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Interview with Alexander Ewing

Title
  1. Interview with Alexander Ewing [sound recording]
Published by
  1. 1996.
Author
  1. Ewing, Alexander.

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Additional authors
  1. Thom, Rose Ann.
Description
  1. 1 sound cassette (90 min.) +
Summary
  1. Mr. Ewing, General Director of the City Center Joffrey Ballet, discusses meeting Robert Joffrey; their work and friendship; Joffrey's various talents; Rebekah Harkness' involvement in Joffrey's company and the divisions that resulted; the Rebekah Harkness Foundation; his role in helping Joffrey re-establish his company and creating a non-profit foundation for it; establishing New York's City Center as a home base for the company and expanding its season in New York and nationally; getting financial assistance from the National Endowment for the Arts; Gerald Arpino; leaving the company; his appraisal of Joffrey's contribution to the dance world; Joffrey's personal qualities; the Joffrey Ballet's move to Chicago; and the company's workshops and residencies at various universities in the early 1960's.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. National Initiative to Preserve American Dance.
Alternative title
  1. Dance Oral History Project.
  2. Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  1. Audiotapes > Ewing, A
  2. Performing arts sponsorship
  3. Audiotapes > Thom, R
  4. Joffrey, Robert
  5. Joffrey Ballet
  6. Rebekah Harkness Foundation
  7. National Endowment for the Arts
  8. Arpino, Gerald
  9. City Center Joffrey Ballet
  10. Harkness, Rebekah West, -1982
Call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-1964
Note
  1. For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-1964.
  2. Interviewed by Rose Ann Thom, April 26, 1996, at the Dance Collection, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Access (note)
  1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Author
  1. Ewing, Alexander. Interviewee
Title
  1. Interview with Alexander Ewing [sound recording]
Imprint
  1. 1996.
Local note
  1. Archival original: *MGZTCO 3-1964. 1 sound cassette.
  2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1964. 7 1/2 in. per sec.; 10 in. reel; polyester; half-track. 2 reels.
  3. Transcript preservation original: *MGZMTO 3-1964.
  4. Interview funded by the National Initiative to Preserve American Dance (NIPAD)
Restricted access
  1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
Local subject
  1. Audiotapes -- Ewing, A.
  2. Audiotapes -- Thom, R.
Added author
  1. Thom, Rose Ann. Interviewer
Research call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-1964 [Transcript]
  2. *MGZTC 3-1964 [Cassette]
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