Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov [sound recording] [sound recording].

Author

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-

Publication

1974.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gruen, John.
• Makarova, Dina.

Description

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

Summary

John Gruen introduces Mikhail Baryshnikov and describes his physical appearance [short gap]; Gruen introduces Dina Makarova, the interpreter; Baryshnikov speaks in Russian (translated by Makarova) in response to Gruen's questions, which are in English (translated into Russian by Makarova]), about his family background; his first appearances on the stage, in the Theater Opera Ballet Company of Riga [Latvian Opera and Ballet Theater]; training with [Alexander Ivanovich] Pushkin and joining the Kirov Ballet Company as a soloist; his struggle, due to his height, to progress beyond the rank of soloist; dancing in Don Quixote as a turning point in the roles assigned to him, eventually leading to his dancing in Giselle; reasons he thinks dancers in Russia become dissatisfied artistically and feel compelled to take action, whether inside or outside of the Soviet system; his defection; what he feels when he is dancing; what he looks for in a partner; his interest in expanding his repetoire; his plans for the future including his dancing in La sylphide at American Ballet Theatre.

Subjects

• Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
• Audiotapes > Baryshnikov, M
• Ballet > Soviet Union

Note

• Interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov conducted by John Gruen at the New York State Theater [now the David H. Koch Theater] in New York City, on July 23, 1974. This interview was used as a basis for a chapter in John Gruen's book, The private world of ballet (1975). Dina Makarova is present as interpreter, translating Gruen's questions, which are in English, and Baryshnikov's responses, which are in Russian.
• Sound quality is fair. The speakers' voices are often soft but are usually intelligible. Due to the fact that both the questions and the responses are being translated, sometimes voices overlap and are difficult to understand.

Funding (note)

• The assistance of the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-130

OCLC

80793321

Author

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- Interviewee

Title

Interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov [sound recording] [sound recording].

Imprint

1974.

Original Version

Original format : 1 sound cassette (ca. 42 min.; 2 channels; 1 7/8 in. per sec.). Originally recorded in 1974. Side 2 is blank.

Funding

The assistance of the National Endowment for the Arts and the New York State Council on the Arts is gratefully acknowledged.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-130

Added Author

Gruen, John. Interviewee

Makarova, Dina. Other

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-130