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Richard Thomas: teaching at the New Ballet School: pirouettes

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  1. Richard Thomas: teaching at the New Ballet School: pirouettes [electronic resource]
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  1. 1991.

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Additional authors
  1. Thomas, Richard, 1926-
  2. Alvarado, Rachel
  3. Davis, Naima
  4. Tuthill, Patricia
  5. Yu, Ha-Chi
  6. Jordan, Jason
  7. Luk, Sam
  8. Virolas, Jassen
  9. Walton, Jesse
  10. Cherry, Michael.
  11. Millard, Jay.
  12. New Ballet School (New York, N.Y.)
Description
  1. 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (96 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
  1. Third of a series of six videotapes made as a record of Richard Thomas's method of teaching classical ballet. The first four tapes (barre, *MGZIC 9-3394; adagio, *MGZIC 9-3395; pirouettes, *MGZIC 9-3396; and allegro, *MGZIC 9-3397) focus on specific areas of the class and were specially arranged for videotaping. The fifth tape (class, *MGZIC 9-3398) follows a standard class sequence. Thomas frequently pauses to explain the principles underlying the movements he is teaching, and to reminisce about his own teachers (who included Bronislava Nijinska, Vincenzo Celli, Anatole Oboukhoff, and Anatole Vilzak) and notable dancers. In the sixth tape (*MGZIC 9-3399), Thomas is interviewed by Eliot Feld.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. nys
Contents
  1. CONTENTS: (approx. 45 min.): Preparatory exercises for pirouettes; pirouettes from second position, en dehors and en dedans; pirouettes from fourth position, en dehors and en dedans; attitude turns en dehors. -- (approx. 26 min.): Attitude turns en dedans; preparatory exercise for fouettés; fouettés; pirouettes à la seconde; piqué turns.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDF 2275
Note
  1. Videotaped by Jay Millard for the Jerome Robbins Archive at the New Ballet School, New York, on November 19, 1991, with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
  2. Teacher: Richard Thomas. Students: Rachel Alvarado, Naima Davis, Patricia Tuthill, Ha-Chi Yu, Jason Jordan, Sam Luk, Jassen Virolas, and Jesse Walton. Pianist: Michael Cherry.
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 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Title
  1. Richard Thomas: teaching at the New Ballet School: pirouettes [electronic resource]
Imprint
  1. 1991.
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 grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Local note
  1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3396.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Local subject
  1. Ballet technique.
  2. Ballet in television. Richard Thomas: Teaching at the New Ballet School.
  3. Ballet class.
Added author
  1. Thomas, Richard, 1926- Teacher. Commentator
  2. Alvarado, Rachel, dancer.
  3. Davis, Naima, dancer.
  4. Tuthill, Patricia, dancer.
  5. Yu, Ha-Chi, dancer.
  6. Jordan, Jason, dancer.
  7. Luk, Sam, dancer.
  8. Virolas, Jassen, dancer.
  9. Walton, Jesse, dancer.
  10. Cherry, Michael. Instrumentalist
  11. Millard, Jay. Videographer
  12. New Ballet School (New York, N.Y.)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDF 2275
  2. *MGZIC 9-3396 (former)
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