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Interview with Gerd Larsen.
- Title
- Interview with Gerd Larsen. May 4, 1976, 1976.
- Author
- Larsen, Gerd
- Publication
- 1976
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTL 4-348 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Vaughan, David, 1924-
- Description
- 1 sound disc (approximately 50 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Gerd Larsen speaks with David Vaughan about her early dance training in Norway and in London; performing in Antony Tudor's works; performing with the Sadler's Wells Ballet, including in Frederick Ashton's ballets; touring during World War II; the move to Covent Garden; touring in the United Sates including Margot Fonteyn's great success in The sleeping beauty; Kenneth MacMillan; Leonide Massine; her transition to teaching; mime roles including that of the mother in Giselle and the nurse in MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet; restaging ballets at the Royal Ballet using the company's film and choreological archives; more on performing in the United States including how the stage at the Metropolitan Opera House compares with that of Covent Garden; Frederick Ashton's choreographic methods compared with those of Kenneth MacMillan; Bronislava Nijinska's staging of her ballets Les biches and Les noces for the company; (Sergeĭ Leonidovich) Grigorʹev; Margot Fonteyn in particular her great artistry and technique as well as her great diligence and creativity.
- Former summary: CONTENTS. Track 1 [Track 2 blank]: Student days; performances with Antony Tudor; performances with the Sadler's Wells Ballet during and after World War II; teaching; mime roles; restaging ballets at the Royal Ballet; Frederick Ashton's methods of choreographing compared with those of Kenneth MacMillan; Bronislava Nijinska's restaging of Les biches and Les noces for the Royal Ballet; evaluation and appreciation of the artistry of Margot Fonteyn.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Gerd Larsen conducted by David Vaughan on May 4, 1976 in New York City at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, as part of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division's Oral History Project.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss," but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-348
- OCLC
- 81639873
- Author
- Larsen, Gerd, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Gerd Larsen. May 4, 1976, 1976.
- Production
- 1976
- Type of Content
- spoken word
- Type of Medium
- audio
- Type of Carrier
- audio disc
- Event
- Recorded by David Vaughan. 1976, May 4 New York (N.Y.)
- 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 reel (approximately 50 minutes); 5 inches; polyester, half-track; 1 7/8 ips.; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.
- Local Note
- For transcript of interview: see *MGZMT 5-348Former classmark: *MGZT 5-348
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Larsen, G.
- Added Author
- Vaughan, David, 1924- interviewer.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-348