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Dancers (Videotape)

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Dancers (Videotape)
Publication
1987.

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Additional Authors
  • American Ballet Theatre.
  • Barbee, Victor.
  • Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
  • Browne, Leslie.
  • Ferri, Alessandra.
  • Kent, Julie.
  • McKerrow, Amanda.
  • Rall, Tommy.
  • Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001,
  • Seymour, Lynn, 1939-
Description
1 cassette. 99 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Uniform Title
Giselle (Choreographic work : Baryshnikov after Coralli, Perrot, and Petipa, M)
Genre/Form
Feature films.
Note
  • Motion picture released in 1987 by Cannon Films Inc. and Cannon International; reissued as a videotape in 1988 by Warner Home Video, Burbank, Calif. Director: Herbert Ross. Producers: Menahem Golan and Yoram Globus. Produced in association with Hera/Baryshnikov Productions. Cinematographer: Ennio Guarnieri.
  • Ballet sequences staged by Mikhail Baryshnikov after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, and Marius Petipa. Original music: Pino Donaggio; mus for Giselle: Adolphe Adam. Written by Sarah Kernochan. Production designer: Gianni Quaranta. Ballet costumes: Anna Anni, Enrico Serafina; contemporary clothes: Adriana Spadaro.
Performer (note)
  • Mikhail Baryshnikov (Tony), Alessandra Ferri (Francesca), Leslie Browne (Nadine), Thomas Rall (Patrick), Lynn Seymour (Muriel), Victor Barbee (Wade), Julie Kent (Lisa), Mariangela Melato (Contessa); cast of Giselle includes Desmond Kelly (Duke of Courland), Chrisa Keramidas (Bathilde), Amanda McKerrow (Moyna), Bonnie Moore (Zulma), and members of American Ballet Theatre. London Symphony Orchestra; Giselle conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-684
Title
Dancers (Videotape)
Imprint
1987.
Cast
Mikhail Baryshnikov (Tony), Alessandra Ferri (Francesca), Leslie Browne (Nadine), Thomas Rall (Patrick), Lynn Seymour (Muriel), Victor Barbee (Wade), Julie Kent (Lisa), Mariangela Melato (Contessa); cast of Giselle includes Desmond Kelly (Duke of Courland), Chrisa Keramidas (Bathilde), Amanda McKerrow (Moyna), Bonnie Moore (Zulma), and members of American Ballet Theatre. London Symphony Orchestra; Giselle conducted by Michael Tilson Thomas.
Summary
Mikhail Baryshnikov stars as Tony Sergeyev, a renowned dancer/choreographer facing career burnout. A young ballerina joins the troupe and inspires a romance that mirrors the tragic story of Giselle, the ballet the company is rehearsing. Includes numerous scenes from Giselle, in rehearsal and performance.
Local Subject
Ballet in motion pictures. Dancers.
Added Author
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- actor.
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- dancer.
Ferri, Alessandra. act, dancer.
Browne, Leslie. act, dancer.
Rall, Tommy. act, dancer.
Seymour, Lynn, 1939- act, dancer.
Barbee, Victor. act, dancer.
Kent, Julie. act, dancer.
McKerrow, Amanda. act, dancer.
Ross, Herbert, 1927-2001, film director.
American Ballet Theatre.
Added Title
Giselle (Choreographic work : Baryshnikov after Coralli, Perrot, and Petipa, M)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-684
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