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Interview with Robert Lindgren, 1978

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Dance Oral History Project

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Title
Interview with Robert Lindgren, 1978
Names
Lindgren, Robert (Interviewee)
Small, Linda (Interviewer)
Collection

Dance Oral History Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1978-07-14
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-596
Topics
Lindgren, Robert -- Interviews
Tyven, Sonja
North Carolina School of the Arts
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
American Ballet Theatre
American Ballet Theatre
Genres
Oral histories
Interviews
Notes
Additional physical form: For transcript of interview, see *MGZMT 3-596.
Bibliographic history: Title supplied by cataloger.
Source characteristics: Sound quality is good.
Venue: Recorded for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division Oral History Project 1978, July 14
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 audio cassette (approximately 1 hr.); quarter-track; 1.875 ips
Description
Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). Robert Lindgren speaks with Linda Small about his responsibilities as dean of the North Carolina of the School of the Arts [name changed to University of North Carolina School of Arts in 2008] in Winston-Salem, and its affiliated theater, the North Carolina Dance Theater; the circumstances of how he came to be the founding dean of the school; his impressions of Winston-Salem as a community including its very significant corporate support for the arts; his background and early dance training; dancing for Leonide Massine and René Blum's company [Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo]; joining Ballet Theatre [later American Ballet Theatre]; dancing with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (from 1945 - 1952); leaving, to dance in the television program Your show of shows; his marriage, to Sonja Taanila [Sonja Tyven]; dancing in muscial comedies in New York including On your toes; his return to ballet including two years with New York City Ballet; his wife and daughters; staying current with developments in the dance world; the changes in the dance world over the past forty years including the great expansion of opportunities for dancers [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2]. Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 11 minutes ). Robert Lindgren speaks with Linda Small about the dissemination of dance in the United States including the numerous companies and wide range in the quality and type of training available; the many excellent dancers performing today; the excitement of dancing in a Broadway show.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 80470256
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118392
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d2a02c30-c27a-0135-014f-2585bbaef46d
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  • 1978: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Robert Lindgren, 1978" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e7a024d0-c324-0133-dd4f-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Robert Lindgren, 1978" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e7a024d0-c324-0133-dd4f-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). Interview with Robert Lindgren, 1978 Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e7a024d0-c324-0133-dd4f-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Robert Lindgren, 1978