- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- Two streaming files (approximately one hour and 31 minutes): digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file 1 (approximately 46 minutes). Erik Bruhn speaks with John Gruen about Rudolf Nureyev including an anecdote about their learning to drive together in London, England; his three months in Australia; Sonia Arova including her marriage; Lucia Chase and his return to American Ballet Theatre, with Carla Fracci; dancing Giselle with Yvette Chauviré in 1964 including Nureyev's response to the performance; touring in Europe with the Harkness Ballet including his impressions of Rebekah Harkness [short gap]; his recurring illness [ends abruptly but continues on streaming file 2].
- Streaming file 2 (approximately 45 minutes). Erik Bruhn speaks with John Gruen about his stomach ulcer; dancing with Carla Fracci; his impressions of Antony Tudor; some of his partners at American Ballet Theatre; Gentele Goeran and the Royal Swedish Ballet [Kungliga Baletten] including how Bruhn came to be its director; the struggle to reform the company and school; his reasons for leaving and the company's reversion to its former state; Marit [Gentele] [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Subjects
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- American Ballet Theatre
- Kungliga Baletten (Stockholm, Sweden)
- Gentele, Goeran
- Harkness, Rebekah West, -1982
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
- Chauviré, Yvette, 1917-
- Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986 > Interviews
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Erik Bruhn conducted by John Gruen as research for his book Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (1979), in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 21, 1977. This is Part 7 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 7
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair. John Gruen's voice is very soft and often difficult to understand. Erik Bruhn's voice is also soft but almost always 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
- 922543709
- Author
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Erik Bruhn. Part 7, 1977
- 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 1977, July 21 Copenhagen, Denmark
- 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 31 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file (myd_mgztco3763_v07f01_sc and myd_mgztco3763_v07f02_sc) formats in 2014.
- Source
Gift, John Gruen
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-763 (former)