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Interview with Rudolf Nureyev

Title
Interview with Rudolf Nureyev [sound recording] / by Nigel Gosling.
Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.
Publication
1962.

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Additional Authors
Gosling, Nigel, 1909-1982.
Description
1 sound disc (64 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Track 1: 32 min. Poor sound quality. Interviewee is too close to microphone; loud popping noises. Rudolf Nureyev discusses Giselle; the of role of critics and criticism in ballet (and Russia), and the importance of self-criticism; differences and similarities in choreography for men and women; Marius Petipa's choreography for Swan lake and how he thinks it should develop over time; Sleeping beauty at the time of its premiere, the differences in dancers bodies, style and production elements; how he feels England has not embraced these developments; changes he feels need to be made in Covent Garden's version of Giselle; his first impression of Margot Fonteyn; his first meeting of Dame Ninette de Valois in 1958 in Russia; his feelings about Michel Fokine's choreography for Petrushka and Firebird.
  • Track 2: 32 min. Poor sound quality towards last 10 min. of track. Loud popping noises. This may be the first half of interview. Nureyev continues his discussion with Nigel Gosling of Vera Volkova's classes in Copenhagen with Erik Bruhn; dancing in the Vaganova style in comparison to other styles; his impressions of Copenhagen and the Danish Ballet; Maria Tallchief and Erik in Copenhagen; Margot Fonteyn getting in contact with him about dancing with her; his experience in Israel; dancing Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote in Israel; Jews in Russia; how he spent his time while dancing with the Ballet De Cuevas; comparisons of Israel to Egypt.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
  • Oral History Archive.
Series Statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Alternative Title
Nigel Gosling interviews Rudolf Nureyev for his 1962 autobiography.
Subject
  • Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
  • Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
  • Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
  • Volkova, Vera
  • Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986
  • Tallchief, Maria
  • International Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas
  • Giselle (Choreographic work)
  • Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work)
  • Petrouchka (Choreographic work : Fokine)
  • Firebird (Choreographic work : Fokine)
  • Swan lake (Choreographic work)
  • Don Quixote (Choreographic work)
Note
  • Nigel Gosling [Alexander Bland] interviews Rudolf Nureyev for his 1962 autobiography.
Access (note)
  • Permission required.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2325 RNC
OCLC
NYPY02-R25
Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Rudolf Nureyev [sound recording] / by Nigel Gosling.
Imprint
1962.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Access
Permission required.
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTO 5-2325 RNC.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2325 RNC.
For partial transcript, see *MGZMT 4-2325 RNC.
Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Nureyev, R.
Added Author
Gosling, Nigel, 1909-1982. Interviewer
Added Title
Nigel Gosling interviews Rudolf Nureyev for his 1962 autobiography.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2325 RNC
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