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Interview with Dean Crane, and, interview with Thalia Mara, and, interview with George Alan Smith, 1966

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Interview with Dean Crane, and, interview with Thalia Mara, and, interview with George Alan Smith

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Title
Interview with Dean Crane, and, interview with Thalia Mara, and, interview with George Alan Smith, 1966
Additional title: Interview with Thalia Mara
Additional title: Interview with George Alan Smith
Additional title: World of dance (Radio program)
Names
Crane, Dean (Interviewee)
Mara, Thalia (Interviewee)
Smith, George Alan (Interviewee)
Horosko, Marian (Interviewer)
Reiss, Alvin H (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1966-12-08
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-3051
Topics
Crane, Dean
Mara, Thalia
Smith, George Alan
Ballet Arts (New York, N.Y.)
Dance -- Study and teaching
Genres
Interviews
Radio programs
Notes
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Broadcast by WNYC-FM 1966, December 8 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 21 min.) : acetate, half-track, ips not specified ; 7 in.
Sound quality is good overall in that the speakers' voices are easily intelligible. However, the recording is marred by extraneous noise.
Description
Interview with Dean Crane conducted by Marian Horosko, as host, at the Ballet Arts studio in New York, N.Y. (approximately four minutes); interview with Thalia Mara conducted by Marian Horosko at the National Academy of Ballet and Theater Arts in New York, N.Y. (approximately ten minutes), and interview with George Alan [Allen?] Smith conducted by Alvin H. Reiss in Chicago, Il. (approximately seven minutes) for broadcast on radio station WNYC-FM, New York on its series World of Dance, on December 8, 1966. Streaming file (approximately first 4:20 minutes). [Music and sounds of a dance class.] Dean Crane speaks with Marian Horosko about his classes at Ballet Arts studio at Carnegie Hall and the upcoming workshop performances of ballets by Crane, Nina Stroganova, Ludmilla Dokoudovsky, and Vladimir Dokoudovsky. Streaming file (from approximately 4:20 to 14:47). Thalia Mara, founder and director of the National Academy of Ballet [and Theater Arts] speaks with Marian Horosko about the Academy including its physical layout and the curriculum; her objectives for the Academy; her recent book, The language of ballet: a dictionary, 1966. Streaming file (from approximately 14:47 to 21:20). Alvin H. Reiss, host, introduces his guest George Alan [Allen?] Smith, consultant to the New York City Cultural Showcase Committee; Smith speaks about the Committee including its objectives.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 924393443
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20815555
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 537333c0-b925-0133-a754-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Dean Crane, and, interview with Thalia Mara, and, interview with George Alan Smith" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1966. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/56ad5bd0-b925-0133-d222-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Dean Crane, and, interview with Thalia Mara, and, interview with George Alan Smith" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/56ad5bd0-b925-0133-d222-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1966). Interview with Dean Crane, and, interview with Thalia Mara, and, interview with George Alan Smith Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/56ad5bd0-b925-0133-d222-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Dean Crane, and, interview with Thalia Mara, and, interview with George Alan Smith