Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Rena Gluck [sound recording].

Author

Gluck, Rena.

Publication

1972.

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Details

Additional Authors

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Description

2 sound discs (ca. 90 min.) : digital, stereo; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Disc 1 (ca. 31 min.). Rena Gluck speaks with Don McDonagh about recreating Martha Graham's work, Herodiade; Graham working with the Israeli dancers in the studio; images given by Graham to describe the dance and movement; working in Israel and staging dances at various Tel Aviv theaters; arriving in Israel in 1955; Graham's first visit in 1956; the immediate success of Graham's company in Israel; the strength of Graham's dancers; working with Graham on techniques and timing; touring Israel with lights and stage props since performance spaces in the kibbutzes were not equipped for dancers; Bethsabee de Rothschild, and her financing of the wooden floor in the dance studio in Israel; the change in dance in Tel Aviv over the years; de Rothschild's decision to move to Israel; Dani Karavan's work with Graham and the Batsheva Dance Company; working on Cave of the heart, and the difficulties in staging it without the supervision of Graham; Graham's classes in Israel; Robert Cohan and other Graham dancers who taught classes in Israel; Graham's suggestions after seeing performances; working with Linda Hodes on the dances, and her influence; the difficulty in having Graham attend company dances in Israel; Diversion of angels, and Graham's description of the piece as that of love; Louis Horst, and the last time she saw him; the fact that Graham gave her dances to Israeli dancers before her own dancers in the U.S., and the resentment felt in the U.S. company; Graham as artistic director of Batsheva; an anecdote in which her daughter insisted on sitting on Graham's lap during a long car ride; Graham's affection for children; her belief that Graham missed having children; Graham and Erick Hawkins; studying with Sophie Maslow; being in the first graduating class of the Performing Arts High School; auditioning for the High School; attending Hunter College and Juilliard; studying with Graham at Juilliard; the first time she studied with Robert Cohan, May O'Donnell, and Graham; Graham's memory and her ability to pick up on nuances of people and situations; the awe Graham would inspire in her students; Graham's tendency to intentionally push her dancers too far in order to illicit emotion.
• Disc 2 (ca. 31 min.). Rena Gluck speaks with Don McDonagh about the difference between being an artist and a regular person, and the dedication that is involved as an artist; Graham's use of the red cloak in her dances; reception of Graham's work in the U.S. and Israel; the last time Graham visited Israel, before the 6 Day War in 1967; anecdotes of Graham's treatment of students, including slapping male dancers, pulling ears, and other physical abuses; the works Graham gave to the Israeli company, including Diversion of angels, Herodiade, Cave of the heart, Errand into the maze, Embattled garden [abrupt end].

Subject

• Gluck, Rena > Interviews
• Graham, Martha > Influence
• Hodes, Linda Margolies, 1933- > Influence
• Rothschild, Bethsabée de, Baroness
• Graham, Martha
• Martha Graham Dance Company
• Lahaḳat ha-maḥol Bat-Shevaʻ

Note

• Interview with Rena Gluck conducted by Don McDonagh on April 1, 1972.
• Each disc ends abruptly.
• Open as of August 22, 2012.

Funding (note)

• Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Source (note)

• Don McDonagh;

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2557

OCLC

262556977

Author

Gluck, Rena. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Rena Gluck [sound recording].

Imprint

1972.

Funding

Recording was preserved through a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Local Note

Archive orig. : *MGZTCO 3-2557, nos. 1-2

Dubbing master : *MGZTD 4-2557, nos. 1-2

Source

Gift; Don McDonagh; 2007

Added Author

McDonagh, Don. Donor

Doris Duke Charitable Foundation.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2557 sound disc