Interview with Toni Lander and Bruce Marks on music and the dance, 1966

Item data

Title

Interview with Toni Lander and Bruce Marks on music and the dance, 1966

Collection

Dance Audio Archive

Names

Lander, Toni (Interviewee)
Marks, Bruce, 1937- (Interviewee)
Terry, Walter (Interviewer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1966-12-04

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZTO 7-90

Subjects

Dance -- History
Bournonville, August, 1805-1879
Minkus, L., 1826-1917
Lander, Toni -- Interviews
Marks, Bruce, 1937- -- Interviews
American Ballet Theatre
Swan lake (Choreographic work : Blair after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
Sylphide (Choreographic work : Bournonville)
Music and dance

Genres

Interviews

Notes

Content: Interview with Toni Lander and Bruce Marks on music and dance, conducted by Walter Terry, as host; broadcast on December 4, 1966 by radio station WNYC, New York, on its series Invitation to dance.
Funding: The processing 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.
Venue: Recorded for and broadcast by radio station WNYC, New York for its program Invitation to dance Broadcast on December 4, 1966 New York (N.Y.)

Physical Description

Extent: 1 audiotape reel (approximately 26 minutes) : analog, 7.5 ips, acetate, full-track, 7 in.
The sound quality is very good.

Abstract

Walter Terry introduces Toni Lander, formerly of the Royal Danish Ballet, and her husband Bruce Marks, formerly a modern dancer, and both of whom are currently soloists with American Ballet Theatre. Toni Lander speaks about how the longer rehearsal times European ballet companies typically enjoy allow for greater attention to the accompanying music than in the United States; differences in musical tempo and phrasing between the Russian version of Swan lake and the Western European version; David Blair's adherence to the Russian tempo in his reconstruction of Swan lake for American Ballet Theatre; changing the tempo to create a specific mood; her thoughts on ballet music conductors. Bruce Marks speaks about how his approach to music was emotional rather than strictly-metrical when he first started dancing in a modern dance company; how his early training has helped him in his transition to ballet dancing; his greater dependence on the music for technical execution when dancing classical ballets. Toni Lander speaks about the freedom to vary one's phrasing within the framework of the music; Hermann Lowenskjold's music for La sylphide and Bournonville's musicality as so beautifully expressed in his choreography. Bruce Marks speaks about how he feels about dancing to Léon Minkus' ballet music. Both Lander and Marks speak about the process of finding a common rhythm in partnering.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 36193288
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12117225
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0e571740-3472-0137-800e-2f712989edd2

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Type Of Resource

Sound Recording

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