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Interview with George Balanchine, 1981

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Interview with George Balanchine

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Title
Interview with George Balanchine, 1981
Names
Balanchine, George (Interviewee)
Gruen, John (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1981-01-17
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-3009
Topics
Balanchine, George
Apollo (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by John Gruen 1981, January 17
Funding: The conservation 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.
Acquisition: Gift John Gruen
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 13 min.) : quarter-track; 1.875 ips.
Sound quality is fair. There is some distortion but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Description
Interview with George Balanchine conducted by John Gruen on January 17, 1981. The location is not identified. Streaming file (approximately 13 minutes). George Balanchine speaks with John Gruen about his ballet Apollo including how [Serge] Diaghilev found the designer [André Bauchant] of the original set and costumes; the substitution of the costumes with new costumes designed by Coco Chanel; Balanchine's unhappiness with the libretto including his comment that "you cannot dance a story;" money as a reason for Boris Kochno's and Stravinsky's creating the libretto; Balanchine's later revisions to Apollo including his comment: "I took out the garbage."
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 920473002
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20791095
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): fd4283b0-b917-0133-7023-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with George Balanchine" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1981. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0137d060-b918-0133-f876-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with George Balanchine" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed February 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0137d060-b918-0133-f876-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1981). Interview with George Balanchine Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0137d060-b918-0133-f876-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with George Balanchine