Research Catalog

Title

Letters to Robert Graves and Donald Keene. 1966? [sound recording]

Author

Robbins, Jerome.

Publication

[ca. 1966]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 28 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

[Contains extraneous noise.] In a letter to author Robert Graves, Robbins discusses the problems choreographing Graves' ballet scenario on Dionysus; his objectives for non-literal expression in his choreography; the failure of his effort to stage a dramatic play on Broadway (Mother Courage and her children, 1963); the success of his ballet Les noces (1965) and his feelings about his work on that ballet; more on Graves' scenario and Robbins' excitement with Graves' ideas on ritual and myth; more on his interest in Dionysian ritual and his desire to do a ballet based on the Villa of Mysteries at Pompeii; work with actors at the American Theatre Laboratory on improvised scenes inspired by Noh theatrical concepts and Dionysian ritual; his interest in Noh plays and their significance to him; closing comments and offer of assistance to Graves; more on the inspiration he finds in Graves' books; more on his interest in Noh theater and its effect on his choreography. In a letter to author Donald Keene, (ca. 22 min. into recoring) Robbins discusses his possible visit to Japan to study and view Noh theater; his research and deep interest in Noh and the importance of Keene in his efforts to understand Noh; Keene's book on Noh, possibly Nō, the classical theater of Japan (Tokyo: Kodansha International, 1966); closing comments.

Donor/Sponsor

Oral History Archive.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Subjects

• Keene, Donald
• Audiotapes > Robbins, J
• Graves, Robert, 1895-1985
• Mythology, Classical, in art
• Nō plays
• Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Choreography

Note

• Letters to Robert Graves and Donald Keene dictated by Jerome Robbins to his secretary Edith Weissman, ca. 1966.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Funding (note)

• Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3118 JRC

OCLC

NYPT04-R0

Author

Robbins, Jerome.

Title

Letters to Robert Graves and Donald Keene. 1966? [sound recording]

Imprint

[ca. 1966]

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Access

Permission required.

Funding

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3118 JRC

Preservation master: *MGZTP 10-3118 JRC

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3118 JRC

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3118 JRC