Interview with Susan Jaffe
- Title
- Interview with Susan Jaffe [sound recording]
- Published by
- 2000-2001.
- Author
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Status Not available - Please for assistance. | Vol/datecassette 4 | FormatAudio | AccessPermit needed | Call number*MGZTC 3-2312 cassette 4 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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Status Not available - Please for assistance. | Vol/datecassette 2 | FormatAudio | AccessPermit needed | Call number*MGZTC 3-2312 cassette 2 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Status Not available - Please for assistance. | Vol/datecassette 1 | FormatAudio | AccessPermit needed | Call number*MGZTC 3-2312 cassette 1 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 4 sound cassettes (ca. 230 min.) +
- Summary
- Cassette 1 (ca. 90 min.). Dec. 30, 2000 in Santa Fe, N.M. at the home of Marilyn Hunt. Jaffe discusses her first dance experiences; becoming serious about ballet; her family life; her technique; joining American Ballet Theatre; the support of Mikhail Baryshnikov in her career; finding herself as a performer and person; changes in her position in the company and in ABT as a whole under different directors; approaching her roles as an actor; analyzes the roles of Manon and Odette/Odile; working with Hugh Laing; ballet's meaning for her; her relationship to the audience and to the music; working with conductors, in particular Paul Connelly.
- Cassette 2 (ca. 30 min.). Jaffe discusses Baryshnikov's productions at American Ballet Theatre and her admiration of his vision; her own response to Ballet Theatre's programming; working with Jiri Kylian; Twyla Tharp and the creation of How near to heaven.
- Cassette 3 (ca. 90 min.) May 18, 2001 in New York City. Jaffe discusses her experiences working with Mark Morris; her interpretation of Giselle; injuries; psychological aspects of being a performer; her admiration for Marcia Haydée; the character of Tatiana in Onegin; she reads from Pushkin's poem; her health; turning points in her life; her interest in alternative health issues; reflects on her carreer and current priorities. [Interview breaks and resumes on 6/11/01 in New York City. The remainder of the interview has intermittent audio difficulties with some sections nearly inaudible. Transcriber worked with interviewer and interviewee to decipher these sections.] Her thoughts on Mikhail Baryshnikov both personally and professionally; Baryshnikov's production of Swan lake; her difficult partnership with Andris Liepa.
- Cassette 4 (ca. 20 min.). Discussion of Swan Lake and Liepa continues; the effect of Baryshnikov's directorship on American Ballet Theatre; compares Baryshnikov and Kevin McKenzie's directing styles; McKenzie's influence on her.
- Donor/Sponsor
- National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Alternative title
- Dance Oral History Project.
- Dance Audio Archive.
- Subject
- Kylian, Jiri, 1947-
- Liepa, Andris
- American Ballet Theatre
- Audiotapes > Jaffe, S
- Connelly, Paul
- Giselle (Choreographic work)
- Swan lake (Choreographic work : Baryshnikov after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
- Tharp, Twyla
- Jaffe, Susan
- Ballet dancers > United States > Biography
- Morris, Mark, 1956-
- Onegin (Choreographic work : Cranko)
- Pushkin, Aleksandr Sergeevich, 1799-1837
- McKenzie, Kevin
- Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
- Call number
- *MGZMT 3-2312
- Note
- Interview conducted by Marilyn Hunt, on Dec. 30, 2000 at the Hunt's home in Santa Fe, N.M., and on May 18, 2001 and June 11, 2001 in New York City.
- for transcript see: *MGZMT 3-2312.
- Sound quality is not good in the latter part of cassette 3 and all of cassette 4.
- Access (note)
- Permission required during the lifetime of the oral author.
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Author
- Jaffe, Susan. Interviewee
- Title
- Interview with Susan Jaffe [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 2000-2001.
- Access
- Permission required during the lifetime of the oral author.
- Funding
- Preservation was made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Arts, 2001-2002.
- Restricted access
- Transcripts may not be photographed or reproduced without permission.
- Local subject
- Audiotapes -- Jaffe, S.
- Added author
- Hunt, Marilyn, 1937- Interviewer
- Research call number
- *MGZMT 3-2312 [Transcript]
- *MGZTC 3-2312 (sound cassettes)