Research Catalog

Title

Interview with David Richardson. April 27, 2005, 2005.

Author

Richardson, David, 1943 March 2-

Publication

2005.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Thom, Rose Anne
• School of American Ballet, donor

Description

1 compact disc (approximately 1 hour and 4 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in. + transcript (47 leaves)

Alternative Title

• Dance Audio Archive.
• School of American Ballet Oral Preservation Project.

Subject

• Richardson, David, 1943 March 2-
• Balanchine, George
• School of American Ballet
• New York City Ballet
• Robbins, Jerome. Circus polka
• Dance teachers
• Audiotapes > Richardson, D

Note

• Interview with David Richardson conducted by Rose Anne Thom at Richardson's home in New York City on April 27, 2005. This interview was conducted for the School of American Ballet Oral Preservation Project.
• Title supplied by cataloger based on title noted on original compact disc.
• Sound quality is excellent. There are a few very short gaps.

Access (note)

• Permission required of School of American Ballet for audio and transcript.
• Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Funding (note)

• The original audio recording and the transcript were the generous gift of the School of American Ballet. Cataloging was funded in part by the School of American Ballet.

Source (note)

• Gift;

Local note

• Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2459

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2459

OCLC

832643248

Author

Richardson, David, 1943 March 2- interviewee.

Title

Interview with David Richardson. April 27, 2005, 2005.

Production

2005.

Type of Content

text

spoken word

Type of Medium

unmediated

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

volume

Restricted Access

Permission required of School of American Ballet for audio and transcript.

Event

Recorded by Rose Anne Thom 2005 April 27 New York, New York

Summary

David Richardson speaks with Rose Anne Thom about auditioning for George Balanchine for admission to SAB [the School of American Ballet]; his prior training at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo school; his first teachers at the School of American Ballet: AntoninaTumkovsky, [Helene] Dudin, and Muriel Stuart; comparing the style of teaching at the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo school with that of the School of American Ballet; the first men's class; some of his classmates; dancing the Prince in The nutcracker, including being coached by Balanchine; the atmosphere at New York City Ballet and at the School of American Ballet at the time; his impressions of Lincoln Kirstein; leaving the School of American Ballet to dance with American Ballet Theatre; leaving American Ballet Theatre and returning to the school; soon thereafter becoming a member of the New York City Ballet; his teachers [Anatole] Oboukhoff, [Pierre] Vladimiroff, and [Felia] Doubrovska; what he learned in particular from Tumkovsky, Stuart, Vladimiroff, and Oboukhoff; other teachers at the school; how he came to be the children's ballet master; his increasing responsibilities in that position; casting and training the children including working with Balanchine; the characteristics of Balanchine's choreography for the children; Richardson's relationship with the parents of the children; Jerome Robbins' work Circus polka including working with Robbins on remounting it for the Paris Opera Ballet [Opéra de Paris Ballet] and then using it as a workshop production for the school; teaching, for a relatively short period, at the School of American Ballet; reasons for leaving his position as the children's ballet master and joining American Ballet Theatre as ballet master, at the invitation of Mikhail Baryshnikov; his relationship with the School of American Ballet after he left.

Funding

The original audio recording and the transcript were the generous gift of the School of American Ballet. Cataloging was funded in part by the School of American Ballet.

Local Note

Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2459

Restricted Access

Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.

Added Author

Thom, Rose Anne, interviewer.

School of American Ballet, donor

Added Title

School of American Ballet Oral Preservation Project.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2459

*MGZMT 3-2459