{"id":"https://api-collections.nypl.org/manifests/aedd6130-76fd-0136-b967-0f16f7be612b","type":"Manifest","label":{"en":["Interview with Serge Lifar, 1978"]},"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/presentation/3/context.json","metadata":[{"label":{"en":["Collection"]},"value":{"en":["Dance Oral History Project"]}},{"label":{"en":["Names"]},"value":{"en":["Lifar, Serge, 1905-1986 (Interviewee)","Harris, Dale, 1928-1996 (Interviewer)","Bowers, Theresa (Interviewer)"]}},{"label":{"en":["Identifiers"]},"value":{"en":["RLIN/OCLC: 78818364","NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12118609","Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aedd6130-76fd-0136-b967-0f16f7be612b"]}},{"label":{"en":["Dates / Origin"]},"value":{"en":["Date Created: 1978-11-17"]}},{"label":{"en":["Notes"]},"value":{"en":["Additional Physical Form: For transcript of interview see *MGZMT 3-736.","Content: Title supplied by cataloger.","Venue: Recorded by Theresa Bowers and Dale Harris 1978, November 17 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.","Source Characteristics: Sound quality is good."]}},{"label":{"en":["Physical Description"]},"value":{"en":["Extent: 3 audio cassettes (approximately 3 hr., 11 min.) ; quarter-track; 1.875 ips"]}},{"label":{"en":["Library Locations"]},"value":{"en":["Jerome Robbins Dance Division","Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-736"]}},{"label":{"en":["Subjects"]},"value":{"en":["Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929","Lifar, Serge, 1905-1986 -- Interviews","Ballets russes","Opéra de Paris. Ballet"]}},{"label":{"en":["Title"]},"value":{"en":["Interview with Serge Lifar, 1978"]}},{"label":{"en":["Division"]},"value":{"en":["Jerome Robbins Dance Division"]}},{"label":{"en":["Genres"]},"value":{"en":["Interviews"]}},{"label":{"en":["Resource Type"]},"value":{"en":["Sound Recording"]}},{"label":{"en":["Abstract"]},"value":{"en":["Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 33 minutes) and streaming audio file 2 (approximately 33 minutes). Serge Lifar discusses his family background; World War I; his entrance into the ballet classes of Bronislava Nijinska in Kiev; joining the Ballets russes; Diaghilev's early artistic efforts; Paris triumph; the revolution in ballet.\n\nStreaming audio file 3 (approximately 33 minutes) and streaming audio file 4 (approximately 33 minutes). Serge Lifar speaks about the repertoire of the Ballets russes; the \"earth-bound\" character period of the Ballets russes (Massine, Nijinsky, and the continuation of the tradition in the work of Béjart); his own training; studying with Cecchetti; Diaghilev's death; becoming director of the Paris Opéra Ballet.\n\nStreaming audio file 5 (approximately 32 minutes) and streaming audio file 6 (approximately 27 minutes). Serge Lifar discusses his views on choreography; World War II; Hitler's reception at the Paris Opéra; Paris Opéra Ballet after the war. Interview with Serge Lifar conducted by Theresa Bowers and Dale Harris on November 17, 1978, for the Oral History Project of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center [formerly the Library and Museum for the Performing Arts], in New York (N.Y.). The interview is conducted in the French language."]}},{"label":{"en":["Languages"]},"value":{"en":["English"]}},{"label":{"en":["Rights"]},"value":{"en":["The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use."]}}],"summary":{"en":["Dance Oral History Project||74f46a20-5105-0134-c76b-00505686a51c"]},"services":[],"items":[]}