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Marie Rambert on Serge Diaghilev

Title: Marie Rambert on Serge Diaghilev [sound recording]
Author: Rambert, Marie
Publication: 1972.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Audio	Use in library	*MGZTL 4-2250	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description

1 sound disc (ca. 42 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

[Starts mid-lecture] Rambert speaks about her three years at the school of Emile Jaques-Dalcroze in Geneva; meeting Serge Diaghilev and Waslaw Nijinsky at the school; her impressions on seeing Nijinsky perform Cléopâtre and Afternoon of a faun; joining the Ballets Russes (Diaghilev) to work with Nijinsky on Rite of spring; coaching the dancers in the company on their roles; the premiere of Rite of spring in Paris; feelings of the company's dancers regarding Nijinsky's ballets; creating and rehearsing Nijinsky's ballet Jeux; Nijinsky's volatile behavior; performing Rite of spring in London; the company's tour in South America; working with Nijinsky in Monte Carlo; anecdote about Bronislava Nijinska. Rambert describes travelling with the company by boat to South America, including her feelings regarding Nijinsky's marriage to Romola de Pulszky and Diaghilev's response; watching a rehearsal of Diaghilev's production of Fokin's ballet Joseph's legend; Diaghilev and Massine; the informal management of the company's business matters; Otto Kahn and Nijinksy; Nijinsky's ballet Till Eulenspiegel; Diaghilev's role in inspiring Nijinsky, Massine, and others [recording ends mid-sentence].

Donor/Sponsor

New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Oral History Archive.

Subject

Note

Part of a talk presented at the Jeanetta Cochrane Theatre, London.
Recording begins in the middle of the lecture and ends abruptly, mid-sentence.

Funding (note)

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

Terms of Use (note)

Acknowledgement for use of this recording must be given to the Rambert Dance Company Archive.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2250

OCLC

NYPY02-R36

Author

Rambert, Marie, speaker.

Title

Marie Rambert on Serge Diaghilev [sound recording]

Imprint

1972.

Funding

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

Terms Of Use

Acknowledgement for use of this recording must be given to the Rambert Dance Company Archive.

Local Note

Arch. orig.: *MGZTO 10-2250.

Preservation master: *MGZTP 4-2250.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2250.

Local Subject

Audiotapes Rambert, M.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2250

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