- Additional Authors
- Description
- 2 compact discs (approximately 1 hour and 57 minutes) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Compact disc 1 (approximately 57 minutes). Viola Aberlé and Gerd Andersson, former dancers at the Royal Swedish Ballet [Kungliga Baletten] speak with Judith Chazin-Bennahum about their experiences working with Antony Tudor in Sweden, including their impressions of him as an artist and as a teacher; his casting decisions; music as the source of his choreography; their sense that Tudor's warm feelings toward Sweden made him receptive to their making a documentary about him [Antony Tudor, 1985]; the making of Tudor's ballet The echoing of trumpets; his use of images in coaching the dancers; the character dance elements; the strong female roles in Tudor's ballets; more on The echoing of trumpets including subsequent performances in New York City and in Sweden, where it was filmed for Swedish television [Ekon av trumpeter, 1968].
- Compact disc 2 (approximately 1 hour). Viola Aberlé and Gerd Andersson continue to speak with Judith Chazin-Bennahum about Antony Tudor's ballet The echoing of trumpets; their experience with Tudor's ballet Dark elegies including their thoughts on the libretto and the music; Hugh Laing including his possible influence on Tudor's work; their social interactions with Tudor including questioning him about his religious beliefs; Tudor's sarcasm; Sallie Wilson and her role in preserving Tudor's legacy; the characteristics of Tudor's ballets including their poetic quality and subtle nature; Tudor as an educator, of dancers and of the public; the possible influence of the bombing of Guernica [in Spain] in 1936 on the creation of Dark elegies [ends abruptly].
- Alternative Title
- Judith Chazin-Bennahum collection of Antony Tudor audio material.
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview with Viola Aberlé and Gerd Andersson conducted by Judith Chazin-Bennahum in Stockholm, Sweden on June 27, 1988. This interview was conducted as part of Chazin-Bennahum's research for her book The ballets of Antony Tudor: studies in psyche and satire (1994).
- Sound quality is fair to poor. There is some distortion and occasional extraneous noise. In addition, at times the speakers speak over each other. Also, it is often difficult to determine whether Gerd Andersson or Viola Aberlé is speaking.
- Title supplied by cataloger based on the handwritten note on the original container and information in the recording.
- The documentary about Antony Tudor referred to in the recording is entitled Antony Tudor and was made in 1985 in association with NOS Television, Netherlands, Music Department, and SVT 2, Sveriges Television by Gerd Andersson and Viola Aberlé, in English. It is cataloged in the Library under the call number: *MGZIC 9-1190. Reference is also made to the filming of the Tudor ballet The echoing of trumpets for Swedish Television; a copy, entitled Ekon av trumpeter (Echoing of trumpets) is cataloged in the Library under the call number *MGZIA 4-5162.
- Source (note)
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-2932
- OCLC
- 830634858
- Author
Aberlé, Viola, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Viola Aberlé and Gerd Andersson. June 27, 1988, 1988.
- Production
1988.
- Type of Content
spoken word
- Type of Medium
audio
- Type of Carrier
audio disc
- Event
Recorded by Judith Chazin-Bennahum 1988 June 27 Stockholm, Sweden.
- Original Version
Original format : 1 microcassette (approximately 1 hour and 57 minutes; 0.46875 in. per sec. ; half-track). Originally recorded in 1988.
- Local Note
Archival original: *MGZTCO 2-2932
- Added Author
Chazin-Bennahum, Judith, interviewer.
Andersson, Gerd, interviewee.
Judith Chazin-Bennahum, donor
- Added Title
Judith Chazin-Bennahum collection of Antony Tudor audio material.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2932