- Additional Authors
- Description
- One streaming audio file (approximately 38 minutes): digital
- Summary
- Streaming audio file (approximately 38 minutes). Niels Bjørn Larsen, former director of the Royal Danish Ballet [Kongelige Danske ballet], speaks with John Gruen about Erik Bruhn as a young dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet inclduing his lack of opportunity due to the seniority system; Larsen and his wife, concert pianist Elvi Henriksen speak about Bruhn's musicality; working with Bruhn after Larsen became director; their personal and professional relationship with Bruhn including his fundamental aloofness; ballets made for Bruhn by Roland Petit and Birgit Cullberg; Bruhn's intelligence and self-knowledge; Bruhn's transition from classical to character dancer.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive. Gift of John Gruen.
- Alternative Title
- Interview with Elvi Henriksen, 1977
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Interviews.
- Sound recordings.
- Note
- For edited transcript of interview see: *MGZMT 3-776.
- Interview with Niels Bjørn Larsen and Elvi Henriksen conducted by John Gruen on July 22, 1977, in Copenhagen, Denmark, as part of the research for John Gruen's book, Erik Bruhn: danseur noble (Viking Press, New York, 1979). The interview is conducted in English, but occasionally, Elvi Henriksen speaks in Danish and her husband, Larsen, interprets.
- Sound quality is good overall. The recording is marred by occasional extraneous noise and short gaps.
- 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)
- Call Number
- *MGZTCO 3-776
- OCLC
- 80735244
- Author
Larsen, Niels Bjørn, 1913-2003, interviewee.
- Title
Interview with Niels Bjørn Larsen and Elvi Henriksen, 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, July 22 Copenhagen (Denmark)
- 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 38 minutes); quarter-track; 1.875 ips; transferred to wav file and streaming file format in 2015: myd_mgztco3776_v01f01_sc.
- Local Note
Former class mark: *MGZTC 3-776
- Source
Gift John Gruen
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Gruen, John, interviewer.
Henriksen, Elvi, interviewee.
- Research Call Number
*MGZTCO 3-776