Research Catalog

Title

Interview with John Gilpin. December 23 and 31, 1976, 1976.

Author

Gilpin, John, 1930-1983

Publication

1976

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Details

Additional Authors

Hunt, Marilyn, 1937-

Description

1 sound disc (approximately one hour) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

December 23, 1976. John Gilpin speaks with Marilyn Hunt about first meeting Marie Rambert at a dance competition; his early dance training; joining Marie Rambert's company [Ballet Rambert] in 1946; his time with the company including the tour in Australia; reminiscences of Rambert; dancing with Roland Petit's company [Ballets de Paris of Roland Petit]; his eight months with the Marquis de Cuevas's ballet [Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo]; the circumstances of his leaving Rambert [following a brief gap, the second part of the interview, recorded on December 31, 1976, begins at 24:01]; Gilpin speaks further about his time with the Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo; why he did not accept Ninette de Valois's offer to dance for her company, Sadler's Wells Ballet; his time with the London Festival Ballet [now the English National Ballet] including an anecdote about dancing with Alicia Markova in The nutcracker; guest dancers he partnered including Alexandra Danilova; [Tamara] Toumanova; Yvette Chauviré as a partner; Belinda Wright; some of his favorite roles including Albrecht; the Witch boy (in Jack Carter's ballet The witch boy); his roles in Anthony Burke's work Symphony for fun and in [Wazlaw] Orlikowsky's ballet Peer Gynt; his thoughts about his own dancing [ends abruptly].

Alternative Title

• Dance Oral History Project
• Dance Audio Archive

Subjects

• Chauviré, Yvette, 1917-
• Audiotapes > Gilpin, J
• Witch boy (Choreographic work : Carter, J)
• Rambert, Marie
• Ballet Rambert
• Gilpin, John, 1930-
• London Festival Ballet

Note

• Interview with John Gilpin conducted by Marilyn Hunt on December 23 and 31, 1976 at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division's Oral History Project.
• Title supplied by cataloger.
• Sound quality is good overall. Volume is higher in the part of the interview recorded on December 31, 1976, which begins at approximately 24:04 minutes into the recording.

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 4-696

OCLC

78189304

Author

Gilpin, John, 1930-1983, interviewee.

Title

Interview with John Gilpin. December 23 and 31, 1976, 1976.

Production

1976

Type of Content

spoken word

Type of Medium

audio

Type of Carrier

audio disc

Event

Recorded by Marilyn Hunt 1976, December 23 and 31, 1976 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 one hour); 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 5-696

Former classmark: *MGZT 5-696

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Added Author

Hunt, Marilyn, 1937- interviewer.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-696