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Kennedy Center honors

Title: Kennedy Center honors [videorecording] / CBS-TV.
Publication: United States : CBS-TV, 1978-1991.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	disc 1	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIDVD 5-815 disc 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	disc 2	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIDVD 5-815 disc 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	disc 3	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIDVD 5-815 disc 3	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
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Description

4 videodiscs (NTSC) (229 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Compilation of excerpts from eleven telecasts of the Kennedy Center Honors, encompassing thirteen dance honorees. Each segment includes a video biography of the honoree(s), and most include pre-recorded footage of the current president's speech at the White House. Walter Cronkite hosts all segments from 1981 on.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts.

Uniform Title

Chaconne (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Texas fourth (Choreographic work : De Mille)
Fancy free (Choreographic work : Robbins)
Native green (Choreographic work : Cunningham)
Tensile involvement (Choreographic work : Nikolais)
Swan lake (Choreographic work : Danilova after Ivanov). Act II

Genre/Form

Dance.
Special event coverage and commentary.
Video.

Event (note)

Recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. Telecast by CBS-TV.

Funding (note)

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 (note)

DVD.

Contents

Disc 1 (63 min.): George Balanchine [1978] (13 min.) / host, Leonard Bernstein ; presenter, Edward Villella -- Chaconne, duet (3 min.) / recorded by Dance in America ; performed by Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins -- Fred Astaire [1978] (8 min.) / presenter, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. -- "One" (3 min.) / performed by the cast of A chorus line -- Martha Graham [1979] (9 min.) / presenter, Gene Kelly -- Frescoes : excerpt (9 min.) / performed by Peggy Lyman and Tim Wengerd ; singer, Leontyne Price -- Agnes de Mille [1980] (11 min.) / welcome, Beverly Sills ; presenter, Kitty Carlisle Hart -- Texas fourth : excerpt (7 min.) / performers not identified.
Disc 2 (45 min.): Jerome Robbins [1981] (13 min.) / presenter, Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Fancy free : three variations (9 min.) / performed by Danilo Radojevic, Baryshnikov, and Christopher d'Amboise -- Gene Kelly [1982] (14 min.) / presenter, Yves Montand -- "I got rhythm/Fascinatin' rhythm" (5 min.) / performed by Gregory Hines -- "Singin' in the rain" (4 min.) / performed by Donald O'Connor, Cyd Charisse, Betty Comden, Adolph Green, and ensemble.
Disc 3 (58 min.): Katherine Dunham [1983] (13 min.) / presenter, Agnes de Mille -- Tributes (2 min.) / by Geoffrey Holder, Carmen de Lavallade, and Arthur Mitchell -- Breakdancing (5 min.) / performed by the New York City Breakers -- Merce Cunningham [1985] (13 min.) / presenter, Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Native green : excerpt (5 min.) / performed by the Merce Cunningham Dance Company -- Alwin Nikolais [1987] (13 min.) / presenter, Joseph Papp -- Tribute by Jacques d'Amboise (1 min.) -- Tensile involvement : excerpt (5 min.) / performed by the Nikolais Dance Theatre.
Disc 4 (63 min.): Alvin Ailey [1988] (13 min.) / presenter, Cicely Tyson -- Tribute by Katherine Dunham (1 min.) -- Revelations : excerpts (6 min.) / performed by the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater -- Alexandra Danilova [1989] (13 min.) / presenter, Jerome Robbins -- Tribute by Jacques d'Amboise (3 min.) -- Swan lake : Act II pas de deux (7 min.) / performed by Darci Kistler and Robert Lyon -- The Nicholas Brothers [1991] (12 min.) / presenter, Gregory Hines -- Tribute from Lou Gossett, Jr. (2 min.) -- Tap dancing (6 min.) / by Ted and Van, the Steps Ahead Tap Trio, Savion Glover, and Hines.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-815

OCLC

NYPY936045170-F

Title

Kennedy Center honors [videorecording] / CBS-TV.

Imprint

United States : CBS-TV, 1978-1991.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Event

Recorded at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. Telecast by CBS-TV.

Funding

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

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-1489.

Local Subject

Kennedy Center honors.

Awards and honors.

Added Author

Balanchine, George. Honoree

Astaire, Fred. Honoree

Graham, Martha. Honoree

De Mille, Agnes, speaker.

De Mille, Agnes. Honoree

Robbins, Jerome, speaker.

Robbins, Jerome. Honoree

Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, speaker.

Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996. Honoree

Dunham, Katherine, speaker.

Dunham, Katherine. Honoree

Cunningham, Merce, honoree.

Nikolais, Alwin, honoree.

Ailey, Alvin. Honoree

Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997. Honoree

Nicholas, Fayard. Honoree

Nicholas, Harold. Honoree

Villella, Edward, 1936- speaker.

Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- dancer.

Martins, Peter, 1946- dancer.

Lyman, Peggy, dancer.

Wengerd, Tim, 1945-1989, dancer.

Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007, speaker.

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- dancer.

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- speaker.

Radojević, Danilo, dancer.

D'Amboise, Christopher, dancer.

Montand, Yves, 1921-1991, speaker.

Hines, Gregory, speaker.

Hines, Gregory, dancer.

O'Connor, Donald, 1925-2003, performer.

Charisse, Cyd, performer.

Green, Adolph, performer.

Comden, Betty, performer.

De Lavallade, Carmen, 1931- dancer.

Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014, speaker.

Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- speaker.

Papp, Joseph, speaker.

D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, speaker.

Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer.

Lyon, Robert, 1968- dancer.

Glover, Savion, dancer.

Price, Leontyne, singer.

Gossett, Louis, Jr., 1936-2024 speaker.

Fairbanks, Douglas, Jr., 1909-2000, speaker.

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. Host

Sills, Beverly, speaker.

Cronkite, Walter. Host

Tyson, Cicely, speaker.

Nicholas Brothers.

New York City Breakers (Dance group)

Merce Cunningham Dance Company.

Nikolais Dance Theatre.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater.

Steps Ahead Tap Trio.

CBS Television Network.

DHCA.

Ailey, Alvin. Revelations

Graham, Martha. Frescoes

Added Title

Chaconne (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Texas fourth (Choreographic work : De Mille)

Fancy free (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Native green (Choreographic work : Cunningham)

Tensile involvement (Choreographic work : Nikolais)

Swan lake (Choreographic work : Danilova after Ivanov). Act II

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-815

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