Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Lar Lubovitch. December 25, 1975, 1975.

Author

Lubovitch, Lar, 1943-

Publication

1975

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Details

Additional Authors

Gruen, John

Description

2 sound discs (approximately one hour and 11 minutes): digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Disc 1 (approximately 47 minutes). Lar Lubovitch speaks with John Gruen about the relationship of men and women in his work including in his dance Girl on fire; his works Rapid transit; Zig zag; and Prelude in C minor; his dancing at Trude Heller's dance club to support himself while performing with modern dance companies; his brain injury and how this experience affected him; his time at the Harkness Ballet, in particular how this led to his becoming an independent choreographer; his first commissions; forming his own company [now Lar Lubovitch Dance Company]; the effect of the company's success on him artistically and intellectually; his closing of the company and taking a year off to study and reflect; his achieving intellectual freedom and control; forming his present company [recording ends abruptly but continues on disc 2].
• Disc 2 (approximately 24 minutes). Lar Lubovitch speaks with John Gruen about his choreography for American Ballet Theatre, including Scherzo for Massah Jack and Three essays; teaching at the University of California, in Los Angeles; forming a new company; his realization that he choreographs in order to dance; his choreographic methods including the factors that influence his choice of music; his use of all existing dance vocabulary; his striving to create dances that have meaning for people; his newest work [not identified], which he is creating for the [United States] Bicentennial, using music composed by Charles Ives.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of John Gruen

Subject

• Lubovitch, Lar, 1943-
• Lar Lubovitch Dance Company
• Girl on fire (Choreographic work : Lubovitch)
• Rapid transit (Choreographic work : Lubovitch)
• Prelude in C minor (Choreographic work : Lubovitch)
• Zig zag (Choreographic work : Lubovitch)
• Audiotapes > Lubovitch, L

Note

• Interview with Lar Lubovitch conducted by John Gruen on December 25, 1975, at Gruen's home in New York City, as background for an article that appeared in Dance magazine (February, 1977, pages 44-47).
• Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by extraneous noise including "tape hiss" as well as occasional short gaps. However, 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 4-646

OCLC

868058145

Author

Lubovitch, Lar, 1943- interviewee.

Title

Interview with Lar Lubovitch. December 25, 1975, 1975.

Production

1975

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Event

Recorded by John Gruen 1975, December 25 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 one hour and 11 minutes); 1 7/8 ips., originally recorded on December 25, 1975; transferred to wav file and compact disc formats in 2013.

Local Note

For edited transcript of interview: see *MGZMT 3-646

Former classmark: *MGZTC 3-646

Added Author

Gruen, John, interviewer.

Gruen, John, donor

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-646