- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- One streaming file (approximately 43 minutes): digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file (approximately 43 minutes). Erik Bruhn speaks with John Gruen about Bournonville technique including as expressed by August Bournonville in his Études chorégraphiques, dédiées à mes élèves et à mes collègues; his training, including his attempts to express his individuality; his virtuosity including its incompatibility with orthodox Bournonville technique; his playing with musical phrasing; adjusting his technique in order to dance in styles other than that of Bournonville; his trying a new, Bournonville-derived technique in Don Quixote; what constitutes a style; Mikhail Baryshnikov and the Bournonville style; dancers and music; his own response to music when he is dancing, including a performance anecdote.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-763 Reel 18.
- Interview with Erik Bruhn conducted by John Gruen as research for his book Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (1979), in New York, N,Y., on October 7, 1978. This is Part 18 of an 18-part series. However, there is no audio for parts 2 and 10, which are available only as edited transcripts.
- For edited transcript of this recording see: *MGZMT 3-763, reel 18.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- 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
- *MGZTC 3-763 (former)
- OCLC
- 922545908
- Author
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Erik Bruhn. Part 18, 1978
- Production
1977
- 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 Public Library for the Performing Arts.
- Event
Recorded by John Gruen 1978, October 7 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 43 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file (myd_mgztco3763_v18f01_sc) formats in 2014.
- Source
Gift, John Gruen
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-763 (former)