- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (15 min.) : sd., col.
- Summary
- Interviewed by Diane Sawyer, dancer Gelsey Kirkland discusses her recently published autobiography, Dancing on my grave, and the physical and psychological problems which led to her addiction to cocaine. She talks about the influences of George Balanchine and Mikhail Baryshnikov, and notes how the film The turning point reflected her own experience. Her husband Greg Lawrence offers a brief commentary. Brief excerpts depict Kirkland in rehearsals and performances of Balanchine's Tchaikovsky pas de deux (partnered by Patrick Bissell) and Theme and variations, Don Quixote (partnered by Baryshnikov), Giselle (with Bissell), and The sleeping beauty (with an unidentified partner from the Royal Ballet). Baryshnikov and Leslie Browne are also seen in the pas de deux from MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet, filmed for The turning point.
- Uniform Title
- Pas de deux [1960] (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
- Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
- Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Baryshnikov after Gorski and Petipa, M)
- Giselle (Choreographic work : Blair after Coralli and Perrot)
- Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Petipa, M)
- Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
- Subjects
- Note
- Excerpt from the series, 60 minutes, telecast by CBS-TV on November 16, 1986. Producer: Jan Legnitto.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 9082
- OCLC
- NYPY877000489-F
- Title
[Gelsey Kirkland: Dancing on my grave] [electronic resource]
- Imprint
1986.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3239.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
Television. 60 minutes.
- Local Subject
Ballet in motion pictures. The turning point.
Ballet in television. Gelsey Kirkland: Dancing on my grave.
- Added Author
Kirkland, Gelsey. ive, dancer.
Sawyer, Diane, 1945- Interviewer
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- dancer.
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- choreographer.
Bissell, Patrick, dancer.
Browne, Leslie, dancer.
Lawrence, Greg. Interviewee
- Added Title
Pas de deux [1960] (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Baryshnikov after Gorski and Petipa, M)
Giselle (Choreographic work : Blair after Coralli and Perrot)
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Petipa, M)
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 9082
*MGZIC 9-3239 (former)