1 streaming video file (NTSC) (18 min.) : sd., b&w.
Summary
The ballet is danced twice. During much of the first section of the first run-through, the camera focuses on the offstage pianist rather than on the dancers.
Genre/Form
Dance rehearsals.
Dance.
Video.
Call number
*MGZIDF 7001
Note
Recorded at New York State Theater, New York, on February 12, 1980. Onstage rehearsal in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment.
Choreography: George Balanchine. Music: Igor Stravinsky (three madrigals by Gesualdo di Venosa recomposed for instruments).
Danced by members of the New York City Ballet: Suzanne Farrell, Sean Lavery, and ensemble.
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.
Title
Monumentum pro Gesualdo [electronic resource]
Imprint
1980.
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.