Two streaming audio files (approximately one hour and seven minutes): digital
Summary
Streaming audio file 1 (approximately 45 minutes). [Begins abruptly; short gap]. Gerd Andersson speaks with John Gruen about Erik Bruhn (briefly); her career at the Royal Swedish Ballet [Kungliga Baletten] including how seeing Antony Tudor and his work inspired her to become a dancer; Birgit Cullberg and her influence; other choreographers who worked with the Royal Swedish Ballet; the current director, Ivo Cramér; past directors; dancing with Bruhn; her friendship with Bruhn; Brian Macdonald; Bruhn as director of the Royal Swedish Ballet including his relationship with the company members and the press; Bruhn as a person; Bruhn as the Moor in Petrouchka; other roles he has recently danced [ends abruptly but continues on streaming audio file 2].
Streaming audio file 2 (approximately 21 minutes). Gerd Andersson speaks with John Gruen about Erik Bruhn including ballets he staged for the Royal Swedish Ballet; dancing in La sylphide; his reform of the school including the appointment of a new director; Bruhn's introduction of new repertory; Rudolf Nureyev's staging of The nutcracker for the company; dancing in John Cranko's Onegin.
For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-764.
Interview with Gerd Andersson conducted by John Gruen on October 8, 1977, in New York (N.Y.) as part of the research for John Gruen's book, Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (Viking Press, New York, 1979).
Sound quality is good. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise and short gaps, but the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Title supplied by cataloger.
Access (note)
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Funding (note)
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Source (note)
John Gruen
Author
Andersson, Gerd, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Gerd Andersson, 1977
Production
1977
Type of content
spoken word
Type of medium
audio
Type of carrier
online resource
Digital file characteristics
audio file
Restricted access
Patrons may access streaming audio only on site at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center.
Event
Recorded by John Gruen 1977, October 8 New York (N.Y.)
Funding
The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Original version
Original format: one sound cassette (approximately one hour and seven minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3764_v01f01_sc and myd_mgztco3764_v01f02_sc.