Dancing in the Library
The Librarian Is In
The New York Public Library
4.7 • 595 Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2017
⏱️ 39 minutes
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This week Gwen and Frank wander wondrously through the wonderland of Dance led by the dazzling Linda Murray, Lead Curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of NYPL's Library for the Performing Arts. So, let's boogie! Get links to everything discussed in this episode at www.nypl.org/podcast.
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| 0:00.0 | Hi, everybody. Welcome to the librarian is in the New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next. I'm Frank. And I'm Fred Astaire. A dancer. We'll talk more about dancing a minute. How appropriate because... I mentioned my love of Fred Astaire, my absolute worship of Fred Astaire, the famous dancer, American dancer. And we just happen to have a little dance action going on here. The reason it's on our minds is because we are joined today by Linda Murray, who is, and we need you to settle a bet for us, for us. Okay, so Linda Murray is from the library for the performing arts, and your title is dance. Curator. Curator. Gwen said curator. And I say curator. It say curator. You say curator. Yeah. |
| 0:55.0 | It's going to be a musical show. |
| 0:57.0 | Our favorite kind. |
| 0:58.0 | You say curator. |
| 1:00.0 | When says curator? |
| 1:01.0 | And you know, speaking of Fred Astaire, you know that Beryshnikov has said Fred Astaire was his favorite dancer. |
| 1:08.0 | George Balanchine said Fred Astaire was his favorite dancer. And Jeromeanchine said Fred Astaire was his favorite dancer, |
| 1:11.5 | and Jerome Robbins said his favorite dancer was Fred Astaire. |
| 1:13.7 | So I'm in good company. |
| 1:15.0 | Yeah. |
| 1:15.1 | I mean, I really, as a child, was obsessed with Fred Astaire, took tap dancing, |
| 1:19.6 | Michael Jackson. |
| 1:20.4 | He just, Fred Astaire, if you don't know, should look him up. |
| 1:25.5 | His sense of humor, his technical ability and his grace. I mean, |
| 1:30.2 | all those things that Linda could probably talk much more interestingly about, but like I, you know, |
| 1:34.8 | as a child was, saw him on late night TV and became completely enthralled with him as, and Ginger |
| 1:40.2 | Rogers, his famous partner, but yet Fred Astaire had a huge career. |
| 1:45.2 | Whenever I think about them, all I think about is that... |
| 1:46.4 | I didn't realize he was such a... Well, I knew he was an idol to many, but those particular |
| 1:50.1 | people, like ballet dancers. Oh, yeah, very much so. His technique was considered to be unparalleled, |
| 1:56.9 | and also just the style and grace he brought to movement. |
| 2:06.1 | One of my favorite, there's two favorite numbers I have of Fred Astor, and they're both in the same film. |
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