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Interview with Luis Fuentes

Title
Interview with Luis Fuentes, 1969.
Author
Fuente, Luis
Publication
1969.

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Additional Authors
Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005
Found In
Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives
Description
Two streaming files (approximately one hour and 18 minutes) : digital
Summary
  • Streaming file 1 (approximately 57 minutes). Luis Fuente speaks with Selma Jeanne Cohen about dancing and masculinity including whether some steps are better suited to women; performing in Leonide Massine's Three-cornered hat including Clive Barnes' criticism of Fuente's Spanish-style dancing; his experience with flamenco dancing; more on Barnes; his admiration for Rudolf Nureyev; his preference generally for dramatic roles and his concern that he connect with the audience; Gerald Arpino's Fanfarita; partnering including the relatively few pas de deux in the [Joffrey Ballet's] repertory; performing the Bluebird [in The sleeping beauty]; the importance of expressiveness as compared with technique; characteristics of the Joffrey Ballet; how moved he was by the performance of Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn in Romeo and Juliet; the difficulty of the choreography in Balanchine's Donizetti variations; his relationship with the audience [ends abruptly but continues on streaming file 2].
  • Streaming file 2 (approximately 21 minutes). Luis Fuente speaks with Selma Jeanne Cohen about expressiveness in performance; music as requisite for him to perform; an anecdote about Leonide Massine's comment on Fuente's dancing in [Gerald Arpino's] Fanfarita; his experience dancing for Antonio's company [Antonio y los Ballets de Madrid]; the role of Petrouchka [Lazowsky after Fokin, for the Joffrey Ballet].
Alternative Title
Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives Audio
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Interviews.
  • Sound recordings.
Note
  • Interview with Luis Fuente conducted by Selma Jeanne Cohen in New York City on December 3, 1969 as the basis for an article in the Dance Perspectives Journal #40: The Male Image, published winter 1969. Separated from the Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives (S)*MGZMD 56 : open to the public.
  • Sound quality is fair to poor. There is extraneous noise including "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps. The speakers' voices are often soft and difficult to understand.
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)
  • Separated from the Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives (S)*MGZMD 56.
OCLC
907391694
Author
Fuente, Luis, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Luis Fuentes, 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 the Dance Perspectives Journal #40: The Male Image, published winter 1969. Separated from the Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives (S)*MGZMD 56 : open to the public. December 3, 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 18 minutes); polyester; quarter-track; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2015.
Linking Entry
Separated from the Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives (S)*MGZMD 56.
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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
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