Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Stillman, Meg.

Description

1. 1 sound cassette (approx. 43 min.) +

Summary

1. Former New York City Ballet dancer Janice Cohen Adelson discusses her early training; the moment when she became serious about ballet; being asked to dance in Nutcracker; her parents' negative reaction to her dance success; her first impressions of Balanchine; Herbert Bliss's kindness toward her; her impressions of Jerome Robbins; her memories of Lincoln Kirstein; the effect of low self-esteem on her dancing; her love for the ballets Serenade and Symphony in C; company dancers and teachers who influenced her the most; her thoughts on New York City Ballet's future mission; her work at the Ethical Culture Fieldston School.

Series statement

1. New York City Ballet at 50, interviews

Alternative title

1. Dance Oral History Project.
2. Dance Audio Archive.
3. New York City Ballet at 50, interviews

Subject

1. Cohen, Janice > Interviews
2. Bliss, Herbert, 1923-1960
3. Balanchine, George
4. Robbins, Jerome
5. Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996
6. New York City Ballet
7. Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine after Ivanov)
8. Serenade (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Call number

1. *MGZMT 3-2154

Note

1. For transcript, see *MGZMT 3-2154.
2. Interviewed by Meg Stillman on November 23, 1998, in New York City Ballet's Education Office.

Access (note)

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Author

1. Cohen, Janice. Interviewee

Title

1. Interview with Janice Cohen Adelson [sound recording].

Imprint

1. 1998.

Series

1. New York City Ballet at 50, interviews

Local note

1. Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2142, 8 of 13.
2. Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-2154.
3. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2154.
4. Partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts.

Restricted access

1. Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Local subject

1. Audiotapes -- Cohen, J.

Added author

1. Stillman, Meg. Interviewer

Research call number

1. *MGZMT 3-2154 [Transcript]
2. *MGZTC 3-2154 [Cassette]