Sono Osato Elmaleh interviewed by Lee Christofis [sound recording]
- Bib ID:
- 4615075
- Format:
- Audio
- Author:
- Osato, Sono, 1919-, interviewee
- Access Conditions:
- Access open for research, personal copies and public use.
- Description:
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- 2009
- 1 sound file (ca. 77 min.)
- Summary:
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Sono Osato Elmaleh talks about seeing the Diaghilev Ballets Russes while living in France as a child; the development of her interest in dance as a child in Chicago; her ballet classes with Adolph Bolm and Bernice Holmes; her audition with the Ballets Russes and joining the company; travelling with the company to Europe at the age of fourteen; the response of de Basil to the outbreak of WWII; travelling to Australia with the de Basil company during the war; interacting with the British soldiers en route to Australia; touring the United States with the de Basil company; memories of rehearsing and performing Nijinska's Les Noces; Bronislava Nijinska; the changing Diaghilev repertoire; the movement of dancers between the Ballets Russes companies; the success of the de Basil Australian tours; the hospitality during Australian and English tours; being photographed in Australia; her transition to soloist roles, in particular dancing the Siren in The Prodigal Son; David Lichine; Michel Fokine; Tamara Grigorieva; Roman Jasinski; Galina Ulanova in Romeo and Juliet; her memories of attending a performance by the Bolshoi Ballet in New York; individual dancers in the de Basil Ballets Russes; Tatiana Riabouchinska; her most important teachers; her memories of George Balanchine, Michel Fokine and Leonide Massine; Serge Diaghilev; Lydia Sokolova; Tamara Karsavina; dancers she and Lee Christofis wish they had seen on stage.
- Notes:
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- Recorded on May 12, 2009 at New York City, New York, U.S.A.
- Digital master available National Library of Australia;
- Index/Finding Aid Note:
- Time coded summary and corrected transcript (typescript, 44 leaves)
- Subject:
- Other authors/contributors:
- Christofis, Lee, 1948-, interviewer
- Copyright:
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- 2009
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