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Additional authors

1. Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982.

Description

1. 1 cassette. 79 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Informal talk given to teenaged ballet students by Eugene Loring, who tells anecdotes about his life and career. His reminiscences include: auditioning for George Balanchine and dancing with the American Ballet, particularly in the opera Aida and in Orpheus and Eurydice; dancing in Mikhail Fokin's ballets at Lewisohn Stadium; touring with Lincoln Kirstein's Ballet Caravan; choreographing dances for films such as Deep in my heart and Silk stockings; and working with Cyd Charisse, Audrey Hepburn, and Ann Miller. In conclusion, he gives the students some pointers on succeeding as performers.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Alan Boehmer (Estate of Eugene Loring).

Subject

1. Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996
2. American Ballet Caravan
3. Orpheus and Eurydice (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
4. Charisse, Cyd
5. American Ballet Company
6. Miller, Ann, 1923-2004
7. Motion pictures > Deep in my heart
8. Opera ballet > Aïda
9. Balanchine, George
10. Television > Eugene Loring at the Montgomery School
11. Hepburn, Audrey, 1929-1993
12. Motion pictures > Silk stockings
13. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-1276

Note

1. Videotaped at the Montgomery School in December 1980.

Title

1. Eugene Loring at the Montgomery School [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1980.

Local subject

1. Television. Eugene Loring at the Montgomery School.
2. Opera ballet. Aïda.
3. Motion pictures. Deep in my heart.
4. Motion pictures. Silk stockings.

Added author

1. Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982. Speaker

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-1276