Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Page, Ruth, 1899-1991.
2. Callaway, John.
3. Flaum, Thea.

Description

1. 1 cassette. 29 min. : sd. b&w NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Interviewed upon the publication of her book Page by Page, Ruth Page reminisces about her childhood; dancing with Anna Pavlova, Adolph Bolm, and Diaghilev's Ballets Russes; and her marriage to Tom Fisher. She discusses the artistic climate of Chicago, recalling her experiences with the Ravinia Opera, Lyric Opera, and the WPA, and her collaborations with Bentley Stone on Frankie and Johnny, and Carmen. She also discusses the financial difficulties of running a dance company and some past solutions. She offers some advice to aspiring dancers and their parents, and outlines some future projects.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Ruth Page Foundation.

Series statement

1. Ruth Page Video Archives ; 102

Subject

1. Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 > Interviews
2. Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931
3. Bolm, Adolf, 1894-1951
4. Fisher, Thomas Hart
5. Stone, Bentley
6. Federal Dance Project
7. Frankie and Johnny (Choreographic work : Page and Stone, B)
8. Carmen (Choreographic work)
9. Dance > Economic aspects

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-1249 cassette 102

Note

1. Produced by and telecast on WBBM-TV/Chicago in 1980. Producer: Johanna Steinmetz. Directors: Ken Voss and Rosie Cruz-Weaver. Reproduced by Thea Flaum Productions as part of the Ruth Page Video Archives, and summarized in *MGYB (Page) 90-9600 Ruth Page Video Archives, 1990, p. 525. B&w version of *MGZIC 12-728 Callaway interviews Ruth Page.

Title

1. John Callaway interviews Ruth Page [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1980.

Series

1. Ruth Page Video Archives ; 102

Local subject

1. Television. Callaway interviews Ruth Page.

Added author

1. Page, Ruth, 1899-1991. Interviewee
2. Callaway, John. Interviewer
3. Flaum, Thea.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-1249 cassette 102