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The magic of the Bolshoi Ballet: Past and present

Title: The magic of the Bolshoi Ballet: Past and present [videorecording] / produced by Gostelradio Soviet TV for The Entertainment Video Co., London ; conceived for video by Christopher Peers.
Publication: W. Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, 1987.

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1 videocassette (58 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Selection of film and videotape footage of Bolshoi Ballet performances dating from the 1940s to the 1980s.

Uniform Title

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Petipa, M)
Giselle (Choreographic work : Petipa after Coralli and Perrot)
Moszkowski waltz (Choreographic work : Messerer)
Cinderella (Choreographic work : Zakharov)
Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ivanov and Petipa, M)
Red poppy (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)
Laurencia (Choreographic work : Chabukiani)
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)
Coppélia (Choreographic work : Gorski)
Corsair (Choreographic work : Petipa, M after Perrot)
Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Gorski after Petipa, M)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Compilations.
Video.

Credits (note)

Ballet consultants, Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp.

Contents

The sleeping beauty [excerpts] / choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Tchaikovsky ; Garland waltz, Act I, ca. 1970 ; Bluebird pas de deux [opening and female variation], Act III, danced by Ludmilla Semenyaka and Aleksandr Vetrov, ca. 1970 ; Adagio [from the grand pas de deux], Act III, beginning danced by Maya Plisetskaya and Nikolai Fadeyechev, ca. 1960, ending danced by Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev, ca. 1970 ; Aurora's variation, Act III, danced by Raissa Struchkova, ca. 1960; Finale, Act III, danced by Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev, ca. 1970.
Giselle: Act I excerpt / choreography, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa ; music, Adolphe Adam ; danced by Galina Ulanova and Nikolai Fadeyechev, ca. 1950.
Moszkowski waltz / choreography, Asaf Messerer ; music, Moritz Moszkowski ; danced by Olga Lepeshinskaya and Petr Gusev, 1940.
Cinderella: Act II variation / choreography, Rostislav Zakharov ; music, Sergei Prokofiev ; danced by Raissa Struchkova, ca. 1960.
Swan lake: Act II, Odette's variation / choreography, Lev Ivanov ; music, Tchaikovsky ; danced by Marina Semyonova ; followed by brief footage of Semyonova teaching ca. 1987 and coaching Maya Plisetskaya and Nikolai Fadeyechev, ca. 1960.
The red poppy: Tai Hoa's variation / choreography, Leonid Lavrovski ; music, Reinhold Glière ; danced by Galina Ulanova, ca. 1950.
Laurencia: variation / choreography, Vakhtang Chabukiani ; music, Alexander Krein ; danced by Maya Plisetskaya, ca. 1960.
Romeo and Juliet [excerpts] / choreography, Leonid Lavrovski ; music, Prokofiev ; Juliet and her nurse, Act I, danced by Ekaterina Maximova, ca. 1970 ; Cushion dance, Act I, ca. 1970 ; duet of Juliet and Paris, Act I, danced by Natalia Bessmertnova and Vladimir Romanenko, ca. 1970 ; Juliet's variation at the ball, Act I, danced by Maya Plisetskaya, ca. 1960 ; meeting of Romeo and Juliet, Act I, danced by Galina Ulanova and Mikhail Gabovich, ca. 1950 ; bedroom pas de deux, Act III, danced by Natalia Bessmertnova and Mikhail Lavrovski, ca. 1970.
Asaf Messerer gala, 1983 (variations danced onstage in practice clothes, following brief footage of Messerer teaching): Giselle: Act I variation / danced by Alla Mikhalchenko -- Coppélia: variation / choreography, Aleksandr Gorski ; danced by Andris Liepa -- Swan lake: Act III, Odette's variation / danced by Ludmilla Semenyaka -- Le corsaire: variation / choreography, after Marius Petipa ; music, Riccardo Drigo ; danced by Aleksandr Vetrov -- Don Quixote: Kitri's variation / choreography, Gorski ; music, Minkus ; danced by Nina Ananiashvili -- Swan lake: Act III, Siegfried's variation / choreography, after Petipa ; music, Tchaikovsky ; danced by Yuri Vasyuchenko -- The sleeping beauty: Act II [excerpts] / Aurora's vision scene solo, danced by Nina Timofeyeva ; the Prince's entrée (choreography, Yuri Grigorovich), danced by Vladimir Vasiliev -- The sleeping beauty: Act III, Aurora's variation, danced by Ekaterina Maximova -- Film clip of an unidentified variation / music, Drigo ; danced by Asaf Messerer, ca. 1930.
Don Quixote [excerpts] / choreography, Aleksandr Gorski and Rostislav Zakharov ; music, Ludwig Minkus ; Act I, general scene with Nina Ananiashvili as Kitri, ca. 1980 ; Kitri's variation, Act I, danced by Maya Plisetskaya, ca. 1960 ; entrée and adagio of grand pas de deux, Act III, danced by Nadezhda Pavlova and Vyacheslav Gordeyev, ca. 1980 ; variations and coda of grand pas de deux, Act III, danced by Ekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasiliev, ca. 1970.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2669

OCLC

NYPY896014859-F

Title

The magic of the Bolshoi Ballet: Past and present [videorecording] / produced by Gostelradio Soviet TV for The Entertainment Video Co., London ; conceived for video by Christopher Peers.

Imprint

W. Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, 1987.

Performer

Danced by the Bolshoi Ballet.

Credits

Ballet consultants, Mary Clarke and Clement Crisp.

Local Subject

Ballet in television. The magic of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Added Author

Semen︠i︡aka, L︠i︡udmila, 1952- dancer.

Vetrov, Aleksandr, dancer.

Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015, dancer.

Fadeechev, Nikolaĭ Borisovich, 1933- dancer.

Maksimova, Ekaterina, dancer.

Vasilʹev, Vladimir, 1940- dancer.

Struchkova, Raisa, dancer.

Ulanova, Galina Sergeevna, 1910-1998, dancer.

Lepeshinska︠i︡a, Olʹga Vasilʹevna, 1916- dancer.

Gusev, P. A., dancer.

Semenova, Marina Timofeevna, dancer.

Bessmertnova, Natalia, 1941- dancer.

Romanenko, Vladimir, dancer.

Gabovich, Mikhail Markovich, 1905- dancer.

Lavrovskiĭ, Mikhail, dancer.

Messerer, Asaf, 1903- choreographer, dancer.

Mikhal'chenko, Alla, dancer.

Liepa, Andris, dancer.

Vasyuchenko, ︠I︡Uriĭ, dancer.

Timofeeva, Nina Vladimirovna, 1935- dancer.

Pavlova, Nadezhda (Nadezhda Vasil'evna), dancer.

Gordeev, V︠i︡acheslav, dancer.

Ananiashvili, Nina, dancer.

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.

Gorskiĭ, Aleksandr Alekseevich, 1871-1924, choreographer.

Zakharov, Rostislav, choreographer.

Perrot, Jules, 1810-1892, choreographer.

Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901, choreographer.

Lavrovskiĭ, Leonid Mikhaĭlovich, 1905-1967, choreographer.

Chabukiani, Vakhtang Mikhaĭlovich, 1910-1992, choreographer.

Grigorovich, ︠I︡Uriĭ Nikolaevich, 1927- choreographer.

Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet

Kultur International Films.

DHCA.

Added Title

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Petipa, M)

Giselle (Choreographic work : Petipa after Coralli and Perrot)

Moszkowski waltz (Choreographic work : Messerer)

Cinderella (Choreographic work : Zakharov)

Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ivanov and Petipa, M)

Red poppy (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)

Laurencia (Choreographic work : Chabukiani)

Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)

Coppélia (Choreographic work : Gorski)

Corsair (Choreographic work : Petipa, M after Perrot)

Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Gorski after Petipa, M)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-2669

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