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Interview with Rudolf Nureyev

Title: Interview with Rudolf Nureyev [sound recording] / by Nigel Gosling.
Author: Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.
Publication: 1962.

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Additional Authors

Gosling, Nigel, 1909-1982.

Description

1 sound disc (64 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Track 1: 32 min. Poor sound quality. Interviewee is too close to microphone; loud popping noises. Rudolf Nureyev discusses Giselle; the of role of critics and criticism in ballet (and Russia), and the importance of self-criticism; differences and similarities in choreography for men and women; Marius Petipa's choreography for Swan lake and how he thinks it should develop over time; Sleeping beauty at the time of its premiere, the differences in dancers bodies, style and production elements; how he feels England has not embraced these developments; changes he feels need to be made in Covent Garden's version of Giselle; his first impression of Margot Fonteyn; his first meeting of Dame Ninette de Valois in 1958 in Russia; his feelings about Michel Fokine's choreography for Petrushka and Firebird.
Track 2: 32 min. Poor sound quality towards last 10 min. of track. Loud popping noises. This may be the first half of interview. Nureyev continues his discussion with Nigel Gosling of Vera Volkova's classes in Copenhagen with Erik Bruhn; dancing in the Vaganova style in comparison to other styles; his impressions of Copenhagen and the Danish Ballet; Maria Tallchief and Erik in Copenhagen; Margot Fonteyn getting in contact with him about dancing with her; his experience in Israel; dancing Swan Lake, Sleeping Beauty and Don Quixote in Israel; Jews in Russia; how he spent his time while dancing with the Ballet De Cuevas; comparisons of Israel to Egypt.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
Oral History Archive.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Alternative Title

Nigel Gosling interviews Rudolf Nureyev for his 1962 autobiography.

Subjects

Note

Nigel Gosling [Alexander Bland] interviews Rudolf Nureyev for his 1962 autobiography.

Access (note)

Permission required.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2325 RNC

OCLC

NYPY02-R25

Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Interviewee

Title

Interview with Rudolf Nureyev [sound recording] / by Nigel Gosling.

Imprint

1962.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Access

Permission required.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTO 5-2325 RNC.

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2325 RNC.

For partial transcript, see *MGZMT 4-2325 RNC.

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Nureyev, R.

Added Author

Gosling, Nigel, 1909-1982. Interviewer

Added Title

Nigel Gosling interviews Rudolf Nureyev for his 1962 autobiography.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-2325 RNC

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