- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- Two streaming files (approximately one hour and 21 minutes): digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). Erik Bruhn speaks with John Gruen about his friendship with Lillian Moore including their book entitled: Bournonville and ballet technique; studies and comments on August Bournonville's Études chorégraphiques (1961, 1973); briefly, Selma Jeanne Cohen; Chris [Christopher] Allan; Bruhn's own choreography including Festa [ends abruptly but continues on streaming file 2].
- Streaming file 2 (approximately 34 minutes). Erik Bruhn speak with John Gruen about staging and reconstructing ballets, including La sylphide, Swan lake, Coppélia, and Giselle; his work Here we come, created for the National Ballet of Canada school; his idea for a new ballet; Ray Barra; people he cares about; his thoughts on friendship including his respective friendships with Nureyev and with Susse [Wold]; Constantin Patsalis; his thoughts on love; speaking and writing about himself.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-763 Reel 17.
- Interview with Erik Bruhn conducted by John Gruen as research for his book Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (1979), in New York, N,Y., on May 26, 1978. This is Part 17 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 17.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise and short gaps, 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
- 922545694
- Author
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Erik Bruhn. Part 17, 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, May 26 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 21 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file (myd_mgztco3763_v17f01_sc and myd_mgztco3763_v17f02_sc) formats in 2014.
- Source
Gift, John Gruen
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-763 (former)