Research Catalog
Interview with Fred Berk
- Title
- Interview with Fred Berk [sound recording]
- Author
- Berk, Fred, 1911-1980.
- Publication
- 1979.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | reel 2 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2138 [sound cassette] reel 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | reel 1 | Audio | Use in library | *MGZTC 3-2138 (sound cassette) reel 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Audio | Supervised use | *MGZMT 3-2138 (transcript) | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Ingber, Judith Brin.
- Description
- 2 sound cassettes (approx. 115 min.) +
- Summary
- Cassette 1. Mr. Berk discusses his childhood in Vienna; working in his parent's shop; his family's Passover seders; his family's synagogue; eating pork for the first time; his first return to Vienna after World War II; finding performing work through Hedy Pfundmayr; the choreography of Margarethe Wallmann; the rise of Nazism in Vienna; experiencing anti-semitism while on tour; performances by dancers and dance companies in 1930s Vienna; seeing Carmen Amaya perform in Cuba; life in Cuba in the late 1930s.
- Cassette 2. Mr. Berk discusses immigrating to the United States; performing in nightclubs with Claudia Vall Kauffman; moving to New York; working with Trudy Goth; his divorce from Katya Delakova; restarting his career from scratch.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Judith Brin Ingber.
- Trust of Gertrude L. Lippincott.
- Alternative Title
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subjects
- Note
- For transcript, see: *MGZMT 3-2138.
- Interviewed by Judith Brin Ingber April 22-26, 1979 in Minneapolis. Interviews conducted as part of her research in writing Fred Berk's biography entitled Victory dances: the life of Fred Berk.
- Access (note)
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2138
- OCLC
- NYPY98-R29
- Author
- Berk, Fred, 1911-1980. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Fred Berk [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1979.
- Local Note
- Preservation master cassette: *MGZTCO 3-2138.Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-2138.Transcription and processing funded by the Trust of Gertrude L. Lippincott.
- Restricted Access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Ingber, J.Audiotapes -- Berk, F.
- Added Author
- Ingber, Judith Brin. Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZMT 3-2138 [Transcript]*MGZTC 3-2138 [Cassette]