- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- Two streaming files (approximately one hour and 34 minutes): digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). Erik Bruhn speaks with John Gruen about his partner Alicia Markova and how impressed he was by her interpretation of the "swearing" scene in Act I of Giselle; performing Giselle together in Denmark including an anecdote about his impromptu curtain call; Alicia Alonso including their dancing Don Quixote; dancing with her in Swan lake; the strong impressions he had of Markova and Alonso compared with that of Nora Kaye; dancing with Allegra Kent at New York City Ballet; his reconciliation with Harald Lander; working with Toni Lander in [Birgit Cullberg's] Miss Julie; his difficulties dancing in Lander's Etudes, when he was 41; his relationship with Harald Lander; touring the [former] Soviet Union including his impressions of [Vakhtang Mikhaĭlovich] Chabukani; [Nikita Sergeevich] Khrushchev's attending a performance [ends abruptly but continues on streaming file 2].
- Streaming file 2 (approximately 47 minutes). Erik Bruhn speaks with John Gruen about having dinner with [Nikita Sergeevich] Khrushchev; Natasha [Natalia Makarova] including his first seeing her at the International Ballet Competition in Varna; Carla Fracci; publicity and its effect on the artist; Cynthia Gregory including working with her in Miss Julie [ends abruptly].
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Subjects
- Sound recordings
- Interviews
- Etudes (Choreographic work : Lander, H)
- Gregory, Cynthia
- Lander, Harald, 1905-1971
- Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019
- Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004
- Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986 > Interviews
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-763 Reel 11.
- Interview with Erik Bruhn conducted by John Gruen as research for his book Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (1979), in Copenhagen, Denmark, on July 23, 1977. This is Part 11 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 11.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good. 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
- 922544158
- Author
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Erik Bruhn. Part 11, 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 23 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 34 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file (myd_mgztco3763_v11f01_sc and myd_mgztco3763_v11f02_sc) formats in 2014.
- Source
Gift, John Gruen
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-763 (former)