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Interview with Ian Horvath and Dennis Nahat, 1977

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Interview with Ian Horvath and Dennis Nahat

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Title
Interview with Ian Horvath and Dennis Nahat, 1977
Names
Nahat, Dennis (Interviewee)
Horvath, Ian (Interviewee)
Terry, Walter (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1977
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-828 Side 1, pt 1 and pt 2
Topics
Horvath, Ian
Nahat, Dennis
Cleveland Ballet
Contra concerti (Choreographic work : Nahat)
In concert (Choreographic work : Nahat)
Gift (Choreographic work : Nahat)
Choreography
Choreographers
Genres
Interviews
Notes
Content: The City Center Ballet of San Jose (fd. 1983) and the Cleveland Ballet merged to form the San Jose Cleveland Ballet in 1986; the San Jose Cleveland Ballet became the name for the San Jose half of the co-venture. In Cleveland the ballet still performs as Cleveland Ballet.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by Walter Terry 1977 Cleveland, Ohio
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.
Acquisition: Gift Walter Terry
Physical Description
Audiocassette
Extent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 46 min.)
Sound quality is fair overall. The recording is marred by extraneous noise, which, beginning at approximately 14:30 minutes, is quite loud.
Description
Interview with Ian Horvath and Dennis Nahat conducted by Terry in 1977 and Terry's self-recorded description of three of Nahat's ballets: Contra concerti, In concert, and The gift. The interview begins at approximately 6 minutes; the proceeding approximate six minutes of the streaming file contains Walter Terry's self-recorded notes on Paul Taylor's Aphrodisiamania and the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater's performance of Lar Lubovitch's The time before the time after (After the time before), and George Faison's Suite Otis, cataloged at the Library under the title Review notes, 1977/ Walter Terry. Streaming audio file (approximately 40 minutes; the section containing the interview begins at approximately 6 minutes into the streaming audio file). Ian Horvath speaks about the founding and finances of the Cleveland Ballet; regional ballet companies; the company's repertoire; Dennis Nahat speaks about his goals as a choreographer; more on the company's repertory; the audience in Cleveland; the principles on which the company's programs are put together; the importance of understanding and knowing how to use classical technique when choreographing [interview ends at approximately 40:00]. Terry self-records his description of three of Nahat's ballets: Contra concerti, In concert, and The gift.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 78970125
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118688
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118689
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a2aa0ae0-7956-0136-f41b-2b451f9f17f8
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1977: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Ian Horvath and Dennis Nahat" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/beff7f60-c31b-0133-fe73-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Ian Horvath and Dennis Nahat" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/beff7f60-c31b-0133-fe73-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). Interview with Ian Horvath and Dennis Nahat Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/beff7f60-c31b-0133-fe73-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Ian Horvath and Dennis Nahat