 1, 2
Note
  1. Interviewer: Walter Terry.
  2. Recorded April 26, 1953. The eighth in the 1952-1953 season of Walter Terry's series, Dance laboratory, held at the Young Men's-Young Women's Hebrew Association, 92nd Street, New York City. The season's topic was The art of performing.
  3. Due to damage on the original tapes, sound quality is poor in some places.
Funding (note)
  1. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Author
  1. Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994. Interviewee
Title
  1. Interview-demonstration with Igor Youskevitch [sound recording] : the art of performing.
Imprint
  1. 1953.
Funding
  1. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Local note
  1. Original copy: *MGZTO 5-112, nos. 1, 2.
  2. Preservation copy: *MGZTP 4-112, nos. 1, 2.
  3. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-112, nos. 1, 2.
Local subject
  1. Male dancing.
  2. Interpretation in dance performance.
  3. Phonotapes -- Youskevitch, I.
  4. Ballet technique.
Added author
  1. Terry, Walter, 1913-1982, interviewer.
  2. Dance Laboratory.
Research call number
  1. *MGZTL 4-112, nos. 1, 2
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