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Interview with Phyllis Gutelius

Title
  1. Interview with Phyllis Gutelius [sound recording].
Published by
  1. 1977.
Author
  1. Gutelius, Phyllis.

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Vol/datev. 2FormatAudioAccessSupervised useCall number*MGZMT 3-1840 [transcript] v. 2Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/datev. 1FormatAudioAccessSupervised useCall number*MGZMT 3-1840 [transcript] v. 1Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/datecassette 7FormatAudioAccessNo restrictionsCall number*MGZTC 3-1840 [sound cassette] cassette 7Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/datecassette 6FormatAudioAccessNo restrictionsCall number*MGZTC 3-1840 [sound cassette] cassette 6Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/datecassette 5FormatAudioAccessNo restrictionsCall number*MGZTC 3-1840 [sound cassette] cassette 5Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/datecassette 4FormatAudioAccessNo restrictionsCall number*MGZTC 3-1840 [sound cassette] cassette 4Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/datecassette 3FormatAudioAccessNo restrictionsCall number*MGZTC 3-1840 [sound cassette] cassette 3Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/datecassette 2FormatAudioAccessNo restrictionsCall number*MGZTC 3-1840 [sound cassette] cassette 2Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/datecassette 1FormatAudioAccessNo restrictionsCall number*MGZTC 3-1840 [sound cassette] cassette 1Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
StatusVol/dateFormatAudioAccessSupervised useCall number*MGZMT 3-1840 [transcript] Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional authors
  1. Nuchtern, Jean.
Description
  1. 7 sound cassettes (ca. 7 hrs., 45 min.) +
Summary
  1. Cassette 1. Phyllis Gutelius discusses her early ballet training and studying at the Graham school; her first tour with the Martha Graham Dance Company; dancing the role of the saint in Graham's Seraphic dialogue; Graham's Night journey; her smaller roles in the company; her first solo roles in Seraphic dialogue and Part real - part dream, and the role of Iphigenia in Clytemnestra; and her acting training.
  2. Cassette 2. Ms. Gutelius discusses Graham's choreographies Deaths and entrances, El penitente, Errand into the maze; Appalachian spring, and Clytemnestra.
  3. Cassette 3. Ms. Gutelius further discusses Seraphic dialogue; the origins of Graham's personality; Graham's Embattled garden, Errand into the maze, Night journey, and Deaths and entrances.
  4. Cassette 4. Ms. Gutelius discusses Graham's Clytemnestra; the choreography, in great detail, of Deaths and entrances, comparing Graham's physicality to her own and the different ways they approached this work; her acting training with Sandy [Sanford] Meisner.
  5. Cassette 5. Detailed discussion of Deaths and entrances continues, and discussion of Graham's Letter to the world; Pearl Lang; Night journey; and Gutelius' difficult relationship with Graham.
  6. Cassette 6. Ms. Gutelius discusses Graham's Herodiade; further conflicts with Graham; Graham's Cave of the heart and her own character work in this piece; her decision to study ballet in order to gain strength; performing with the company again after a year and a half break; the state of the company during the 1970's; Graham's Primitive mysteries; taking class with Jane Dudley; difficulties in rehearsing Primitive mysteries; Graham's cruelty; the changes Graham made in Primitive mysteries and Clytemnestra from their original versions; her own training; her early performances with the company; working with Antony Tudor and with Yuriko's dance company.
  7. Cassette 7 (side A only). Ms. Gutelius discusses studying ballet, other modern techniques and acting; the 1970 Graham company tour; Martha Graham's decision to stop performing; the power struggles within the company; getting injured; studying yoga and its value and relationship to Gutelius' technique.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. DHCA
  2. New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Alternative title
  1. Dance Oral History Project.
  2. Dance Audio Archive.
Subject
  1. Graham, Martha
  2. Graham, Martha > Hérodiade
  3. Graham, Martha > Clytemnestra
  4. Graham, Martha > Primitive mysteries
  5. Graham, Martha > Errand into the maze
  6. Graham, Martha > Penitente
  7. Graham, Martha > Deaths and entrances
  8. Graham, Martha > Embattled garden
  9. Yoga
  10. Graham, Martha > Cave of the heart
  11. Graham, Martha > Night journey
  12. Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987
  13. Lang, Pearl, 1921-2009
  14. Graham, Martha > Letter to the world
  15. Martha Graham Dance Company
  16. Yuriko and Dance Company
  17. Part real - part dream (Choreographic work : Graham)
  18. Graham, Martha > Seraphic dialogue
  19. Graham, Martha > Appalachian spring
  20. Dudley, Jane
  21. Meisner, Sanford
Call number
  1. *MGZMT 3-1840
Note
  1. Interview with Phyllis Gutelius conducted by Jean Nuchtern, in Oct. and Nov., 1977, at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, in New York City.
  2. For transcript see: *MGZMT 3-1840.
  3. The recordings contain some extraneous noise and gaps.
Funding (note)
  1. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Author
  1. Gutelius, Phyllis. Interviewee
Title
  1. Interview with Phyllis Gutelius [sound recording].
Imprint
  1. 1977.
Funding
  1. Preservation was made possible in part with public funds provided by the New York State Council on the Arts, 2000-2001.
Local note
  1. Archive copies: *MGZTO 5-1840, nos. 1-3
  2. Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-1840, pts. 1-5.
  3. Preservation masters: *MGZTP 4-1840 nos. 1-9
  4. Dubbing masters: *MGZTD 4-1840 nos. 1-9
Added author
  1. Nuchtern, Jean. Interviewer
Research call number
  1. *MGZTC 3-1840 [sound cassettes]
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