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Additional authors

1. Horosko, Marian.
2. Gillespie, H. (Helen)

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (15 min.) : analog, mono.

Summary

1. SUMMARY: Helen Gillespie, interpreter for Sol Hurok, discusses the current New York season of the Bolshoi Ballet. Maya Plisetskaya, aided by Miss Gillespie, discusses her training at the Bolshoi school; her performances in the U.S.S.R.; the influence of Vaganova on the Kirov Ballet; ballet schools in the U.S.S.R. In conclusion, Miss Gillespie discusses the financial arrangements for the dancers under Sol Hurok's contract with the Bolshoi Ballet.

Donor/Sponsor

1. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
2. Gift of Marian Horosko. Oral History Archive.

Uniform title

1. World of dance (Radio program)

Subject

1. Vaganova, A. ︠I︡A. 1879-1951
2. Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova
3. Bolʹshoĭ teatr. Ballet School
4. Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet

Call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1993

Note

1. Host: Marian Horosko. Recorded in 1966 backstage at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York City and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York, on its program series, World of dance.

Author

1. Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Maya Plisetskaya [sound recording]

Imprint

1. 1966.

Local note

1. Archival original: *MGZTO 5-62; 3 3/4 in. per sec.; 5 in. reel; acetate.
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1993; 7 1/2 in per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester.
3. Preservation funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD).

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Plise︠t︡ska︠i︡a, M.

Added author

1. Horosko, Marian. Interviewer
2. Gillespie, H. (Helen) Interviewee

Added title

1. World of dance (Radio program)

Research call number

1. *MGZTC 3-1993