Title

Stravinsky & Balanchine [videorecording] : genius has a birthday / WNET ; Great Performances ; directed by Emile Ardolino ; produced by Barbara Horgan and John Goberman ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Igor Stravinsky.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : WNET, c1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ardolino, Emile,
• Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018,
• Balanchine, George,
• Balanchine, George.
• Bates, Ronald.
• Calegari, Maria,
• Farrell, Suzanne, 1945-
• Goberman, John.
• Hall, Victoria,
• Horgan, Barbara.
• Irving, Robert, 1913-1991.
• Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996,
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.
• Lüders, Adam,
• Martins, Peter, 1946-
• New York City Ballet.
• Nichols, Kyra,
• Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988.
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (67 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of PBS and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Uniform Title

Orpheus (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Special event coverage and commentary.
• Television.
• Video.

Credits (note)

• Lighting, Ronald Bates.

Event (note)

• Recorded at New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., and telecast by WNET/13 as part of the Great Performances series on October 4, 1982.

Contents

• Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein appear onstage before the performance in a brief toast commemorating the 100th anniversary of Stravinsky's birth.
• Apollo (ca. 28 min.) / performed by Peter Martins (Apollo), Suzanne Farrell (Terpsichore), Kyra Nichols (Polyhymnia), Maria Calegari (Calliope).
• Orpheus (ca. 32 min.) / scenery and costumes, Isamu Noguchi; performed by Peter Martins (Orpheus); Adam Luders (Dark Angel); Karin von Aroldingen (Eurydice); Victoria Hall (Leader of the Bacchantes); Nina Fedorova, Linda Homek, Christopher Fleming (friends of Orpheus); Bruce Padgett (satyr); Michelle Bailey, Antonia Franceschi, Lisa Jackson, Julie Kirsten (nature spirits); Paul Sackett (Pluto); Christopher Fleming (Apollo); others.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7274

Title

Stravinsky & Balanchine [videorecording] : genius has a birthday / WNET ; Great Performances ; directed by Emile Ardolino ; produced by Barbara Horgan and John Goberman ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Igor Stravinsky.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : WNET, c1982.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Recorded at New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., and telecast by WNET/13 as part of the Great Performances series on October 4, 1982.

Credits

Lighting, Ronald Bates.

Performer

Danced by New York City Ballet.

Conductor: Robert Irving.

Local Subject

Ballet in television. Stravinsky and Balanchine - Genius has a birthday.

Ballet in television. Apollo.

Ballet in television. Orpheus.

Added Author

Martins, Peter, 1946- dancer.

Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- dancer.

Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018, dancer.

Nichols, Kyra, dancer.

Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996, speaker.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Balanchine, George, speaker.

Lüders, Adam, dancer.

Calegari, Maria, dancer.

Hall, Victoria, dancer.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer

Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988. Designer costume designer.

Bates, Ronald. Designer

Goberman, John. Producer

Horgan, Barbara. Producer

Ardolino, Emile, director.

Irving, Robert, 1913-1991. Conductor

New York City Ballet.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Balanchine, George. Apollo

Added Title

Orpheus (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Gift of PBS and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7274