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Additional authors

1. Hightower, Rosella
2. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
3. Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972
4. Taras, John
5. Verret, François
6. Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
7. Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986
8. Lieurac Productions
9. Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
10. Dance Theatre of Harlem
11. Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas
12. Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo (Marquis de Cuevas)
13. International Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas
14. Association 1B.
15. Théâtre national de la danse et de l'image (Châteauvallon, France)
16. Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival

Description

1. 1 videodisc (PAL) (48 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Documentary about the ballerina Rosella Hightower. Her reminiscences include her childhood and early training in Oklahoma, her studies with Mikhail Fokin in New York, her work with Léonide Massine on Nobilissima visione, her appearances at the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival, her association with Antony Tudor in the early days of Ballet Theatre, and her tenure in the Marquis de Cuevas's company. She recalls some of the roles she created, including Salome, which she choreographed; Bronislava Nijinska's Rondo capriccioso; and John Taras's Piège de lumière; and discusses her partnerships with Frederic Franklin and André Eglevsky. In addition to archival footage of the Charleston, which was popular in her youth, dance excerpts depict Hightower rehearsing Salome on a rooftop, dancing Aurora in the de Cuevas company's production of The sleeping beauty, rehearsing members of Dance Theatre of Harlem in her restaging of Rondo capriccioso, and dancing in Giselle, Piège de lumière, and unidentified present-day performances.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Lieurac Productions.

Uniform title

1. Giselle (Choreographic work : Dolin after Coralli and Perrot)
2. Rondo capriccioso (Choreographic work : Nijinska)
3. Salome (Choreographic work : Hightower)
4. Piège de lumière (Choreographic work : Taras)

Subject

1. Hightower, Rosella
2. Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
3. Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987
4. Cuevas, George, marquis de, 1885-1961
5. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013
6. Eglevsky, André
7. Charleston (Dance)
8. Dancers -- United States -- Biography

Genre/Form

1. Biographies.
2. Dance.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1531

Credits (note)

1. Narrator, Rosella Hightower.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.
2. Archive Original: 1 VHS cassette (formerly *MGZIC 9-3222), donated by Lieurac Productions, 12/1991; in Princeton ReCAP Regular Storage. Note: PAL format.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Language (note)

1. Credits in French, narration in English.

Title

1. Rosella Hightower [videorecording] / produced by La Sept, L'Association 1B, Le Théâtre National de la Danse et l'Image, and Lieurac Productions ; director, François Verret.

Imprint

1. c1991.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Credits

1. Narrator, Rosella Hightower.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Funding

1. Archive Original: 1 VHS cassette (formerly *MGZIC 9-3222), donated by Lieurac Productions, 12/1991; in Princeton ReCAP Regular Storage. Note: PAL format.

Language

1. Credits in French, narration in English.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-3222.

Added author

1. Hightower, Rosella. nrt, dancer, choreographer.
2. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.
3. Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972, choreographer.
4. Taras, John, choreographer.
5. Verret, François. Director
6. Lieurac Productions.
7. Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
8. Dance Theatre of Harlem.
9. Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas.
10. Grand Ballet de Monte Carlo (Marquis de Cuevas)
11. International Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas.
12. Association 1B.
13. Théâtre national de la danse et de l'image (Châteauvallon, France)
14. Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
15. Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979. Nobilissima visione.
16. Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986. Sleeping beauty.

Added title

1. Giselle (Choreographic work : Dolin after Coralli and Perrot)
2. Rondo capriccioso (Choreographic work : Nijinska)
3. Salome (Choreographic work : Hightower)
4. Piège de lumière (Choreographic work : Taras)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1531