- Additional Authors
- Gruen, John
- Description
- One streaming audio file (approximately 40 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 40 minutes). Heather Watts speaks with John Gruen about Peter Martins and his work Calcium light night (briefly); her background and training including at the School of American Ballet; the influence of Stanley Williams; meeting Erik Bruhn; her relationship with Bruhn; the relationship between Bruhn and Martins; Bruhn as a person; Bruhn's retirement; Bruhn's concern about Martins' and Watts' relationship; Martins as a dancer; more on Bruhn as a person and their relationship; her own dancing including an anecdote about George Balanchine and The four temperaments.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-790.
- Interview with Heather Watts conducted by John Gruen on January 23, 1978 in New York City as research for his book Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (Viking Press, New York, 1979).
- Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise and occasional 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 3-790
- OCLC
- 83531574
- Author
Watts, Heather, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Heather Watts, 1978
- Production
1978
- 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 1978, January 23 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 40 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3790_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-790
- Source
Gift John Gruen
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-790