Interview with Leon Danielian
- Title
- Interview with Leon Danielian [sound recording]
- Published by
- 1973.
- Author
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| Status | Vol/date | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/datedisc 2 | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTL 4-145 disc 2 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance | Vol/datedisc 1 | FormatAudio | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZTL 4-145 disc 1 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 2 sound discs (ca. 94 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Leon Danielian, Director of the American Ballet Theatre School, discusses his early dance training in New York with Mikhail Mordkin; his years of dancing with Ballet Theatre, the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and the San Francisco Ballet; his association with dancers including Lucia Chase, Anton Dolin, Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin; his encounter with crippling arthritis; teaching.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- John Gruen collection of oral history tapes.
- Subject
- American Ballet Theatre
- American Ballet Theatre > School
- Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997
- Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983
- Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
- Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986
- Ballet > Study and teaching
- Mordkin, Mikhail, 1881-1944
- San Francisco Ballet
- Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
- Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
- Danielian, Leon, 1920-1997
- Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013
- Denham, Sergei, 1896-1970
- Audiotapes > Danielian, L
- Call number
- *MGZTL 4-145
- Note
- Interviewed by John Gruen February 15, 1973.
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-145.
- This interview was used as a basis for a chapter in John Gruen's book, The private world of ballet (Viking Press, New York).
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Author
- Danielian, Leon, 1920-1997. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Leon Danielian [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1973.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Local note
- *MGZTC 3-145 (Former classmark)
- Arch. orig.: *MGZTCO 3-145.
- Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-145 nos. 1 and 2.
- Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-145 nos. 1 and 2.
- Local subject
- Audiotapes -- Danielian, L.
- Added author
- Gruen, John. Interviewer
- Research call number
- *MGZTL 4-145