Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Stanislas Idzikowski [sound recording].

Author

Idzikowski, Stanislas.

Publication

1974.

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Details

Additional Authors

Gruen, John.

Description

3 sound discs (ca. 161 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Disc 1 (ca. 49 min.). Stanislaus Idzikowski speaks with John Gruen, in most cases briefly, about his early training and career in Warsaw, Poland; finding his way to London, England where he danced with Phyllis Bedells at the Empire Theatre and with Anna Pavlova's company; joining Serge Diaghilev's Ballets russes in Lausanne at the invitation of Serge Grigoriev [Sergeĭ Leonidovich Grigorʹev]; Diaghilev; taking class with [Enrico] Cecchetti; some of his roles; touring in the U.S. in 1916; [Lydia] Lopoukhova; dancing Le spectre de la rose with Vera Trefilova in Paris to great acclaim; Tamara Karsavina; dancing in Coppelia; [in response to Gruen's question] describes his own dancing; more on the Ballets russes; more on Diaghilev; [Waslaw] Nijinsky; his wife Romola [de Pulszky] Nijinsky; [Leonide] Massine; more about Nijinsky; leaving the Ballets russes to create his own company; his first teacher, Gillert.
• Disc 2, track 1 - ca. 1:30 min. into track 7 (ca. 32 min.). Stanislaus Idzikowski continues to speak with John Gruen, in most cases briefly, about his teachers; people he has worked with including Adolf Bolm and [Michel] Fokine; some of his roles; working with Stravinsky; [Bronislava] Nijinska; his impressions of Isadora Duncan's dancing; Anna Pavlova including the reason he left her company; his wife; Anton Dolin and Alicia Markova.
• Disc 2, from ca. 1:30 min. into track 7 - track 10 (ca. 17 min.) Stanislaus Idzikowski and John Gruen look at and discuss Idzikowski's various paintings, pictures, miniature rooms, petit point needlework objects, and other craft items he created.
• Disc 3 (ca. 65 min.). Stanislaus Idzikowski and John Gruen continue to look at and discuss Idzikowski's various crafts and memorabilia including a miniature theatre he made showing him in various roles, in accurate costume, as well as his books and photographs.

Alternative Title

Dance Oral History Project.

Subjects

• Ballets russes
• Idzikowski, Stanislas
• Audiotapes > Idzikowski, S

Note

• Interview with Stanislas Idzikowski conducted by John Gruen on Aug. 2, 1974 at Idzikowski's home in London, England, for the Oral History Project of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. In the first part of the recording Idzikowski speaks with Gruen, in most cases briefly, about various topics relating to his career as a dancer with the Ballets russes and other companies; in the latter part of the recording Idzikowski and Gruen look at and talk about the various objects (e.g., miniature rooms) he has created as well as his extensive collection of memorabilia, books, and photographs.
• Open as of 1977.
• Sound quality is good overall in the interview part of the recording (disc 1 and disc 2 , track 1 - ca. 1:30 min. into track 7). In the latter part, sound quality is fair; at times the speakers' voices are not always intelligible. Also, there is an extraneous hiss due to distortion in the original recording as well as occasional gaps.

Funding (note)

• The assistance of the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-215

OCLC

81584063

Author

Idzikowski, Stanislas. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Stanislas Idzikowski [sound recording].

Imprint

1974.

Original Version

Original format : 1 sound reel (ca. 161 min.: 5"; 1 7/8 in. per sec.; half-track; 1 channel; polyester). Originally recorded in 1974.

Funding

The assistance of the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

Local Note

For a transcript of the audio recording see: *MGZMT 5-215.

Former call no.: *MGZT 5-215

Former call no.: *MGZTC 3-215

Archive original: *MGZTO 5-215

Added Author

Gruen, John. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-215