Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Rudolf Nureyev [sound recording] / by Elizabeth Kaye for Esquire.

Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.

Publication

1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

Kaye, Elizabeth.

Description

4 sound discs (207 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Disc 1: 40 min. Sound quality: only one channel at beginning and end of interview. Rudolf Nureyev discusses Fredrick Ashton, Jerome Robbins; the prospect of making a film about Vaslav Nijinsky; finding a director for the film; Ken Russell as a director; his being compared to Nijinsky; Margot Fonteyn as a "brilliant" performer; himself as a performer; the mechanics of jumping; thoughts during performance; the element of danger in performance; his temperament; his tour (Nureyev and Friends) and partnership with Charles Jude; dancing classical ballet and training at this point in his career; his upcoming performance schedule; port de bras in grand pas de deux from Sleeping Beauty; Anna Pavlova in Raymonda; his feelings about art.
• Disc 2, track 1: 47 min. Sound quality: volume is low in last half of track. Kaye continues her interview with Nureyev by discussing a film documentary about Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn and their relationship; his impressions of Fonteyn and her working style; the strive for perfection; the impact of audience attention during performance; his feelings during performance; dramatic improvisation in the rehearsal process; lifting female partners; Poème tragique [solo choreographed by Frederick Ashton] and his career in the West; Isadora Duncan; the distinction of being Tartan and the importance of nationality; Nureyev's early biographies; his peers and mentors; his relationship with Erik Bruhn; fame and greatness in the ballet world; The King and I; Paris Opera and his directorship; his feelings about Patrick Dupond.
• Disc 2, track 2: 25 min. Sound quality: volume low. Nureyev continues his interview with Elizabeth Kaye, discussing Patrick Dupond; protecting his ballets as intellectual property with the Paris Opera Ballet and legal negotiations for copyright entitlement; the question of who owns Giselle (Corelli or Petitpa); his speculation that Boston Ballet stole his production of Don Quixote; his theatrical training at the Kirov; actors and playwrights he admires.
• Disc 3: 48 min. Nureyev continues his interview with Elizabeth Kaye, discusses dancing with Fonteyn and first impressions of her dancing; Erik Bruhn, his dancing, and Nureyev's first encounter with him; Vera Volkova; the political climate in Russia at the time right before his defection; the possibility of working with ABT; the demand for Nureyev to dance in Paris with the Kirov before his defection; his defection in Paris and subsequent accounts of his defection; his feeling of who he is as a dancer and person; audience perception versus his own satisfaction of his performance.
• Disc 4: 47 min. Nureyev continues his interview with Elizabeth Kaye, discussing Nureyev's Washington Square; influential writers and novels; Nigel Gosling as a tutor and mentor; his mastery of the English language; his involvement in his friendships; books and articles written about him; what would have happened had he returned to Russia after his defection; Bronislava Nijinska as an influence; the realization as a young boy that he wanted to be a ballet dancer; comparing his success and talent to Mikhail Baryshnikov; Ferndando Bujones; working with Fredrick Ashton; his partnership with Margot Fonteyn; comparing his style of company directorship to Baryshnikov's with respect to the Kirov influence.

Donor/Sponsor

• Oral History Archive.
• Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Alternative Title

Elizabeth Kaye interviews Rudolf Nureyev for Esquire.

Subjects

• Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931
• Jude, Charles, 1953-
• Audiotapes > Nureyev, R
• Nijinsky, Waslaw, 1890-1950
• Gosling, Nigel, 1909-1982
• Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972
• Partnering in dance
• Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
• Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work)
• Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
• Duncan, Isadora, 1877-1927
• Musical comedies > The king and I
• Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
• Don Quixote (Choreographic work)
• Bujones, Fernando, 1955-2005
• Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986
• Washington Square (Choreographic work : Nureyev)

Note

• Elizabeth Kaye interviews Rudolf Nureyev for Esquire, March 1991.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2326 RNC

OCLC

NYPY02-R26

Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Rudolf Nureyev [sound recording] / by Elizabeth Kaye for Esquire.

Imprint

1991.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2326 RNC.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2326 RNC.

Local Subject

Partnering in dance.

Musical comedies. The king and I.

Audiotapes -- Nureyev, R.

Added Author

Kaye, Elizabeth. Interviewer

Added Title

Elizabeth Kaye interviews Rudolf Nureyev for Esquire.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2326 RNC