Interview with Maude Lloyd and Nigel Gosling, 1975

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Title
Interview with Maude Lloyd and Nigel Gosling, 1975
Names
Lloyd, Maude, 1908- (Interviewee)
Gruen, John (Interviewer)
Gosling, Nigel, 1909-1982 (Interviewee)
Collection

Dance Oral History Project

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1975-07-13
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-1088
Topics
Tudor, Antony, 1908-1987
Laing, Hugh
Makarova, Natalia, 1940-
Rambert, Marie
Lloyd, Maude, 1908- -- Interviews
Gosling, Nigel, 1909-1982 -- Interviews
Bland, Alexander
Ballet Rambert
Jardin aux lilas (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Ballet -- England
Genres
Oral histories
Interviews
Notes
Additional physical form: For transcript of interview see *MGZMT 3-1088.
Content: Sound quality is fair. The recording is marred by "tape hiss." However, the speakers' voices are easily intelligible.
Venue: Interview with Maude Lloyd and Nigel Gosling conducted by John Gruen, on July 13, 1975, for the Oral History Project of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts at Lincoln Center in New York City.
Content: Title supplied by cataloger.
Venue: Recorded by John Gruen July 13, 1975 New York (N.Y.)
Funding: The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of Governor Andrew Cuomo and the New York State Legislature. The support of the National Endowment for the Arts is also gratefully acknowledged.
Physical Description
Audiotape reel
Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 1 hr., 18 min.); polyester; 5 in.
Description
Streaming audio file (approximately one hour and 18 minutes). Maude Lloyd, with occasional comments from Nigel Gosling, speaks about her early ballet training in London; her first meeting with Antony Tudor; his first ballet, Twelfth Night [Cross-gartered; created for Ballet Club]; performing in Tudor's early works, for television; his Descent of Hebe [created for Ballet Club]; the relationship between Tudor and Marie Rambert; the London Ballet; his Lilac garden including his choreographic process; Gosling and Lloyd speak about Hugh Laing; Tudor's Judgment of Paris including the cast; his Dark elegies; Gosling and Lloyd speak about how they first met and eventually married [short gap at approximately 48:10 minutes]; Tudor as a person and as a choreographer; Lloyd speaks about dancing for Marie Rambert; an anecdote about Frederick Ashton; Ballet Rambert during World War II; Lloyd's retiring from dancing; Lloyd and Gosling speak about Natalia Makarova in Tudor's ballets; her profoundly Russian quality, in particular as compared with Rudolf Nureyev; Hugh Laing's current activities, including his recent illness; Kenneth MacMillan and his admiration for Tudor; a possible collaboration between Tudor and Gian Carlo Menotti.
Type of Resource
Sound recording
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 82880109
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12118933
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cde40de0-c24e-0135-6d6d-6d7b838fced5
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Maude Lloyd and Nigel Gosling, 1975" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1975. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/29579e30-3b78-0134-6544-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Interview with Maude Lloyd and Nigel Gosling, 1975" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 2, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/29579e30-3b78-0134-6544-60f81dd2b63c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1975). Interview with Maude Lloyd and Nigel Gosling, 1975 Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/29579e30-3b78-0134-6544-60f81dd2b63c

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Interview with Maude Lloyd and Nigel Gosling, 1975