TitleInterview with Bruce Marks, 1969
Additional title: Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives
NamesMarks, Bruce, 1937- (Interviewee)Cohen, Selma Jeanne, 1920-2005 (Interviewer)
CollectionDance Audio Archive
Dates / OriginDate Created: 1969-11-07
Library locationsJerome Robbins Dance DivisionShelf locator: *MGZTCO 3-3306
TopicsMarks, Bruce, 1937-Maids (Choreographic work : Ross, H)Male dancersBallet dancing
GenresInterviews
NotesVenue: Recorded by Selma Jeanne Cohen for an article in the Dance Perspectives Journal #40: The Male Image, published winter 1969. Separated from the Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives (S)*MGZMD 56 : open to the public. November 7, 1969 New York (N.Y.).Funding: The conservation and cataloging of this recording was made possible in part by the Barbara Goldsmith Conservation Division of the New York Public Library as well as 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.Acquisition: 1986Citation/reference: Separated from the Selma Jeanne Cohen Papers of Dance Perspectives (S)*MGZMD 56.
Physical DescriptionAudiocassetteExtent: 1 audiocassette (approximately 1 hr., 28 min.) : polyester; quarter-trackSound quality is fair. The recording is marred by extraneous noise and occasional short gaps. In addition, the voice of Selma Jeanne Cohen is soft and often difficult to understand. However, the voice of Bruce Marks is easily intelligible.
DescriptionInterview with Bruce Marks conducted by Selma Jeanne Cohen in New York City on November 7, 1969 as the basis for an article in Dance Perspectives #40: The Male Image, published winter 1969. The recording contains approximately 24 minutes of extraneous material: the segments from approximately 5:45 minutes to 6:30 minutes, and from approximately 35:28 minutes through the end, of streaming file 1, as well as the first approximate 11 minutes of streaming file 2.
Streaming file 1 (approximately 47 minutes). Bruce Marks speaks with Selma Jeanne Cohen about the qualities of weight and of easy assurance in male dancers [the segment from approximately 5:45 minutes through approximately 6:30 minutes contains extraneous material: the fragment of a conversation between Cohen and an unidentified man]; his decision to make dance his career; his background in modern dance including how it has affected his classical dancing; his use of motivation when performing a pas de deux; using motivation to aid technique; dancing with Toni Lander [his wife]; partnering; the balance between conserving energy and not appearing weak; his approach to [the role of Jean in] Birgit Cullberg's Miss Julie; his interpretation of Herbert Ross's The maids [ends abruptly and is followed, from approximately 35:28 minutes through the end of this streaming file, by extraneous material: a conversation between Cohen and an unidentified man, about what seems to be a work in progress on Hindu dance].
Streaming file 2 (approximately 41 minutes). [The first approximate 11 minutes of this streaming file consists of extraneous material: a recording of the unidentified man heard at the end of streaming file 1 dictating, presumably for the benefit of Selma Jeanne Cohen, what seems to be a work on Hindu dance and its relation to religion and mythology. The interview with Bruce Marks resumes at approximately 11:25.] Bruce Marks speaks with Selma Jeanne Cohen about the challenges of performing in Herbert Ross's work The maids; the use of line including its use by male dancers compared with that by female dancers; masculine and feminine dancing including his thoughts on Siegfried's adagio solo (originated by Rudolf Nureyev) in Swan lake; acting in the film Giselle [1970]; his approach to the role of Albrecht; Igor Youskevitch as his ideal in this role; alternating roles in the same ballet.
Type of ResourceSound recording
LanguagesEnglish
IdentifiersRLIN/OCLC: 907932666NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20610397Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 15c8c2e0-b8be-0133-2f1a-60f81dd2b63c
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