- Additional Authors
- Description
- One streaming audio file (approximately 29 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 29 minutes, Side 2). [Begins abruptly. The first approximate 17 minutes consists of the interview with Maurice Béjart.] Maurice Béjart speaks with Walter Terry about male dancing throughout history and the relatively recent rise of the female dancer; reasons his choreography tends to feature one woman and many men; the importance of folk dancing and theatrical skills in a dancer's training; his view that the range of choreographic possibility for men and women is equal but different; the dancer as a sportsman and an actor; androgyny and dance. [At approximately 17:08 minutes, the interview with Maurice Béjart ends and the interview with Jorge Donn begins]. Jorge Donn speaks with Walter Terry about his aspirations as a performer and his satisfaction in dancing for Maurice Béjart; his approach to the role of Nijinsky in Béjart's work Nijinsky, clown of God [Nijinsky, clown de Dieu]; working with Béjart; his dancing only of Béjart's work; Nijinsky as his favorite role.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift Of Walter Terry.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Maurice Béjart (approximately 17 minutes) and Jorge Donn (approximately 12 minutes) conducted by Walter Terry, in 1976, as research for his book: Great male dancers of the ballet (Garden City, NY: Anchor Books, 1978). The location of the interview is not identified, but does not seem to be in the United States and may be in Germany.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise and occasional short gaps.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Access (note)
- Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public 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.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-811 Side 2
- OCLC
- 80379212
- Author
Béjart, Maurice, interviewee.
- Title
Interviews with Maurice Béjart and Jorge Donn, 1976
- Production
1976
- 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 at Lincoln Center.
- Event
Recorded by Walter Terry 1976
- 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 29 minutes); transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3811_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-811 Side 2
- Source
Gift Walter Terry
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Male dancing.
- Added Author
Donn, Jorge, interviewee.
Terry, Walter, interviewer.
Interview with Maurice Béjart.
Interview with Jorge Donn.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-811 Side 2