Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Phyllis Gutelius [sound recording].

Author

Gutelius, Phyllis.

Publication

1977.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Nuchtern, Jean.

Description

7 sound cassettes (ca. 7 hrs., 45 min.) +

Summary

• Cassette 1. Phyllis Gutelius discusses her early ballet training and studying at the Graham school; her first tour with the Martha Graham Dance Company; dancing the role of the saint in Graham's Seraphic dialogue; Graham's Night journey; her smaller roles in the company; her first solo roles in Seraphic dialogue and Part real - part dream, and the role of Iphigenia in Clytemnestra; and her acting training.
• Cassette 2. Ms. Gutelius discusses Graham's choreographies Deaths and entrances, El penitente, Errand into the maze; Appalachian spring, and Clytemnestra.
• Cassette 3. Ms. Gutelius further discusses Seraphic dialogue; the origins of Graham's personality; Graham's Embattled garden, Errand into the maze, Night journey, and Deaths and entrances.
• Cassette 4. Ms. Gutelius discusses Graham's Clytemnestra; the choreography, in great detail, of Deaths and entrances, comparing Graham's physicality to her own and the different ways they approached this work; her acting training with Sandy [Sanford] Meisner.
• Cassette 5. Detailed discussion of Deaths and entrances continues, and discussion of Graham's Letter to the world; Pearl Lang; Night journey; and Gutelius' difficult relationship with Graham.
• Cassette 6. Ms. Gutelius discusses Graham's Herodiade; further conflicts with Graham; Graham's Cave of the heart and her own character work in this piece; her decision to study ballet in order to gain strength; performing with the company again after a year and a half break; the state of the company during the 1970's; Graham's Primitive mysteries; taking class with Jane Dudley; difficulties in rehearsing Primitive mysteries; Graham's cruelty; the changes Graham made in Primitive mysteries and Clytemnestra from their original versions; her own training; her early performances with the company; working with Antony Tudor and with Yuriko's dance company.
• Cassette 7 (side A only). Ms. Gutelius discusses studying ballet, other modern techniques and acting; the 1970 Graham company tour; Martha Graham's decision to stop performing; the power struggles within the company; getting injured; studying yoga and its value and relationship to Gutelius' technique.

Donor/Sponsor

• DHCA
• New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Alternative Title

• Dance Oral History Project.
• Dance Audio Archive.

Subjects

• Graham, Martha > Embattled garden
• Graham, Martha > Errand into the maze
• Graham, Martha > Penitente
• Graham, Martha > Deaths and entrances
• Dudley, Jane
• Graham, Martha > Cave of the heart
• Graham, Martha > Appalachian spring
• Primitive mysteries (Choreographic work : Graham)
• Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009
• Part real - part dream (Choreographic work : Graham)
• Martha Graham Dance Company
• Yoga
• Graham, Martha > Night journey
• Hérodiade (Choreographic work : Graham)
• Clytemnestra (Choreographic work : Graham)
• Meisner, Sanford
• Graham, Martha > Letter to the world
• Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987
• Yuriko and Dance Company
• Graham, Martha > Seraphic dialogue

Note

• Interview with Phyllis Gutelius conducted by Jean Nuchtern, in Oct. and Nov., 1977, at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in New York City.
• For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-1840.
• The recordings contain some extraneous noise and gaps.

Funding (note)

• Preservation was made possible in part with public funds provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Call Number

*MGZMT 3-1840

OCLC

NYPY96-R7

Author

Gutelius, Phyllis. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Phyllis Gutelius [sound recording].

Imprint

1977.

Funding

Preservation was made possible in part with public funds provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.

Local Note

Archive copies: *MGZTO 5-1840, nos. 1-3

Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-1840, pts. 1-5.

Preservation masters: *MGZTP 4-1840 nos. 1-9

Dubbing masters: *MGZTD 4-1840 nos. 1-9

Added Author

Nuchtern, Jean. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1840 [sound cassettes]