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Interview with Alfredo Corvino, April 16, 1979

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Interview with Alfredo Corvino

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Title
Interview with Alfredo Corvino, April 16, 1979
Names
Corvino, Alfredo, 1916-2005 (Interviewee)
Farlow, Lesley (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Oral History Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1979-04-16
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZT 5-960 (former)
Topics
Corvino, Alfredo, 1916-2005 -- Interviews
Jooss European Ballet
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.). Ballet
Dance teachers
Genres
Oral histories
Interviews
Notes
Biographical/historical: Interview with Alfredo Corvino conducted by Lesley Farlow on April 16, 1979 in New York City for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Jerome Robbins Dance Division Oral History Project.
Bibliographic history: Title supplied by cataloger.
Source characteristics: Sound quality is fair. There is "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps, but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Venue: Recorded for The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts April 16, 1979 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
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 52 min.) : analog, 1.875 ips, half-track, polyester; 5 in.
Description
Streaming file (approximately 52 minutes). Alfredo Corvino speaks about his family background and dance training in Montevideo, Uruguay; meeting [Leonide] Massine in Uruguay; seeing the Jooss Ballet perform [Kurt Jooss's] The green table; becoming a member of the company and touring in South America and the United States; his summer with Eugene Loring's company Dance Players; touring with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in the United States; his military service during World War II; teaching; his wife Marcella [Rubin] including an anecdote about their first meeting; dancing at the Metropolitan Opera ballet; the firing of most of the other dancers and the hiring of Antony Tudor and Margaret Craske; becoming a teacher, at Tudor's invitation, at the Juilliard [School], and at the Metropolitan Opera ballet school; opening his own school, in 1968; his approach to teaching.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 82357558
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118367
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 291ebb90-b2aa-0133-9d4f-60f81dd2b63c
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.

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  • 1916: Creator Born
  • 1979: Created
  • 2005: Creator Died
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Alfredo Corvino" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1979. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2d0f69e0-b2aa-0133-2a2e-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Alfredo Corvino" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2d0f69e0-b2aa-0133-2a2e-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1979). Interview with Alfredo Corvino Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2d0f69e0-b2aa-0133-2a2e-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Alfredo Corvino