- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour and 34 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 47 minutes) and streaming audio file 2 (approximately 47 minutes). Erik Bruhn discusses his early life and dance training in Copenhagen, Denmark; his development as an artist, and his thoughts on dancing; his partnership with Carla Fracci; Rudolf Nureyev; his association with the National Ballet of Canada; his association with American Ballet Theatre and his brief association with the New York City Ballet.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral history archive
- John Gruen collection of oral history tapes
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Oral History Archive.
- John Gruen collection of oral history tapes.
- Subjects
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Male dancers
- New York City Ballet
- National Ballet of Canada
- American Ballet Theatre
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
- Makarova, Natalia, 1940-
- Fracci, Carla
- Chase, Lucia, 1897-1986
- Balanchine, George
- Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986 > Interviews
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-136.
- Interview with Erik Bruhn conducted by John Gruen on April 19, 1973, in New York City. This interview was used as a basis for a chapter in John Gruen's book. The private world of ballet (Viking press, New York).
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library research libraries.
- Funding (note)
- The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-136
- OCLC
- 50789093
- Author
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Erik Bruhn, 1973
- Production
1973
- Type of Content
spoken word
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
audio
- Type of Carrier
audiocassette
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library research libraries.
- Event
Recorded by John Gruen 1973, April 19 New York (N.Y.)
- Funding
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
- Original Version
Original format: one sound cassette (approximately one hour and 34 minutes); polyester; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: (myd_mgztco3136_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3136_v01f02_sc).
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-136
Former call number: *MGZTL 4-136
- Source
Gift Gruen, John
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- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.