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The little ballerina

Title
The little ballerina [videorecording]
Publication
1947.

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZIA 4-435Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
  • Somes, Michael, 1917-1994
  • Marsh, Joan.
  • Richards, Doreen.
  • Skeaping, Mary.
  • Ivanova, A. K.
  • Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (62 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
Summary
Drama about a poor family struggling to send their daughter Joan to ballet school, where she hopes to become as great a dancer as Margot Fonteyn. Fonteyn appears as an established ballet dancer who auditions and chooses Joan to dance in a performance.
Uniform Title
Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Note
  • A J. Arthur Rank Children's Entertainment production, filmed at Nettlefold Studios, Walton on Thames. Released on videotape by Video Images, 1983.
  • Producer: Geoffrey Barkas. Director: Lewis Gilbert. Screenplay: Michael Barringer and Geoffrey Barkas from an original story by Mary Cathcart-Borer and Lewis Gilbert.
  • Dance technical adviser: Mary Skeaping. Ballet arrangement: Anna Ivanova and Mark Skeaping. Decors and costumes: Don Chaffey. Scenic artist: Simpson Robinson. Music: Chopin, Glazounov and Tchaikovsky.
  • Fonteyn dances an excerpt from Les sylphides, partnered by Michael Somes.
Performer (note)
  • Yvonne Marsh (Joan), Kay Henderson (Pam), Marian Chapman (Sally), Doreen Richards (Lydia), Anita Holland (Carol), Martita Hunt (Miss Chrichton), and Margot Fonteyn (herself).
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-435
OCLC
NYPY867030771-F
Title
The little ballerina [videorecording]
Imprint
1947.
Cast
Yvonne Marsh (Joan), Kay Henderson (Pam), Marian Chapman (Sally), Doreen Richards (Lydia), Anita Holland (Carol), Martita Hunt (Miss Chrichton), and Margot Fonteyn (herself).
Local Subject
Ballet in motion pictures. Little ballerina.
Added Author
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.
Somes, Michael, 1917-1994, dancer.
Marsh, Joan. Performer
Richards, Doreen. Performer
Skeaping, Mary.
Ivanova, A. K.
Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Composer
Added Title
Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-435
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