Streaming file (approximately 47 minutes). Sarita Allen speaks with Elinor Rogosin about identifying with the roles she dances [as a member of the Alvin Ailey Dance Theater], for example in George Faison's work Gazelle; the shift from abstraction to emotion in Alvin Ailey's work Streams; learning a new role including Ailey's use of assistants to teach his works; Allen's training and how she came to join Alvin Ailey Dance Theater; working with Ailey; touring overseas including the strong and favorable audience response; the dancers in the company including their overall high morale; the company's repertory including its commercial appeal and succes; the effect of deadlines on the quality of new repertory; her gratitude that she has had the chance to dance in so many different choreographers' works; her thoughts on her future as a dancer [ends abruptly].
Interview with Sarita Allen conducted by Elinor Rogosin, backstage (?) during a rehearsal or performance, in 1979 (?), probably in New York City.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by significant and continuous extraneous noise including music, but overall the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Access (note)
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Funding (note)
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.
Author
Allen, Sarita, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Sarita Allen, 1979?
Production
[1979?]
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Restricted access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Event
Recorded by Elinor Rogosin 1979? 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.
Original version
Original format: one sound cassette (approximately 47 minutes); polyester; quarter-track; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2015.