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Interview with Rudolf Nureyev

Title
Interview with Rudolf Nureyev [sound recording] / by Elizabeth Kaye for Esquire.
Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.
Publication
1991.

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disc 1AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-2326 RNC disc 1Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
disc 2AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-2326 RNC disc 2Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
disc 3AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-2326 RNC disc 3Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
disc 4AudioUse in library *MGZTL 4-2326 RNC disc 4Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Kaye, Elizabeth.
Description
4 sound discs (207 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  • Disc 1: 40 min. Sound quality: only one channel at beginning and end of interview. Rudolf Nureyev discusses Fredrick Ashton, Jerome Robbins; the prospect of making a film about Vaslav Nijinsky; finding a director for the film; Ken Russell as a director; his being compared to Nijinsky; Margot Fonteyn as a "brilliant" performer; himself as a performer; the mechanics of jumping; thoughts during performance; the element of danger in performance; his temperament; his tour (Nureyev and Friends) and partnership with Charles Jude; dancing classical ballet and training at this point in his career; his upcoming performance schedule; port de bras in grand pas de deux from Sleeping Beauty; Anna Pavlova in Raymonda; his feelings about art.
  • Disc 2, track 1: 47 min. Sound quality: volume is low in last half of track. Kaye continues her interview with Nureyev by discussing a film documentary about Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn and their relationship; his impressions of Fonteyn and her working style; the strive for perfection; the impact of audience attention during performance; his feelings during performance; dramatic improvisation in the rehearsal process; lifting female partners; Poème tragique [solo choreographed by Frederick Ashton] and his career in the West; Isadora Duncan; the distinction of being Tartan and the importance of nationality; Nureyev's early biographies; his peers and mentors; his relationship with Erik Bruhn; fame and greatness in the ballet world; The King and I; Paris Opera and his directorship; his feelings about Patrick Dupond.
  • Disc 2, track 2: 25 min. Sound quality: volume low. Nureyev continues his interview with Elizabeth Kaye, discussing Patrick Dupond; protecting his ballets as intellectual property with the Paris Opera Ballet and legal negotiations for copyright entitlement; the question of who owns Giselle (Corelli or Petitpa); his speculation that Boston Ballet stole his production of Don Quixote; his theatrical training at the Kirov; actors and playwrights he admires.
  • Disc 3: 48 min. Nureyev continues his interview with Elizabeth Kaye, discusses dancing with Fonteyn and first impressions of her dancing; Erik Bruhn, his dancing, and Nureyev's first encounter with him; Vera Volkova; the political climate in Russia at the time right before his defection; the possibility of working with ABT; the demand for Nureyev to dance in Paris with the Kirov before his defection; his defection in Paris and subsequent accounts of his defection; his feeling of who he is as a dancer and person; audience perception versus his own satisfaction of his performance.
  • Disc 4: 47 min. Nureyev continues his interview with Elizabeth Kaye, discussing Nureyev's Washington Square; influential writers and novels; Nigel Gosling as a tutor and mentor; his mastery of the English language; his involvement in his friendships; books and articles written about him; what would have happened had he returned to Russia after his defection; Bronislava Nijinska as an influence; the realization as a young boy that he wanted to be a ballet dancer; comparing his success and talent to Mikhail Baryshnikov; Ferndando Bujones; working with Fredrick Ashton; his partnership with Margot Fonteyn; comparing his style of company directorship to Baryshnikov's with respect to the Kirov influence.
Donor/Sponsor
  • Oral History Archive.
  • Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
Series Statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Alternative Title
Elizabeth Kaye interviews Rudolf Nureyev for Esquire.
Subjects
Note
  • Elizabeth Kaye interviews Rudolf Nureyev for Esquire, March 1991.
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2326 RNC
OCLC
NYPY02-R26
Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Interviewee
Title
Interview with Rudolf Nureyev [sound recording] / by Elizabeth Kaye for Esquire.
Imprint
1991.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Local Note
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-2326 RNC.
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-2326 RNC.
Local Subject
Partnering in dance.
Musical comedies. The king and I.
Audiotapes -- Nureyev, R.
Added Author
Kaye, Elizabeth. Interviewer
Added Title
Elizabeth Kaye interviews Rudolf Nureyev for Esquire.
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-2326 RNC
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