Research Catalog

Les enfants de la danse

Title
  1. Les enfants de la danse [electronic resource]
Published by
  1. c1988.

Available online

Details

Additional authors
  1. Bessy, Claude
  2. Sereni, Jean-Paul
  3. Baulieu, Claire
  4. Mayer, Gilbert
  5. Platel, Elisabeth
  6. Guillem, Sylvie, 1965-
  7. Bienvenue, Jacqueline
  8. Atanassoff, Cyril
  9. Legris, Manuel
  10. Khalfouni, Dominique
  11. Sanders, Dirk
  12. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
  13. Béjart, Maurice
  14. Rayne, Michel
  15. Gsovsky, Victor, 1902-1974
  16. Lacotte, Pierre, 1932-
  17. Petit, Roland, 1924-2011
  18. Opéra de Paris. Ecole de danse
  19. Opéra de Paris. Ballet
Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (PAL) (59 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences.
Summary
  1. Four-part series on the École du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, hosted by its director, Claude Bessy. In addition to the school's teachers and students, the series depicts past and present principal dancers of the Paris Opéra Ballet, people in dance-related professions, and French dance luminaries. Interviews, performances, and demonstration classes provide a multifaceted view of the school's activities and achievements. The rest of the videos in this series can be found at *MGZIDF 2754, *MGZIDF 2755, and *MGZIDF 2757.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Telmondis.
Uniform title
  1. Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)
  2. Luna (Choreographic work : Béjart)
  3. Grand pas classique (Choreographic work : Gsovsky)
  4. Sylphide (Choreographic work : Lacotte after Taglioni, F)
  5. Ma Pavlova (Choreographic work : Petit)
Subject
  1. Opéra de Paris. Ecole de danse
Contents
  1. CONTENTS: Teachers spotlighted in demonstration classes are Bessy (steps of elevation), Jean-Paul Sereni (physical education), Claire Baulieu (contemporary dance), and Gilbert Mayer (batterie). Paris Opéra Ballet dancers Elisabeth Platel and Manuel Legris perform variations, demonstrate steps, and converse with Bessy and students. Bessy discusses the dancer's physique and interviews administrator Jacqueline Bienvenue, dancer Cyril Atanassoff, and Dirk Sanders, a former dancer who is now a television director. Dance excerpts portray Platel in the Reine des dryades variation from Don Quixote (chor: Rudolf Nureyev after Petipa; mus: Minkus); Sylvie Guillem in La luna (chor: Maurice Béjart; mus: Bach); Atanassoff and Bessy in La fleur carnivore (b&w) (chor: Michel Rayne; mus: Brazilian batucada), Atanassoff in Grand pas classique (b&w) (chor: Victor Gzovsky; mus: Auber), Legris in a variation from La sylphide (chor: Pierre Lacotte after Filippo Taglioni; mus: Schneitzhoeffer), and Dominique Khalfouni in Ma Pavlova (chor: Roland Petit; mus: Mozart).
Call number
  1. *MGZIDF 2756
Note
  1. Co-produced by La Sept, Antenne 2, and Telmondis, with the participation of NHK Enterprises. In French. Director: Dirk Sanders.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
  1. Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Title
  1. Les enfants de la danse [electronic resource]
Imprint
  1. c1988.
Restricted access
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
  1. Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Local note
  1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3377 cassette 3.
  2. Additional Copy: None.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Local subject
  1. Ballet in television. Les enfants de la danse.
Added author
  1. Bessy, Claude. Host. tch, dancer.
  2. Sereni, Jean-Paul. Teacher
  3. Baulieu, Claire. Teacher
  4. Mayer, Gilbert. Teacher
  5. Platel, Elisabeth, dancer.
  6. Guillem, Sylvie, 1965- dancer.
  7. Bienvenue, Jacqueline. Interviewee
  8. Atanassoff, Cyril. ive, dancer.
  9. Legris, Manuel, dancer.
  10. Khalfouni, Dominique, dancer.
  11. Sanders, Dirk. Director. Interviewee
  12. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.
  13. Béjart, Maurice, choreographer.
  14. Rayne, Michel, choreographer.
  15. Gsovsky, Victor, 1902-1974, choreographer.
  16. Lacotte, Pierre, 1932- choreographer.
  17. Petit, Roland, 1924-2011, choreographer.
  18. Opéra de Paris. Ecole de danse.
  19. Opéra de Paris. Ballet.
Added title
  1. Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)
  2. Luna (Choreographic work : Béjart)
  3. Grand pas classique (Choreographic work : Gsovsky)
  4. Sylphide (Choreographic work : Lacotte after Taglioni, F)
  5. Ma Pavlova (Choreographic work : Petit)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDF 2756
  2. *MGZIC 9-3377 cassette 3 (former)
View in legacy catalog