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Additional authors

1. Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019
2. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
3. Lefebre, Jorge
4. Méndez, Alberto
5. Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983
6. Plise︠t︡skiĭ, Azariĭ
7. Parés, José
8. Esquivel, Jorge
9. Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994
10. Hayden, Melissa
11. Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987
12. Slavenska, Mia
13. Perrot, Jules, 1810-1892
14. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
15. Video Artists International
16. Ballet Nacional de Cuba

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (74 min.) : sd., col. and b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Ballerina Alicia Alonso performs scenes from several classic ballets, including Swan Lake and Romeo & Juliet, with the Ballet National de Cuba.

Uniform title

1. Swan lake (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alicia)
2. Retablo para Romeo y Julieta (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alberto)
3. Giselle (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alicia and F after Coralli and Perrot)
4. Coppélia (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alicia and Fokine, L)
5. Pas de quatre (Choreographic work : Dolin)
6. Fille mal gardée (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alicia)
7. Carmen (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alberto)

Alternative title

1. Oedipus Rex.
2. Péri.
3. Bell Telephone hour. Pas de quatre.
4. Pas de quatre [motion picture] kinescope.

Subject

1. Dance
2. Ballet
3. Dance > Performance
4. Video
5. Ballets > Excerpts
6. Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019

Genre/Form

1. Dance – Performance.
2. Dance.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Swan lake (Black swan, Pas de deux) / choreography, Alicia Alonso (after Marius Petipa) ; music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; dancers, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1968): Alicia Alonso, Azari Plisetsky, Hugo Guffanti -- Romeo & Juliet (Bedroom scene) / choreography, Alberto Alonso ; music by Hector Berlioz ; dancers, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1970): Alicia Alonso, Azari Plisetsky -- Giselle (Act II, Pas de deux) / choreography, Alicia Alonso (after Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot) ; music by Adolphe Adam ; dancers, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1963): Alicia Alonso, Azari Plisetsky -- Coppélia (Dr. Coppélius and the doll) / choreography, Alicia Alonso (after the original by Arthur Saint-Léon and the version by Marius Petipa) ; music by Léo Delibes ; dancers, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1968): Alicia Alonso, José Parés -- Don Quixote (Act III, Pas de deux) / choreography, Alicia Alonso (after Marius Petipa and Anatole Obukhov) ; music by Ludwig Minkus ; dancers, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1968): Alicia Alonso, Azari Plisetsky -- Pas de quatre / choreography, Alicia Alonso (after Jules Perrot) ; music by Cesare Pugni ; dancers, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1968): Alicia Alonso, Mirta Plá, Loipa Araújo, Aurora Bosch -- La fille mal gardée (Lisette keeps her love a secret) / choreography, Alicia Alonso (after Jean Dauberval) ; music by Peter Ludwig Hertel ; dancers, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1968): Alicia Alonso, Azari Plisetsky -- Oedipus Rex (Bedroom scene) / choreography, Alicia Alonso & Jorge Lefebre ; music by Leo Brouwer ; dancers, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1971): Alicia Alonso, Jorge Esquivel -- La péri / choreography, Alberto Méndez ; music by Friedrich Burgmüller ; dancers, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1985): Alicia Alonso, Jorge Esquivel -- Carmen suite (Variation & Habanera) / choreography, Alberto Alonso ; music by Rodion Shchedrin (after Bizet) ; dancers, Ballet Nacional de Cuba (1968): Alicia Alonso, Azari Plisetsky.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1704

Note

1. Special features: Black swan, Pas de deux (L'Heure de Concert/ Dec. 4,1958, Alicia Alonso with Igor Youskevitch) ; Pas de Quatre (Bell Telephone Hour/Apr. 1, 1960, Alicia Alonso with Melissa Hayden, Nora Kaye, and Mia Slavenska).

System details (note)

1. DVD, all regions, full screen (4:3) presentation; mono.

Biography (note)

1. Pas de Quatre (Bell Telephone Hour/Apr. 1, 1960): Choreographer: Anton Dolin. Music: Cesare Pugni. Cast: Alicia Alonso (Taglioni), Melissa Hayden (Grisi), Nora Kaye (Grahn), and Mia Slavenska (Cerrito).

Title

1. Alicia Alonso [videorecording] : prima ballerina assoluta / a production of National Ballet of Cuba ; produced for DVD by Allan Altman.

Imprint

1. Pleasantville, N.Y. : Video Artists International, [2005]

System details

1. DVD, all regions, full screen (4:3) presentation; mono.

Local note

1. DVD includes as bonus feature the content of Dance Division damaged 16mm film (*MGZHB 4-126) kinescope of the Bell Telephone hour, NBC-TV, April 1, 1960, slightly abbreviated version of Anton Dolin's Pas de Quatre.

Biography

1. Pas de Quatre (Bell Telephone Hour/Apr. 1, 1960): Choreographer: Anton Dolin. Music: Cesare Pugni. Cast: Alicia Alonso (Taglioni), Melissa Hayden (Grisi), Nora Kaye (Grahn), and Mia Slavenska (Cerrito).

Added author

1. Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, dancer.
2. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.
3. Lefebre, Jorge, choreographer.
4. Méndez, Alberto, choreographer.
5. Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983, choreographer.
6. Plise︠t︡skiĭ, Azariĭ, dancer.
7. Parés, José, dancer.
8. Esquivel, Jorge, dancer.
9. Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994, dancer.
10. Hayden, Melissa, dancer.
11. Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987, dancer.
12. Slavenska, Mia, dancer.
13. Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, choreographer.
14. Video Artists International.
15. Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
16. Perrot, Jules, 1810-1892. Pas de quatre.
17. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910. Don Kikhot. Pas de deux.

Added title

1. Swan lake (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alicia)
2. Retablo para Romeo y Julieta (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alberto)
3. Giselle (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alicia and F after Coralli and Perrot)
4. Coppélia (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alicia and Fokine, L)
5. Pas de quatre (Choreographic work : Dolin)
6. Fille mal gardée (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alicia)
7. Carmen (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alberto)
8. Oedipus Rex.
9. Péri.
10. Bell Telephone hour. Pas de quatre.
11. Pas de quatre [motion picture] kinescope.

Other standard identifier

1. 089948434399

Publisher no.

1. 4343 Video Artists International

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1704