Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Jerome Robbins. 1970? [sound recording]

Author

Robbins, Jerome

Publication

[ca. 1970]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Krainin, Julian.
• Sage, DeWitt L.

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 21 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

[Disc begins abruptly.] Jerome Robbins discusses working to get his ballet The Goldberg variations (1971) ready for its workshop opening in Saratoga Springs, N.Y.; his creative process and the audience reaction to his work; the ways in which an audience may relate to dance; working with dancers Patricia McBride and Edward Villella; the personal relationships between performers and its effect on their work onstage; the dancer's life; ballet's goal of the appearance of effortlessness on stage [break]; the high cost of tickets for the performing arts in the U.S. [break]; the perception of American ballet in Europe in contrast to its perception at home; economic deterrents to pursuing a dance career [break]; Robbins discusses the appeal of choreography to the audience, including the interaction between music and space [ends abruptly].

Donor/Sponsor

Oral History Archive.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

Art is--

Subjects

• Robbins, Jerome > Interviews
• Arts audiences
• Audiotapes > Robbins, J
• Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Dancers > Economic conditions

Note

• Interview conducted ca. 1970 by producers, directors, and writers Julian Krainin and De Witt L. Sage, Jr., for their film, Art is... (A Production of Henry Strauss Associates, presented by the Associated Council of the Arts, 1974); a portion of the interview is included in the film.
• The recording is marred by extraneous noise and frequent gaps.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Funding (note)

• Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3105 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-R5

Author

Robbins, Jerome, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Jerome Robbins. 1970? [sound recording]

Imprint

[ca. 1970]

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Access

Permission required.

Funding

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Local Note

For videorecording of the film Art is..., see *MGZIC 9-753.

Archive original: *MGZTO 7-3105 JRC

Preservation master: *MGZTP 10-3105 JRC

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3105 JRC

Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.

Added Author

Krainin, Julian. Interviewer

Sage, DeWitt L. Interviewer

Added Title

Art is--

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3105 JRC