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Celebration, cassette 1

Title
Celebration, cassette 1 [electronic resource]
Publication
1984.

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Description
1 streaming video file (60 min.) : sd., col.
Uniform Title
  • Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan (Choreographic work : Ashton)
  • Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokine)
  • Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Petit)
  • Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Genre/Form
  • Filmed dance.
  • Filmed performances.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Producer: Jane Hermann. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn. Lighting: Gil Wechsler. Staging: Donald Saddler. Director: Brian Large. Script: Gerald Fitzgerald.
Event (note)
  • Taped in performance at the Metropolitan Opera House May 13, 1984. A WNET-TV and Metropolitan Opera presentation of a gala performance celebrating 100 years of performing arts at the Metropolitan Opera.
System Details (note)
  • Streaming video.
Contents
Diversion of angels / choreography and costumes: Martha Graham ; music: Norman Dello Joio ; danced by the Martha Graham Dance Company: Peggy Lyman, George White, Jr., Takako Asakawa, Peter Sparling, Thea Barnes, Steve Rooks, Larry White, and corps -- Five Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan / choreography: Frederick Ashton ; music: Johannes Brahms ; pianist: Philip Gammon ; dancer: Lynn Seymour -- Le spectre de la rose / choreography: Michel Fokine ; music: Carl Maria von Weber ; dancers: Patrick Dupond, Lillian Gish -- The nutcracker (Hoffmann's solo) / choreography: Roland Petit ; music: Tchaikovsky ; dancer: Jean-Charles Gil -- Romeo and Juliet (Balcony scene) / choreography: Frederick Ashton ; music: Sergei Prokofiev ; dancers: Lis Jeppesen, Arne Villumsen -- Cameo appearances: Alexandra Danilova; Frederic Franklin; Jerome Robbins.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 5002
Title
Celebration, cassette 1 [electronic resource]
Imprint
1984.
Event
Taped in performance at the Metropolitan Opera House May 13, 1984. A WNET-TV and Metropolitan Opera presentation of a gala performance celebrating 100 years of performing arts at the Metropolitan Opera.
Credits
Producer: Jane Hermann. Conductor: Kenneth Schermerhorn. Lighting: Gil Wechsler. Staging: Donald Saddler. Director: Brian Large. Script: Gerald Fitzgerald.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
System Details
Streaming video.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-700.
Connect to:
Local Subject
Television. Celebration.
Added Author
Seymour, Lynn, 1939- dancer.
Dupond, Patrick, 1959-2021, dancer.
Gish, Lillian, 1893-1993, dancer.
Gil, Jean Charles, dancer.
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997. Performer
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Performer
Robbins, Jerome. Performer
Jeppesen, Lis, dancer.
Villumsen, Arne, dancer.
Schermerhorn, Kenneth. Conductor
Graham, Martha, choreographer.
Graham, Martha. Costume designer
Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.
Petit, Roland, 1924-2011, choreographer.
Saddler, Donald. Restager
Large, Brian. Director
Hermann, Jane. Producer
Wechsler, Gil. Lighting designer
Martha Graham Dance Company.
Kongelige Danske ballet.
Metropolitan Opera (New York, N.Y.)
Graham, Martha. Diversion of angels
Added Title
Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokine)
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Petit)
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 5002
*MGZIC 9-700
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