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Details

Additional authors

1. Gillis, Christopher.
2. Stern, Lee Edward.

Description

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

Summary

1. Ben Stevenson discusses his position as artistic director of the Houston Ballet, and the challenge of building an audience for a ballet company; the company's repertoire including John Cranko's The lady and the fool and Ronald Hynd's Papillon; the training available at the Houston Ballet school as compared to training in New York City, particularly that of the School of American Ballet; Glen Tetley; Stevenson's own performance career; audience reception; his hopes for the future of the company.

Donor/Sponsor

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

Uniform title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Subject

1. Stevenson, Ben, 1937- > Interviews
2. Tetley, Glen
3. Houston Ballet
4. Houston Ballet Academy
5. School of American Ballet
6. Lady and the fool (Choreographic work : Cranko)
7. Papillon (Choreographic work : Hynd)

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1326

Note

1. Recorded July 17, 1981; broadcast July 17, 1981.
2. Host: Lee Edward Stern for the WNYC, New York radio program series, Speaking of dance.

Author

1. Stevenson, Ben, 1937- Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Ben Stevenson [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1981.

Local note

1. Preservation master tape: *MGZT0 7-1326.
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1326.
3. Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Stevenson, B.

Added author

1. Gillis, Christopher. Interviewee
2. Stern, Lee Edward. Interviewer

Added title

1. Speaking of dance (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1326