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Interview with John Kriza

Disc 2 (ca. 38 min.). John Kriza continues to speak to Joan Kramer about the students at University of Indiana at Bloomington; more on his student days and his career; reasons he never wanted his own company; more on teaching dance and the students; performing with Ballet Theatre in London, in 1946 including the critical reception; the power of critics; the effect the dancers from the [former] U.S.S.R. who joined American Ballet Theatre had on the company; American Ballet Theatre's style; his thoughts on Rudolf Nureyev; Margot Fonteyn; dancers' bodies; his current interests and activities; dance on television; the reliance on guest artists at American Ballet Theatre.

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  • "Disc 2 (ca. 38 min.). John Kriza continues to speak to Joan Kramer about the students at University of Indiana at Bloomington; more on his student days and his career; reasons he never wanted his own company; more on teaching dance and the students; performing with Ballet Theatre in London, in 1946 including the critical reception; the power of critics; the effect the dancers from the [former] U.S.S.R. who joined American Ballet Theatre had on the company; American Ballet Theatre's style; his thoughts on Rudolf Nureyev; Margot Fonteyn; dancers' bodies; his current interests and activities; dance on television; the reliance on guest artists at American Ballet Theatre."@en
  • "Disc 1 (ca. 38 min.). John Kriza speaks with Joan Kramer about his early dance training, with Bentley Stone; his first job, with Ruth Page; his family's view of his dancing as a career; auditioning for and joining Ballet Theatre [now American Ballet Theatre]; touring in South America with Ruth Page; performing in musical comedies for economic reasons while a member of Ballet Theatre; Jerome Robbins as a choreographer; the ballet Fancy free; the American style of dancing; more on Fancy free; his relationship with his fans; preparing for performance; dancers and acting; his feelings about having retired from performing; his luck in having had good partners; Bentley Stone as a teacher; differences between teachers in Chicago and New York City; dancing as a guest artist; factors in his decision to retire; his current lack of a formal relationship with American Ballet Theatre or much contact with dancers he knew there; teaching dance at the University of Indiana at Bloomington [ends abruptly but continues directly on disc 2]."@en
  • "Walter Terry, host, introduces John Kriza. Kriza speaks about his recent retirement as a principal dancer at American Ballet Theatre and the transition to his new administrative position with the company; his belief that Ballet Theatre had been the best company for his career; his audition and early roles at Ballet Theatre; learning techniques and roles by observing other dancers perform; his role in the ballet Billy the Kid; other contemporary and classical roles; appeal of roles requiring acting; comic roles in ballets such as in Agnes de Mille's Tally-ho; lack of interest in choreographing; love of the touring life; difficult early years of his career; guest performances outside of Ballet Theatre including acting and singing; his new position as assistant to Lucia Chase; his pig farm in Illinois; advice for today's dancers."

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