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Interview with Martine van Hamel, 1975

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Interview with Martine van Hamel

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Title
Interview with Martine van Hamel, 1975
Additional title: Sound of dance (Radio program)
Names
Van Hamel, Martine, 1945- (Interviewee)
Gruen, John (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1975-10-27
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTC 3-357 (former)
Topics
Van Hamel, Martine, 1945-
National Ballet of Canada
American Ballet Theatre
International Ballet Competition
Genres
Radio programs
Interviews
Notes
Content: John Gruen introduces his guest, Martine van Hamel; Gruen and Martine van Hamel speak about her background and her time at the National Ballet of Canada; her experience at the International Ballet Competition at Varna, Bulgaria; Gruen speaks about Van Hamel's dancing; [a recording of an excerpt of the music (Johannes Brahms' Quintet in G major, op. 111) from Dennis Nahat's ballet Brahms quintet, is played; commercial announcement]; Gruen speaks about Van Hamel's upcoming roles with American Ballet Theatre; Van Hamel and Gruen speak about the hierarchy of dancers at American Ballet Theatre including the frequent appearance of guest artists; Hamel describes her typical day when performing; her interpretation of the Queen of the Wilis; [a recording of an excerpt of the music, by Adolphe Adam, from the ballet Giselle, is played]; Van Hamel speaks about learning new roles; roles she would like to dance including her interest in dancing modern works; [commercial announcements; Gruen's closing remarks; music and unidentified speaker's closing remarks].
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Broadcast by WNCN-FM 1975, October 27 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 54 min.) : quarter-track; 1.875 ips.
Sound quality is good.
Description
Interview with Martine van Hamel conducted by John Gruen, as host on radio station WNCN-FM, New York on its series The sound of dance, for broadcast on October 27, 1975.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 77971091
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118124
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8207e9e0-b295-0133-1079-60f81dd2b63c
Rights Statement
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Martine van Hamel" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1975. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/86357e20-b295-0133-1708-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Martine van Hamel" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/86357e20-b295-0133-1708-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1975). Interview with Martine van Hamel Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/86357e20-b295-0133-1708-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia Citation

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Interview with Martine van Hamel