- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- Two streaming audio files (approximately 57 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). Cynthia Gregory speaks with John Gruen about dancing with Erik Bruhn at [American] Ballet Theatre in La sylphide, Miss Julie, and Coppélia; Bruhn's return from retirement to dance in the 35th Anniversary Gala of American Ballet Theatre; Bruhn's learning the role of Othello in [José Limón's] Moor's pavane; dancing with Bruhn in this work including as compared to dancing it with Bruce Marks; the critical response to Bruhn's performance of Othello in Denmark; Bruhn's personality including his views on being an artist and marriage; a project initiated by John Hemminger [Gregory's husband] to make a recording of ballet stars (including Bruhn and Rudolf Nureyev) singing; Bruhn's illness and pain; Bruhn and Carla Fracci's partnership at American Ballet Theatre [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
- Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 10 minutes). Cynthia Gregory speaks with John Gruen about Erik Bruhn and his status in the public eye; dancing with Bruhn as a partner from the perspective of his fame and experience; Nureyev as a partner compared to Bruhn; Bruhn's best roles.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-774.
- Interview with Cynthia Gregory conducted by John Gruen on September 8, 1977, in New York City, as part of the research for John Gruen's book, Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (Viking Press, New York, 1979).
- Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise and short gaps.
- Title supplied by cataloger.
- 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.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-774
- OCLC
- 951216575
- Author
Gregory, Cynthia, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Cynthia Gregory September 8, 1977
- Production
1977
- 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 1977, September 8 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 57 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3774_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3774_v01f02_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-774
- Source
Gift John Gruen
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-774