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To dance for gold

Title: To dance for gold [videorecording] / a production of ABC Video Enterprises in association with Wishupon Productions ; co-produced and directed by Lou Volpicelli ; produced by Joseph Wishy.
Publication: U.S. : ABC Video Enterprises, c1982.

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Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (111 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Documentary on the Second International Ballet Competition held in Jackson, Mississippi in 1982. Segments from the award-winning performances are seen as well as several behind-the-scenes interviews with Robert Joffrey, Eudora Welty, Janie Parker (gold medalist, senior division), Gina Gail Hyatt (gold medalist, junior division), and Katherine Healy (silver medalist junior division). Other competitors seen briefly include Rachel Beard, Pierre Quinn, Brigitte Martin, Pablo Savoye, Carla Stallings, Mami Inamura, William Pizzuto, Marek Stasiewicz, Kathy Thibodeaux, Alexias Zubiria, Wang Qifeng, Lin Jianwei, Li Cunxin, Keiko Taguchi, and Marcie Ryken-Lewis. Robert Joffrey, chairman of the international jury, describes the qualities sought in each round of the competition, while Jacques d'Amboise provides voiceover commentaries on the dancers' performances. The program ends with the awards presentation and closing ceremonies.

Donor/Sponsor

Joseph Wishy Collection. Gift of Frederick Wildfoerster.

Uniform Title

Zheng Ban Qiao (Choreographic work : Stevenson)
Three préludes (Choreographic work : Stevenson)
River (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Meditation from Thais (Choreographic work : D'Amboise)
Nuages (Choreographic work : Kylián)
Five tangos (Choreographic work : Manen)
Late afternoon (Choreographic work : Layress)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Credits (note)

Produced in cooperation with the Mississippi Educational Television Network and the South Carolina Educational Television Network ; executive producer, Jack Healy.

Performer (note)

Host: Dick Button.
Commentators/interviewers: Marge Champion, Jacques D'Amboise.
Interviewees (in addition to competitors): Robert Joffrey, Alexander Grant, Jeannette Ordman, Nina Novak, Tamara Geva, Thalia Mara, Eudora Welty, and community members and officials.

System Details (note)

DVD.

Contents

Dance excerpts: Disc 1 (ca. 50 min.). [Montage of dancers from different countries performing the female variation from the Don Quixote pas de deux and the male variation from Le corsaire pas de deux] -- Round I (Classical): The sleeping beauty, Aurora's Act II variation / danced by Rachel Beard -- Flower festival at Genzano, male variation / danced by Pierre Quinn -- The sleeping beauty, Aurora's Act III variation, and Le corsaire, coda / danced by Katherine Healy -- Kermesse at Bruges pas de deux / danced by Brigitte Martin and partner -- The sleeping beauty, Bluebird variation / danced by Pablo Savoye -- [Demonstration of basic ballet movements by Janie Parker and William Pizzuto] -- Le corsaire, adagio / danced by Carla Stallings and Serge Rodnunsky -- Don Quixote, coda / danced by Mami Inamura -- Nutcracker pas de deux, adagio and coda / danced by Janie Parker and William Pizzuto -- Le corsaire, male variation / danced by Marek Stasiewicz -- Don Quixote, adagio / danced by Kathy Thibodeaux and partner -- Le corsaire, male variation / danced by Alexias Zubiria -- Le corsaire, female variation / danced by Gina Gail Hyatt -- Don Quixote, adagio and coda / danced by Wang Qifeng and Lin Jianwei.
[Dance classes taught by Palle Jacobsen, Jim Piersall, Ferenc Havas, Robert Joffrey] -- Round II (Contemporary): Zheng Ban Qiao / chor.: Ben Stevenson ; danced by Li Cunxin -- Sakura / chor.: Alex Ursuliak ; danced by Mami Inamura and partner -- Three preludes / chor.: Ben Stevenson ; danced by Rachel Beard and partner -- Pierrot / chor.: Luc de Layress ; danced by Pablo Savoye -- Escargot / chor.: Yukiko Tomoi ; danced by Keiko Taguchi and partner -- "Vortex" from The river / chor.: Alvin Ailey ; danced by Katherine Healy -- Meditations / chor.: Jacques d'Amboise ; danced by Marcie Ryken-Lewis and partner -- Deer with its head back / chor.: Lin Yangyang, Cheng Daihui ; danced by Wang Qifeng and Lin Jianwei -- Nuages / chor.: Jiri Kylian ; danced by Gina Gail Hyatt and partner -- Sestetto / chor.: Charles Dickson ; danced by Kathy Thibodeaux and partner -- Five tangos, solo / chor.: Hans Van Manen ; danced by Alexias Zubiria.
Disc 2 (ca. 61 min.). Round III (Classical): Les sylphides, male variation / danced by Pablo Savoye -- Giselle, peasant pas de deux, male variation / danced by Pierre Quinn -- Don Quixote, adagio and coda / danced by Katherine Healy and James Sewell -- Giselle, Act II pas de deux / danced by Gina Gail Hyatt and Dinko Bogdanic -- Le corsaire, male variation / danced by Li Cunxin -- La bayadère, male variation / danced by Alexias Zubiria -- Don Quixote, adagio / danced by Carla Stallings and Medhi Bahiri -- [Demonstration of partnering by Janie Parker and William Pizzuto] -- Esmeralda pas de deux / chor.: Ben Stevenson ; danced by Janie Parker and William Pizzuto -- Le corsaire, female variation and coda / danced by Kathy Thibodeaux and Medhi Bahiri.
Round III (Contemporary): Late afternoon / chor.: Luk de Layress ; danced by Pablo Savoye -- Five tangos / chor.: Hans Van Manen ; danced by Pierre Quinn -- Irish springtime / chor.: David Howard ; danced by Katherine Healy -- Threepenny opera / chor.: Norbert Vesak ; danced by Gina Gail Hyatt and Dinko Bogdanic -- Just for fun / chor.: Ben Stevenson ; danced by Li Cunxin -- Age of bronze / chor.: Margo Sappington ; danced by Alexias Zubiria -- We shall behold him / chor.: Gregory Smith ; danced by Kathy Thibodeaux -- First kiss / chor.: Alex Ursuliak ; danced by Mami Inamura and Seiichi Shinohara -- Romance / chor.: Ben Stevenson ; danced by Janie Parker and William Pizzuto.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-3598

OCLC

NYPY857017454-F

Title

To dance for gold [videorecording] / a production of ABC Video Enterprises in association with Wishupon Productions ; co-produced and directed by Lou Volpicelli ; produced by Joseph Wishy.

Imprint

U.S. : ABC Video Enterprises, c1982.

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Produced in cooperation with the Mississippi Educational Television Network and the South Carolina Educational Television Network ; executive producer, Jack Healy.

Performer

Host: Dick Button.

Commentators/interviewers: Marge Champion, Jacques D'Amboise.

Interviewees (in addition to competitors): Robert Joffrey, Alexander Grant, Jeannette Ordman, Nina Novak, Tamara Geva, Thalia Mara, Eudora Welty, and community members and officials.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-174.

Local Subject

Ballet in television. To dance for gold.

Added Author

Parker, Janie, dancer.

Healy, Katherine, dancer.

Hyatt, Gina Gail, dancer.

Beard, Rachel, dancer.

Quinn, Pierre, dancer.

Martin, Brigitte, dancer.

Savoye, Pablo Roger, dancer.

Stallings, Carla, dancer.

Pizzuto, William, dancer.

Stasiwicz, Marek, dancer.

Thibodeaux, Katherine, dancer.

Zubiria, Alexis, dancer.

Wang, Qi Fen, dancer.

Lin, Jianwei, dancer.

Inamura, Mami, dancer.

Cunxin, Li, dancer.

Ryken-Lewis, Marcie, dancer.

Rodnunsky, Serge, dancer.

Sewell, James, dancer.

Bogdanic, Dinko, dancer.

Bahiri, Medhi, dancer.

Volpicelli, Lou. Producer. Director

Wishy, Joseph. Producer

Stevenson, Ben, 1937- choreographer.

Ursuliak, Alexander, choreographer.

Layress, Luk de, choreographer.

Tomoi, Yukiko, choreographer.

Ailey, Alvin, choreographer.

D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, choreographer. Commentator. Interviewer

Champion, Marge. Commentator. Interviewer

Button, Dick, 1929- Host. Interviewer

Kylian, Jiri, 1947- choreographer.

Dickson, Charles, choreographer.

Manen, Hans van, 1932- choreographer.

Howard, David, choreographer.

Vesak, Norbert, choreographer.

Sappington, Margo, choreographer.

USA International Ballet Competition (2nd : 1982 : Jackson, Miss.)

ABC Video Enterprises.

Wishupon Productions.

Mississippi Educational Television.

South Carolina Educational Television Network.

DHCA.

Added Title

Zheng Ban Qiao (Choreographic work : Stevenson)

Three préludes (Choreographic work : Stevenson)

River (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Meditation from Thais (Choreographic work : D'Amboise)

Nuages (Choreographic work : Kylián)

Five tangos (Choreographic work : Manen)

Late afternoon (Choreographic work : Layress)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-3598

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