- unitid
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{"value"=>"24885", "type"=>"local_mss"}
{"value"=>"*MGZMD 501", "type"=>"local_call"}
{"value"=>"b21957576", "type"=>"local_b"}
- unitdate
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{"value"=>"1975-2010", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1975/2010"}
- unittitle
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{"value"=>"Barbara Newman dance interviews"}
- physdesc
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{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"7 boxes", "unit"=>"containers"}, {"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2.92 linear feet", "unit"=>"linear_feet"}]}
{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"134 audio recordings", "unit"=>"audio_recordings"}]}
- repository
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{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">Jerome Robbins Dance Division</span>"}
- abstract
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{"value"=>"The Barbara Newman dance interviews, dating from 1975 to 2010, were conducted by Barbara Newman in preparation for her ballet publications: <span class=\"title\">Striking a Balance: Dancers Talk About Dancing</span>(1982, revised edition 1992), <span class=\"title\">Never Far From Dancing</span> (Part II of Striking a Balance, 2014), <span class=\"title\">Grace Under Pressure: Passing Dance Through Time</span>(2003), and <span class=\"title\">Antoinette Sibley: Reflections of a Ballerina</span> (1986). The collection holds paper transcripts and audio tapes."}
- langmaterial
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{"value"=>"English"}
- origination
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{"value"=>"Newman, Barbara, 1944-", "type"=>"persname"}
- bioghist
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{"value"=>"<p>Barbara Newman (born 1944) is a dance critic for <span class=\"title\">Country Life</span>, a music critic for <span class=\"title\">Dancing Times</span> and the U.K. editor of www.dancemag.uk. Newman has published several books on ballet notably <span class=\"title\">Striking a Balance : Dancers Talk About Dancing</span> (1982, revised edition 1992), <span class=\"title\">Never Far From Dancing</span> (Part II of Striking a Balance, 2014), <span class=\"title\">Grace Under Pressure: Passing Dance Through Time</span> (2003), and <span class=\"title\">Antoinette Sibley: Reflections of a Ballerina</span> (1986).</p>"}
- scopecontent
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{"value"=>"<p>The Barbara Newman dance interviews, dating from 1975 to 2010, were conducted for her ballet publications. Newman interviewed international ballet dancers, choreographers, ballet company directors, and ballet masters among others.</p> <p>The collection includes unpublished interviews, which offer more biographical details than the published excerpts. The files hold audio tapes and the paper transcripts (original and edited version for some publications) generated from the tapes. Prominent artists include Alicia Alonso, Merrill Ashley, Arthur Mitchell, and Antoinette Sibley.</p> <p>Excerpts from the interviews were published in several books, <span class=\"title\">Striking a Balance : Dancers Talk About Dancing</span> (1982, revised edition 1992), <span class=\"title\">Never Far From Dancing</span> (Part II of Striking a Balance, 2014), <span class=\"title\">Grace Under Pressure</span> (2003), and <span class=\"title\">Antoinette Sibley: Reflections of a Ballerina</span> (1986).</p> <p>Other interviews, not part of the book publications, were featured in <span class=\"title\">Dancing Times,</span> a U.K. monthly magazine.</p> <p>The collection was arranged by title of publication. The interviewees are listed alphabetically under each publication.</p>"}
- acqinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Purchased from Barbara Newman in 2018.</p>"}
- processinfo
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{"value"=>"<p>Processed by <span class=\"name\">Valerie Wingfield</span> in <span class=\"date\">2019</span>.</p>"}
- date_start
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1975
- keydate
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1975
- date_end
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2010
- date_inclusive_start
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1975
- date_inclusive_end
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2010
- extent_statement
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2.92 linear feet (7 boxes). 134 audio recordings
- prefercite
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{"value"=>"Barbara Newman dance interviews, *MGZMD 501. Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts"}