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Interview with Jerome Robbins.
- Title
- Interview with Jerome Robbins. Nov. 25, 1973 [sound recording]
- Author
- Robbins, Jerome
- Publication
- 1973.
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| Status | Vol/Date | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Not available - Please for assistance. | disc 1 | Audio | Permit needed | *MGZTL 4-3071 JRC disc 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Not available - Please for assistance. | disc 2 | Audio | Permit needed | *MGZTL 4-3071 JRC disc 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Tomkins, Calvin, 1925-
- Description
- 2 sound discs (ca. 68 min.) digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- Disc 1 (ca. 61 min.) [Contains extraneous noise]. Calvin Tomkins discusses his intention to write a piece for The New Yorker on experimental theater artist Robert Wilson. Jerome Robbins discusses first interviewing Wilson as a set designer; the workshop Wilson conducted for Robbins' American Theatre Laboratory; attending a performance in Wilson's loft in which the audience was transported by haycart to a street corner where the performance continued; the emotional qualities present in Wilson's work; his piece, The king of Spain (1969); the ideas behind his work; his confidence and perseverence; Wilson's way of working with performers; a piece he did with animals and human performers; Wilson's ability to achieve exceptional performances from his actors; more on the qualities of his work; travelling with Wilson and Wilson's powers of observation; Robbins' role as Freud in Wilson's piece, The life and times of Sigmund Freud (1969); Wilson's ability to focus his efforts.
- Robbins discusses his and Wilson's work with Noh theater; Wilson's visit with Robbins in Watermill, Long Island and shooting the film, Watermill (1970); his originality in creating a 24-hour work; Robbins discusses conventionality versus "madness" in art; Wilson's way of exploring the meaning of theater in his work; the experimental nature of Wilson's work; the visual beauty in his work; the extraordinary length of his pieces; more on his overall contribution to the theater and his work in comparison with other avant-garde artists; more on Wilson's perseverance in his work; his personality and outlook on life; more on his ability to ask questions via his art; Robbins' role as Freud [ends abruptly].
- Disc 2 (ca. 7 min.) [Begins abruptly.] Robbins and Tomkins conclude with comments about a set collapse during one of Wilson's performances, Wilson's reticence in discussing his childhood, Wilson's tendency to loose things; parting comments.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Series Statement
- Jerome Robbins Collection
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview conducted by The New Yorker writer Calvin Tomkins on Nov. 25, 1973.
- Handwritten on container: Tomkins Nov. 25, 1973 Interview re: Bob Wilson.
- Access (note)
- Permission required.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-3071 JRC
- OCLC
- NYPT03-R30
- Author
- Robbins, Jerome, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Jerome Robbins. Nov. 25, 1973 [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1973.
- 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
- Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3071 JRCPreservation master: *MGZTP 10-3071 JRCDubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3071 JRC
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.
- Added Author
- Tomkins, Calvin, 1925- Interviewer
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-3071 JRC