1 streaming audio file (approximately 26 minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file (approximately 26 minutes). [Music and introductory remarks.] Walter Terry speaks about the phenomenal growth of ballet's popularity in New York City, as evidenced by the fact that the New York City Ballet, the Royal Ballet and American Ballet Theatre may all be concurrently seen at Lincoln Center; the contrast with the situation of thirty years ago when Sol Hurok brought the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo to New York City; the dance explosion in the United States and New York's status as the dance capital; the differing styles and repertoires of the Royal Ballet, New York City Ballet, and American Ballet Theatre; their different versions of Swan lake; the opportunity to see and compare Bronislava Nijinska's Les noces danced by the Royal Ballet and Jerome Robbins' Les noces, danced by New York City Ballet, as well as Balanchine's A midsummer night's dream and Frederick Ashton's The dream; other companies that will be performing in the coming weeks [closing remarks and music].
Walter Terry speaks about the so-called dance explosion in New York; broadcast April 16, 1967 by radio station WNYC, New York on its series Invitation to dance.
The sound quality is excellent.
The processing 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.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Author
Terry, Walter.
Title
Dance explosion in New York : battle of the ballets/ Walter Terry
Imprint
1967.
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Event
Recorded for broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its program series, Invitation to dance April 16, 1967 New York (N.Y.)
Restricted access
Access only on site at the research libraries of The New York Public Library.
Original version
Original format: one sound reel (approximately 26 minutes); polyester; half-track, 7.5 ips; 7 in.; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgzto7273_v01f01_sc.
Local note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-273
Former call number: *MGZT 7-273
Local note
Archival original: *MGZTO 7-273; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 7 in. reel. Restored and rehoused in 2015 following water damage.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-273; 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.