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La sylphide [videorecording]

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIA 4-1247	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description

1 cassette. 37 min. : sd. color PAL.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Susanne Valentin.

Uniform Title

Sylphide (Choreographic work : Valentin)

Note

Videotaped in performance in the Rotunda of the Royal Opera House, Stockholm, Sweden, on December 8, 1988, by Gunnar Randin.
Adaptation/choreography: Susanne Valentin [after August Bournonville (?)]. Assistant choreographer: Hervor Sjöstrand. Music: Hermann Løwenskjold, Edward Elgar, Hector Berlioz, Niccolo Paganini. Libretto: Adolphe Nourrit. Scenery: Mårten Lindblom. Lighting: Fredrik Heimdahl.
Danced by Kerstin Lidström (La sylphide), Mats Wegmann (James), Peder Lewin (Madge), and Max Valentin (a bear).

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1247

Title

La sylphide [videorecording]

Imprint

1988.

Summary

Modern-day reinterpretation of the 19th century ballet, partly danced in contemporary clothes.

Local Subject

Ballet in television. La sylphide.

Added Author

Lidström, Kerstin, dancer.

Wegmann, Mats, dancer.

Lewin, Peder, dancer.

Valentin, Susanne, choreographer.

Løvenskiold, Herman Severin, 1815-1870. Composer

Elgar, Edward, 1857-1934. Composer

Berlioz, Hector, 1803-1869. Composer

Paganini, Nicolò, 1782-1840. Composer

Randin, Gunnar.

Added Title

Sylphide (Choreographic work : Valentin)

Gift of Susanne Valentin.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-1247