Research Catalog

Title

[Sadler's Wells Ballet and others] [videorecording]

Publication

[1949?-1951]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fifield, Elaine
• Blair, David, 1932-1976
• Slavenska, Mia
• Mišković, Milorad, 1928-
• Trecu, Pirmin
• Miller, Patricia, 1927-
• Grey, Beryl, 1927-2022
• Chatfield, Philip, 1927-
• Shaw, Brian, 1928-1992
• Field, John, 1921-1991
• Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
• Grant, Alexander, 1925-2011
• Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006
• Dale, Margaret, 1922-2010
• Turner, Harold, 1909-1962
• Elvin, Violetta Prokhorova
• Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
• Hart, John, 1921 July 4-
• Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986
• Adams, Diana
• Lindsay, Rosemary
• Brae, June
• Cranko, John
• De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001
• Barzel, Ann.
• Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet.
• Sadler's Wells Ballet.
• London's Festival Ballet.
• Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (53 min.) : si., col. and b&w; 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Ann Barzel Collection.

Uniform Title

• Pineapple Poll (Choreographic work : Cranko)
• Swan lake (Choreographic work). Act II.
• Pastorale (Choreographic work : Cranko)
• Checkmate (Choreographic work : De Valois)
• Patineurs (Choreographic work : Ashton)
• Dante sonata (Choreographic work : Ashton)
• Don Quixote (Choreographic work : De Valois)
• Wedding bouquet (Choreographic work : Ashton)
• Façade (Choreographic work : Ashton)
• Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Petipa, M)

Note

• Ballet excerpts filmed in performance by Ann Barzel. Les patineurs, Dante sonata, Don Quixote, and A wedding bouquet possibly filmed at Chicago Opera House in 1950. Checkmate, The rake's progress, Façade, and The sleeping beauty possibly filmed at Chicago Opera House in 1949.

Contents

• CONTENTS: Pineapple Poll (approx. 8 1/2 min., color and b&w). Chor: John Cranko. Filmed at New Theatre, Oxford, 1951. Perf. by Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet: Elaine Fifield (Poll), David Blair (Captain Belaye), David Poole (Jasper), others. -- Swan lake: Act II (approx. 1 min., b&w). Chor: Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, staged by Grace Cone. Filmed at Stoll Theatre (?), London, 1951 (?). Perf. by Festival Ballet: guest artists Mia Slavenska (Odette) and Milorad Miskovitch (Siegfried), others. -- Pastorale (approx. 4 min., b&w). Chor: Cranko. Filmed in 1951 (?). Perf. by Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet: Patricia Miller (Phillida), Pirmin Trecu (Corydon), Elaine Fifield (Diaphenia), Blair (Damon), others. -- Checkmate (approx. 7 min., b&w). Chor: Ninette de Valois. Perf. by Sadler's Wells Ballet: Beryl Grey (Black queen), Philip Chatfield (first Red Knight?), others. -- Les patineurs (approx. 4 min., b&w). Chor: Frederick Ashton. Perf. by Sadler's Wells Ballet: Brian Shaw (boy in blue), Julia Farron and Richard Ellis (pas de deux), others. -- Dante sonata (approx. 1 min., b&w). Chor: Ashton. Perf. by Sadler's Wells Ballet: individuals not identified. -- Don Quixote (approx. 3 min., b&w). Chor: De Valois. Perf. by Sadler's Wells Ballet: John Field (Don Quixote), Margot Fonteyn (Lady Dulcinea/Aldonza Lorenzo), Alexander Grant (Sancho Panza), others. -- A wedding bouquet (approx. 4 min., b&w). Chor: Ashton. Perf. by Sadler's
• Wells Ballet: Moira Shearer (Julia), Alexander Grant, Margaret Dale (bride), others. -- The rake's progress (approx. 3 min., b&w). Chor: De Valois. Perf. by Sadler's Wells Ballet: Harold Turner (the rake), Violetta Elvin (the betrayed girl), Gerd Larsen (the dancer), others. -- Façade (approx. 2 min., b&w). Chor: Ashton. Perf. by Sadler's Wells Ballet: Anne Heaton (milkmaid), Rosemary Lindsay (polka), Ashton (gigolo), June Brae (debutante), others. -- The sleeping beauty (approx. 13 min., b&w and color). Chor: Nicholas Sergeyev after Petipa, with additional chor by Ashton and De Valois. Filmed at three performances, the first two filmed in b&w, the third in color. Perf. by Sadler's Wells Ballet. First segment cast not identified. Second segment led by Shearer (Aurora) and John Hart (Florimund). Third segment led by Fonteyn (Aurora) and Robert Helpmann (Florimund). -- Black swan pas de deux (approx. 4 sec., color). Chor: Petipa. Location/date not identified. Perf. by Ballet Theatre: individuals not identified. -- Princess Aurora (approx. 25 sec., color). Chor: after Petipa. Location/date not identified. Perf. by Ballet Theatre: Diana Adams (fairy variation), and unidentified dancer (Aurora).

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-3602

OCLC

NYPY936028732-F

Title

[Sadler's Wells Ballet and others] [videorecording]

Imprint

[1949?-1951]

Local Subject

Ballet in motion pictures. Sadler's Wells Ballet and others.

Added Author

Fifield, Elaine, dancer.

Blair, David, 1932-1976, dancer.

Slavenska, Mia, dancer.

Mišković, Milorad, 1928- dancer.

Trecu, Pirmin, dancer.

Miller, Patricia, 1927- dancer.

Grey, Beryl, 1927-2022, dancer.

Chatfield, Philip, 1927- dancer.

Shaw, Brian, 1928-1992, dancer.

Field, John, 1921-1991, dancer.

Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.

Grant, Alexander, 1925-2011, dancer.

Shearer, Moira, 1926-2006, dancer.

Dale, Margaret, 1922-2010, dancer.

Turner, Harold, 1909-1962, dancer.

Elvin, Violetta Prokhorova, dancer.

Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer, dancer.

Hart, John, 1921 July 4- dancer.

Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986, dancer.

Adams, Diana, dancer.

Lindsay, Rosemary, dancer.

Brae, June, dancer.

Cranko, John, choreographer.

De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001, choreographer.

Barzel, Ann. Cinematographer

Sadler's Wells Theatre Ballet.

Sadler's Wells Ballet.

London's Festival Ballet.

Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Pineapple Poll (Choreographic work : Cranko)

Swan lake (Choreographic work). Act II.

Pastorale (Choreographic work : Cranko)

Checkmate (Choreographic work : De Valois)

Patineurs (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Dante sonata (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Don Quixote (Choreographic work : De Valois)

Wedding bouquet (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Façade (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Petipa, M)

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-3602

*MGZHB 16-2527 Additional copy; 1 film reel (1178 ft.) ; 16 mm.