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Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1976

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Interview with Ivan Nagy

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Title
Interview with Ivan Nagy, 1976
Additional title: Sound of dance (Radio program)
Names
Nagy, Ivan, 1943-2014 (Interviewee)
Gruen, John (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1976-06-28
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-636 Side A
Topics
Burr, Marilyn, 1933-
Nagy, Ivan, 1943-2014
American Ballet Theatre
Dancers -- Aging
Genres
Interviews
Radio programs
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded for broadcast by WNCN, New York 1976, June 28 New York (N.Y.)
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.
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 53 min.)
Sound quality is fair.
Description
Interview with Ivan Nagy conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on June 28, 1976 by radio station WNCN, New York on its series The sound of dance. Streaming audio file (approximately 53 minutes). [Begins abruptly after a short period of ambient noise]. John Gruen, host speaks about some of Ivan Nagy's upcoming performances; Ivan Nagy and Gruen speak about partnering; Nagy's wife, Marilyn Burr and their children; dancing with Margot Fonteyn and with Natalia Makarova [interrupted attempt to play a recording of an excerpt of music from Swan lake]; Gruen describes Nagy's physical appearance; Gruen and Nagy speak about Nagy's position with American Ballet Theatre; his thoughts on guest artists at the company including Mikhail Baryshnikov and Alicia Alonso [a recording of the second movement of Dmitri Shostakovich's Piano concerto no. 2, used in Kenneth MacMillan's ballet Concerto, is played]; his leaving Hungary to dance in the United States at the invitation of Frederic Franklin; Gelsey Kirkland; his reluctance to request specific roles; closing remarks and announcements.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 79638719
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118443
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 422eb870-c27c-0135-b56d-4b60bacf9c1e
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1943: Creator Born
  • 1976: Created
  • 2014: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Ivan Nagy" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1976. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1fe332f0-c325-0133-5226-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Ivan Nagy" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1fe332f0-c325-0133-5226-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1976). Interview with Ivan Nagy Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1fe332f0-c325-0133-5226-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Ivan Nagy