Title

Art of ballet [electronic resource] / WCBS-TV.

Publication

U.S. : WCBS-TV, 1956.

Electronic Resource

• Streaming video (Reel 1) available at Library for the Performing Arts only
• Streaming video (Reel 2) available at Library for the Performing Arts only

Items in the Library & Offsite

Details

Additional Authors

• Adams, Diana,
• DHCA.
• De Lappe, Gemze,
• De Mille, Agnes,
• Dokoudovsky, Vladimir,
• Eglevsky, André,
• Mitchell, James, 1920-
• Moylan, Mary Ellen,
• Wood, Helen, 1917-

Description

2 streaming video files (45 min.) : sound, black and white.

Donor/Sponsor

• Gift of Agnes de Mille.
• OMN

Uniform Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work). Act II, Pas de deux.

Subjects

• Filmed performances
• Choreography
• Ballet > Appreciation
• Filmed dance
• Ballet in television > Art of ballet
• Musical comedies > Paint your wagon
• Dance
• Television > Omnibus
• Choreographers
• Motion pictures

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Filmed dance.
• Filmed performances.
• Motion pictures.

Note

• Reel 1 (24 min.) ; Reel 2 (approximately 22 min.).

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

• Telecast February 26, 1956 on Omnibus, WCBS-TV.

System Details (note)

• Streaming file.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 6562

Title

Art of ballet [electronic resource] / WCBS-TV.

Imprint

U.S. : WCBS-TV, 1956.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Original Version

Original format: 1 film reel ; 16mm.

System Details

Streaming file.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZHB 8-30.

Performer

Cast includes: Diana Adams, Gemze De Lappe, Agnes de Mille, Vladimir Dokoudovsky, André Eglevsky, James Mitchell, Mary Ellen Moylan and Helen Wood.

Event

Telecast February 26, 1956 on Omnibus, WCBS-TV.

Summary

Agnes de Mille narrates a brief history of ballet, illustrated with demonstrations of ballet technique and excerpts from classical and modern works. Dances performed include: Dance in the style of Marie Camargo (Agnes de Mille); dance in the style of Marie Taglioni (Mary Ellen Moylan); part of the adagio and man's variation from Swan lake Act II pas de deux (Diana Adams and André Eglevsky); pas de deux from Paint your wagon (Gemze De Lappe and James Mitchell).

Connect to:

Streaming video (Reel 1) available at Library for the Performing Arts only

Streaming video (Reel 2) available at Library for the Performing Arts only

Local Subject

Television. Omnibus.

Musical comedies. Paint your wagon.

Ballet -- Appreciation.

Ballet in television. Art of ballet.

Added Author

Adams, Diana, dancer.

De Lappe, Gemze, dancer.

Dokoudovsky, Vladimir, dancer.

Eglevsky, André, dancer.

Mitchell, James, 1920- dancer.

Moylan, Mary Ellen, dancer.

Wood, Helen, 1917- dancer.

De Mille, Agnes, choreographer.

De Mille, Agnes, dancer.

De Mille, Agnes, narrator.

DHCA.

Added Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work). Act II, Pas de deux.

Gift of Agnes de Mille.

OMN

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 6562

*MGZHB 8-30