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Interview with Sallie Wilson, 1976

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Interview with Sallie Wilson

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Title
Interview with Sallie Wilson, 1976
Additional title: Sound of dance (Radio program)
Names
Wilson, Sallie (Interviewee)
Gruen, John (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1976-07-05
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-636 Side B
Topics
Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987
Wilson, Sallie
American Ballet Theatre
Pillar of fire (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Fall River legend (Choreographic work : De Mille)
Genres
Interviews
Radio programs
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded for broadcast by WNCN, New York 1976, July 5, 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 50 min.)
Sound quality is excellent.
Description
Interview with Sallie Wilson conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on July 5, 1976 by radio station WNCN, New York on its series The sound of dance. Streaming audio file (approximately 50 minutes). [Music; introductory remarks by Oscar Buhler]. John Gruen, host, introduces Sallie Wilson; Sallie Wilson and Gruen speak about her upcoming performance in Agnes de Mille's Three virgins and a devil and (briefly) working with De Mille; her role as Lizzie Borden in De Mille's Fall River legend [a recording of an excerpt from Ottorino Respighi's Ancient airs and dances (Antiche danze ed arie) used in the ballet Three virgins and the devil is played]; her role as Hagar in Antony Tudor's ballet Pillar of fire; working with Antony Tudor [a recording of an excerpt of music from Les noces (Svadebka), by Igor Stravinsky, is played]; working with Jerome Robbins in his ballet Les noces including an anecdote about Robbins, Lucia Chase and a craps game in the hall; her position at American Ballet Theatre including her thoughts about guest artists; Wilson as a dancer [a recording of the music by Arnold Schönberg (Verklärte Nacht) used in Pillar of fire is played; ends abruptly].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 80892491
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118444
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 48fcc380-c27c-0135-e01a-05d8db1de096
Rights Statement
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  • 1976: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Sallie Wilson" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1976. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/26018130-c325-0133-70fd-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Sallie Wilson" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/26018130-c325-0133-70fd-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1976). Interview with Sallie Wilson Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/26018130-c325-0133-70fd-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Sallie Wilson