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Details

Additional authors

1. Stern, Lee Edward.

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (approx. 30 min.)

Summary

1. Zizi Jeanmarie discusses the formation of the Ballet National de Marseilles; her husband Roland Petit; her first performance in New York; her career incorporating singing and ballet, including her performances in the musicals The girl in pink tights and Can can; New York as the center for the arts; the importance of an audience-performer relationship; the "dance explosion"; performing in revues at Casino de Paris; dancing in film and television; her plans for the future.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Oral History Archive.
2. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.

Uniform title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Subject

1. Jeanmarie, Zizi, 1924- > Interviews
2. Petit, Roland, 1924-2011
3. Ballet national de Marseille Roland Petit

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1329

Note

1. Recorded October 31, 1980; broadcast October 31, 1980.
2. Host: Lee Edward Stern for the WNYC, New York radio program series, Speaking of dance.

Author

1. Jeanmarie, Zizi, 1924- Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Zizi Jeanmarie [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1980.

Local note

1. Preservation master tape: *MGZT0 7-1329.
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1329.
3. Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).

Local subject

1. Girl in pink tights (Musical)
2. Musical comedies. Can can.
3. Audiotapes -- Jeanmarie, Z.

Added author

1. Jeanmarie, Zizi, 1924- Interviewee
2. Stern, Lee Edward. Interviewer

Added title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1329