- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- 1 streaming file (approximately 35 minutes) : digital, stereo
- Summary
- Streaming file (approximately 35 minutes). Dennis Wayne speaks with John Gruen about his new company Dancers including the conflict this creates with responsibilities to American Ballet Theatre; the works Dancers will be performing at its upcoming premieres at Jacob's Pillow and City Center [of Music and Drama]; reasons he created this company; the dancers; more on balancing his responsibilities to American Ballet Theatre and to Dancers including his discussions with Lucia Chase; roles he expects to dance next season with American Ballet Theatre; Norman Walker's work Lazarus; economic aspects of the company including the support of Joanne Woodward; more on the repertoire including Cliff Keuter's work Murder of George Keuter; more on his reasons for creating his own company; how he feels about his own dancing; his personal life; more on his upcoming roles at American Ballet Theatre and the repertoire for Dancers.
- Subject
- Note
- Interview with Dennis Wayne conducted by John Gruen on August 2, 1975, as research for an article in The New York Times. The article, entitled A feisty young dancer with a company of his own, appeared in The New York Times on August 31, 1975.
- An earlier interview with Dennis Wayne conducted by John Gruen on the subject of Dancers is cataloged under the title: Interview with Dennis Wayne, April 16 and 30, 1975. That interview was the basis for an article by Gruen in the July 1975 issue of Dance Magazine.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss" and occasional short gaps, but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
- 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZTC 3-506 (former)
- OCLC
- 887453612
- Author
Wayne, Dennis, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Dennis Wayne. August 2, 1975.
- Production
1975
- 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 John Gruen 1975, August 2 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 cassette (approximately 35 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips.; transferred to wav file and streaming file formats in 2014.
- Local Note
For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-506.
Former call number: *MGZTC 3-506
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTC 3-506 (former)