Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). John Curry speaks with Walter Terry about choreographing for ice skating, including his use of its inherent dance potential; his use of the modern dance vocabulary including the body's center as the origin of movement; use of breath; his thoughts on the adaptation of Spanish steps to ice dancing; the spine in ice dancing; adapting Le spectre de la rose for ice dancing; the lack of information about ice skaters and ice skating choreography of the past; adapting The firebird for the ice; creating a full-length production, including the idea of basing it on a fairy tale such as the Snow Queen [Terry speaks briefly about Catherine Littlefield as an ice choreographer]; his idea for a production about King Ludwig II of Bavaria using [Richard] Wagner's music; an anecdote about Martha Graham; lighting and costumes; [Frederick Ashton's] A month in the country [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 13 minutes). John Curry speaks with Walter Terry about training skaters for ice dancing; the use of skating steps as a type of mime; charismatic performers; Margot Fonteyn and her influence on him.
Interview with John Curry conducted by Walter Terry on November 30, 1978 in New York City. A third, unidentified person occasionally contributes a remark.
Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise, but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Title supplied by cataloger.
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.
Source (note)
Walter Terry
Author
Curry, John, 1949-1994, interviewee.
Title
Interview with John Curry, 1978
Production
1978
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 Walter Terry 1978, November 30 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 one hour); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3815_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3815_v01f02_sc.