Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019
2. Plise︠t︡skiĭ, Azariĭ
3. Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983
4. Alonso, Alberto, 1893-1974
5. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
6. Pugni, Cesare, 1802-1870
7. Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich, 1932-
8. Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875
9. Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
10. Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica.
11. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (70 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Interview with Alicia Alonso, interspersed with film footage and still photographs illustrating her life and career. Includes brief glimpses of the Don Quixote pas de deux, Coppélia, La fille mal gardée, and Giselle. Longer dance sequences depict Alonso in the Black swan pas de deux (partnered by Azari Plisetzki), excerpts from Pas de quatre (chor: Anton Dolin; mus: Cesare Pugni), and Carmen (chor: Alberto Alonso; mus: Georges Bizet, arr. by Rodion Shchedrin).

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Marilyn Dean Schwalm.

Uniform title

1. Swan lake (Choreographic work). Black swan pas de deux.
2. Pas de quatre (Choreographic work : Dolin)
3. Carmen (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alberto)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Motion pictures.
3. Biographies.
4. Interviews.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-782

Note

1. Motion picture originally produced in Cuba by the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos in 1976. Reissued as a videotape in 1988 by Video Artists International, Inc., New York.

Credits (note)

1. Translator, A. Romeu.

Language (note)

1. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Title

1. Alicia [videorecording] / produced by the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos ; director, Victor Cassaus.

Imprint

1. New York, NY : Video Artists International, 1988, c1976.

Country of producing entity

1. Cuba.

Performer

1. Performed by Alicia Alonso and members of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
2. Music performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Manuel Duchesne Cuzán.

Credits

1. Translator, A. Romeu.

Language

1. In Spanish with English subtitles.

Local subject

1. Ballet in motion pictures. Alicia.

Added author

1. Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, dancer, interviewee.
2. Plise︠t︡skiĭ, Azariĭ, dancer.
3. Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983, choreographer.
4. Alonso, Alberto, 1893-1974, choreographer.
5. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, composer.
6. Pugni, Cesare, 1802-1870, composer.
7. Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich, 1932- arranger of music.
8. Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875, composer.
9. Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
10. Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica.
11. DHCA.

Added title

1. Swan lake (Choreographic work). Black swan pas de deux.
2. Pas de quatre (Choreographic work : Dolin)
3. Carmen (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alberto)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-782