- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 2 streaming files (approximately one hour and ten minutes ) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file 1 (approximately 48 minutes). Charles Ward speaks with John Gruen about his background and training including his relatively late start in ballet; his impressions of the Stuttgart Ballet; his time at the Houston Ballet including a hiatus in New York studying with Leon Danelian; moving to New York and joining American Ballet Theatre; performing with the company including a performance anecdote; his role in Glen Tetley's work Gemini [ends abruptly but continues on streaming file 2].
- Streaming file 2 (approximately 22 minutes). Charles Ward continues to speak with John Gruen about his role in Gemini; how he feels about dance and his own dancing; his roles including in [George Balanchine's] Theme and variations; the guest star system.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Charles Ward conducted by John Gruen on February 4,1975 at Ward's home, in New York City, as research for an article entitled Close-up: Charles Ward, which appeared in the April 1975 issue of Dance magazine.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by frequent extraneous noise and "tape hiss" as well as occasional short gaps. At times, the speakers' voices are difficult to understand.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-508 (former)
- OCLC
- 78272023
- Author
Ward, Charles, 1952 or 1953- interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Charles Ward. February 4, 1975.
- Production
1975
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
online resource
- Digital File Characteristics
audio file
- Restricted Access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
- Event
Recorded by John Gruen 1975, February 4 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 ten minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2014.
- Local Note
For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-508.
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-508
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-508 (former)