Sol Hurok and Igor Moiseev and Omar K. Lerman

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Track 1 - 34:00 Marion Horosko introduces guests Igor Moiseev and Sol Hurok [music]; Moiseev, through his interpreter Helen Gillespie, and Hurok speak about the fist U.S. and Canadian tour of the Moiseev Dance Company [Gossudarstvennyi ansambl narodnogo tantsa Soiuza SSR]; Moiseev's school; the manner in which he uses traditional folk dance for his theatrical folk dance performances; the popularity and pretige of Moiseev's company in the USSR; theatricality and preparation involved in the Moiseev Dance Company's performances; its repertory schedule in Russia; decreasing creativity in the ballet world since [Serge] Diaghilev [ music, ca. 9 min.; introduction to next intervieww, ca. 1 min.].

Track 2 : 22:00 Host Alvin H. Reiss introduces guest Omar K. Lerman; Lerman speaks about the activities of the NY State Council for the Arts' Professional Touring Performing Arts Programs, including the number and kinds of participating dance companies and the practical aspects of the program [announcements; music]

WNYC archives id: 46130