3 streaming video files (NTSC) (140 min.) : sd., col.
Uniform title
Elite syncopations (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
Four Schumann pieces (Choreographic work : Manen)
Fille mal gardée (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Monotones nos. 1 and 2 (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
Contents
CONTENTS. - Reel 1. Elite syncopations. Choreography: Kenneth Macmillan. Music: Scott Joplin. Costumes: Ian Spurling. Performed by Vergie Derman, Monica Mason, Alfreda Thorogood, Michael Colemen, Wayne Eagling, Stephen Jefferies, Wayne Sleep, Jennifer Penney, and Derek Deane. Four Schumann pieces (beginning) Choreography: Hans van Manen. Music: Robert Schumann (String quartet in A major, op. 41, no. 3) Designer: Jean Paul Vroom. Performed by Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Wayne Eagling, Lesley Collier, Julian Hosking, Wendy Ellis, Michael Corder, Marguerite Porter, Mark Silver, Wendy Groombridge, and Derek Deane. - Reel 2. Four Schumann pieces (conclusion of 3d movement; 4th movement) La fille mal gardée: Fanny Elssler pas de deux. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Ferdinand Hérold. Performed by Wendy Ellis and Michael Coleman. The sleeping beauty: Bluebird and Princess Florine pas de deux. Choreography: Marius Petipa. Music: Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky. Performed by Jennifer Penney and Wayne Eagling. Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Percy Grainger. Performed by Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, and Graham Fletcher. Monotones II. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Erik Satie. Performed by Vergie Derman, Derek Deane, and Mark Silver. Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Johannes Brahms. Performed by Lynn Seymour. Solo piano: Philip Gammon.
Romeo and Juliet: Balcony pas de deux (beginning) Choreography: Kenneth Macmillan. Music: Sergeĭ Prokof'ev. Performed by Lesley Collier and Anthony Dowell. - Reel 3. Romeo and Juliet (conclusion) Brief commentary by Clive Barnes at end.
Call number
*MGZIDF 6460
Note
Performance by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, telecast live by satellite on WNEW-TV/Channel 5, New York on July 22, 1978. A BBC presentation in association with Metromedia Television, New York. Producer: Brian Large. Television directors: Colin Nears, Bob Lockyer, and Brian Large. Host: Gene Kelly.
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Title
The Royal Ballet salutes the U.S.A. [electronic resource]
Imprint
1978.
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