- Additional Authors
- Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005
- Found In
- Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives
- Description
- Two streaming files (approximately one hour and three minutes) : digital
- Summary
- Streaming file 1 (approximately 53 minutes). [Begins abruptly.] Violette Verdy speaks with Selma Jeanne Cohen about preparing for a role, beginning with the technique and the music; working with Balanchine as contrasted with working with Roland Petit; how dancing for Balanchine has enhanced her appreciation of the classic ballets like The sleeping beauty; learning the role of Giselle beginning with her first Giselle, for Ballet Rambert; her technical weaknesses; learning an abstract role in a Balanchine ballet as compared with learning a dramatic role; various aspects of performing including the danger of self-caricature; Jerome Robbins and his ballet Dances at a gathering, including his working methods; Birgit Cullberg's and Roland Petit's respective approaches to the theatrical aspects of dance; Balanchine as completely occupied with dance as dance and the music; the different categories of Balanchine's ballets ranging from the symphony ballets to the very modern; which categories she feels best suit her; his Liebeslieder Walzer; working with Balanchine, in particular the choreographic liberties he sometimes allows her; more on the role of Giselle, including how her having come to the role at a relatively late age affected her approach.
- Streaming file 2 (approximately 20 minutes). Violette Verdy continues to speak with Selma Jeanne Cohen about Giselle including the eternal feminine truths that her character embodies; her interpretation of the character [of Aurora] in The sleeping beauty; the dramatic confusion inherent in Swan lake; comedy including her wish to do more comic roles; the role of the Sylph in La sylphide including her interpretation of the Sylph's character; the technical challenges; films of her performances.
- Alternative Title
- Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives Audio
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- Interview with Violette Verdy conducted by Selma Jeanne Cohen in New York City on January 23, 1969, possibly as the basis for an article in Opera News: vol. 34, no. 25, April 18, 1970. Possibly separated from the Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives (S)*MGZMD 56 : open to the public.
- Sound quality is good. There is significant ambient noise as well as some "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps. However, the speakers' voices are easily audible.
- 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 Barbara Goldsmith Conservation Division of the New York Public Library as well as 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.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Possibly separated from the Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives (S)*MGZMD 56.
- OCLC
- 906946255
- Author
Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Violette Verdy, 1969.
- Imprint
1969.
- 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 Selma Jeanne Cohen for an article in Opera News: vol. 34, no. 25, April 18, 1970. Possibly separated from the Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives (S)*MGZMD 56 : open to the public. January 23, 1969. New York (N.Y.)
- Funding
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the Barbara Goldsmith Conservation Division of the New York Public Library as well as 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 three minutes); polyester; quarter-track; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2015.
- Linking Entry
Possibly separated from the Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives (S)*MGZMD 56.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005, interviewer.
- Added Title
Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives Audio
- Found In:
Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives