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Interview with Leon Danielian, 1976

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Interview with Leon Danielian

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Title
Interview with Leon Danielian, 1976
Additional title: Sound of dance (Radio program)
Names
Danielian, Leon, 1920-1997 (Interviewee)
Gruen, John (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1976-03-22
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-323 Side A
Topics
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997
Mordkin, Mikhail, 1881-1944
Danielian, Leon, 1920-1997
American Ballet Theatre., School
American Ballet Theatre
Genres
Radio programs
Interviews
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by WNCN-FM, New York 1976, March 22 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 57 min.)
Sound quality is good overall. There is some distortion but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Description
Interview with Leon Danielian conducted by John Gruen, as host, for broadcast on March 22, 1976 by radio station WNCN-FM, New York on its series The sound of dance. Streaming audio file (approximately 57 minutes). [Music and introductory remarks by Oscar Buhler]. John Gruen, as host, introduces Leon Danielian; Leon Danielian and Gruen speak about his training including class with Mikhail Mordkin; his time at Ballet Theatre [now American Ballet Theatre]; [Gruen quotes Igor Stravinsky on, and plays a recording of Stravinsky's orchestration of the music by Peter Illich Tchaikovsky used for the "Bluebird pas de deux" from The sleeping beauty]; Danielian and Gruen speak about Danielian as a dancer; Alexandra Danilova; touring with the Ballet russe de Monte Carlo including its rigors; some of his roles; the difficulty of dancing [the spirit of the rose] in Michel Fokine's ballet Spectre de la rose [a recording of the music, Invitation to the waltz, by Karl Maria von Weber, used in Spectre de la rose, is played; commercial announcements follow]; Gruen and Danielian speak about the American Ballet Theatre School; what he looks for in a ballet student; the School's summer program [a recording of Robert Schumann's Carneval is played]; Gruen and Danielian speak about what Danielian likes to see in a dancer on stage [Gruen's closing remarks; music].
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 79134510
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118004
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 396bbbb0-c24b-0135-81e2-0fa593b3df1f
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

  • 1920: Creator Born
  • 1976: Created
  • 1997: Creator Died
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Leon Danielian" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1976. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc5644c0-c323-0133-9924-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Leon Danielian" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 29, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc5644c0-c323-0133-9924-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1976). Interview with Leon Danielian Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/bc5644c0-c323-0133-9924-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Leon Danielian