Lalanne, Martine: Bedford Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation oral histories: NYU Special Collections Finding Aids

Scope and Contents

In this telephone interview, Martine Lalanne describes the impact Restoration's Dance Theater Junior Company has had on her daughter's life. She discusses the program's emphasis on community-building and positive role-modeling for children, and her hopes for its future. Interview conducted by Sady Sullivan.

Biographical / Historical

Martine Lalanne is a resident of the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Her teenage daughter has danced with Restoration's Dance Theater Junior Company (part of Restoration's Youth Arts Academy) for over seven years.

Conditions Governing Access and Use

Access to the interview is available onsite at the Brooklyn Historical Society's Othmer Library. Use of the oral histories other than for private study, scholarship, or research requires permission from BHS by contacting library@brooklynhistory.org.

Subjects

Organizations

Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation; Bedford-Stuyvesant Restoration Corporation. Center for Art and Culture

Topics

Places

Bedford-Stuyvesant (New York, N.Y.); Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)

Lalanne, Martine, 2008 February 22, inclusive