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Additional authors

1. Nijinska, Irina
2. Jacoby, Ann
3. Ipiotis, Celia
4. Turocy, Catherine
5. Bush, Jeffrey C.
6. Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972.
7. Oakland Ballet Company
8. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. The achievements of the Russian dancer/choreographer Bronislava Nijinska are discussed by her daughter Irina Nijinska, while those of Françoise Prévost, an 18th-century ballerina at the Paris Opéra, are discussed by Ann Jacoby, associate director of the New York Baroque Dance Company. Irina Nijinska describes her mother's special qualities as a dancer, especially in her own ballet Les biches. She points out some highlights of Bronislava's career, among them the establishment of the École du Mouvement, intended to train dancers to perform in the ballets of her brother Vaslav Nijinsky, and her choreographic experiments, such as Les noces. An excerpt from Les noces, danced by the Oakland Ballet, is screened. Jacoby describes Prévost's gift for expressivity in a period when dancers still wore masks, and her performance of the solo Les caractères de la danse, which required her to impersonate a dozen different types of lovers. Jacoby is seen performing this solo in a reconstruction by Catherine Turocy. In Esoterica balletica, Turocy talks about masks, the language of the fan, and other accessories associated with baroque dancing.

Series statement

1. Eye on dance, 187

Uniform title

1. Caractères de la danse (Choreographic work : Balon)

Subject

1. Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972
2. Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972 > Biches
3. Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950
4. Prévost, Françoise, approximately 1680-1741
5. Masks
6. Television > Center stage
7. Television > Eye on dance
8. Baroque dancing
9. Ballets russes
10. Opéra de Paris > Ballet
11. Fans
12. Television > Esoterica balletica
13. Ballet > France > 18th century

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-2980

Note

1. Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on March 24, 1986 at the studios of WNYC, New York. Telecast on April 25, 1986. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. Video director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Celia Ipiotis.

Title

1. Center stage: F. Prévost and B. Nijinska [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1986.

Series

1. Eye on dance, 187

Local subject

1. Television. Center stage.
2. Television. Eye on dance.
3. Baroque dancing.
4. Television. Esoterica balletica.

Local subject

1. Ballet -- France -- 18th century.

Added author

1. Nijinska, Irina. Interviewee
2. Jacoby, Ann. ive, dancer.
3. Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director
4. Turocy, Catherine. Restager
5. Turocy, Catherine. Speaker
6. Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer
7. Oakland Ballet Company.
8. ARC Videodance (Firm)
9. Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972. Noces.

Added title

1. Caractères de la danse (Choreographic work : Balon)

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-2980