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Rethinking the Balanchine legacy: Balanchine, jazz, and popular dance

Title
Rethinking the Balanchine legacy: Balanchine, jazz, and popular dance [videorecording]
Publication
1993.

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Additional Authors
  • Balanchine, George
  • Nichols, Madeleine M
  • Greene, Jonnie
  • Banes, Sally
  • Geva, Tamara
  • Hill, Constance Valis
  • Nicholas, Harold
  • Nicholas, Fayard
  • Dunham, Katherine
  • Dunning, Jennifer
  • Garafola, Lynn
  • Johnson, Louis, 1930-
  • Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-
  • Van Scott, Glor
  • DeFrantz, Thomas
  • Schorer, Suki
  • Cedeno, Linda
  • Ketley, Alex
  • Merrell, Michelle
  • Cook, Bart
  • Moncion, Francisco
  • Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947-
  • Ward, Penny
  • Blumenthal, Sallie.
  • Balanchine, George.
  • Nicholas Brothers.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
  • Dance Critics Association (U.S.)
Description
7 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (339 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
nys
Uniform Title
  • Concerto barocco (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
  • Who cares? (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Subjects
Note
  • Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image by Penny Ward at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, on April 19, 1993, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. Part of a series of public programs presented by the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts and the Dance Critics Association in connection with the exhibition Balanchine. Introductions: Jonnie Greene and Lynn Garafola.
Contents
  • Cassette 1: Welcome by Madeleine Nichols and Jonnie Greene (approx. 5 min.). -- Lecture: Balanchine and African-American dance (approx. 54 min.), by Sally Banes. Video: The four temperaments: excerpts. Recorded by Virginia Brooks at Juilliard Theater, New York, on June 6, 1987. Perf. by the School of American Ballet. This recording is also on *MGZIA 4-524. -- Cassette 2: Working with Balanchine: On your toes: Tamara Geva, interviewed by Constance Valis Hill (approx. 36 min.). -- Babes in arms: Harold Nicholas, interviewed by Hill (approx. 14 min.). -- Cassette 3: Nicholas interview, cont. (approx. 20 min.). Video: Babes in arms: excerpts (si., b&w). Filmed at Majestic Theater, New York, in 1937. Perf. by the Nicholas Brothers and others. Video: Orchestra wives: excerpt (b&w). Motion picture released by Twentieth-Century Fox, 1942. Perf. by the Nicholas Brothers. -- Cabin in the sky: Katherine Dunham, interviewed by Jennifer Dunning (approx. 41 min.). -- Cassette 4: Dunham interview, cont. (approx. 10 min.). -- Panel: House of flowers: Louis Johnson, Arthur Mitchell, and Glory Van Scott. Moderator: Tommy DeFrantz. -- Cassette 5: Jazz influences in The four temperaments and other ballets. Lecture-demonstration by Suki Schorer (approx. 11 min.), with Linda Cedeno, Alex Ketley, and Michelle Merrell. -- Round table: Bart Cook, Arthur Mitchell, and Francisco Moncion. Moderator: Greene. Film: The four temperaments
  • Choleric (si., b&w). Recorded at Central High School of Needle Trades, New York, on November 20, 1946. Perf. by Ballet Society: Tanaquil Le Clercq and others. This recording is also on *MGZHB 12-1637. Film: Agon: pas de deux (b&w). Telecast on Canadian Broadcasting Corporation's L'heure du concert, 1960. Perf. by New York City Ballet: Diana Adams and Arthur Mitchell. This recording is also on *MGZHB 12-2. -- Cassette 6: Round table, cont. (approx. 2 min.). -- Films of Balanchine's jazz and show dances (approx. 58 min.). Remarks: Elizabeth Kendall. Video: I married an angel: excerpts (si., b&w). Recorded at Shubert Theater, New York, in 1938. Perf. by Vera Zorina and others. Film: Who cares? (b&w). Telecast by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1971. Perf. by New York City Ballet: Patricia McBride, Marnee Morris, Karin von Aroldingen, Jean-Pierre Bonnefous, and others. This recording is also on *MGZHB 12-583. -- Cassette 7: Who cares?, cont. (approx. 20 sec.).
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-3945
OCLC
NYPY936045740-F
Title
Rethinking the Balanchine legacy: Balanchine, jazz, and popular dance [videorecording]
Imprint
1993.
Local Subject
Ballet in television. Rethinking the Balanchine legacy: Balanchine, jazz, and popular dance.
Local Subject
Jazz.
Musical comedies. On your toes.
Musical comedies. Babes in arms.
Motion pictures. Orchestra wives.
Musical comedies. Cabin in the sky.
Musical comedies. House of flowers.
Musical comedies. I married an angel.
Added Author
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Nichols, Madeleine M, speaker.
Greene, Jonnie, speaker, moderator.
Banes, Sally, speaker.
Geva, Tamara, interviewee.
Hill, Constance Valis, interviewer.
Nicholas, Harold, interviewee.
Nicholas, Harold, dancer.
Nicholas, Fayard, dancer.
Dunham, Katherine, interviewee.
Dunning, Jennifer, interviewer.
Garafola, Lynn, speaker.
Johnson, Louis, 1930- speaker.
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- speaker.
Van Scott, Glor, speaker.
DeFrantz, Thomas, moderator.
Schorer, Suki, speaker.
Cedeno, Linda, dancer.
Ketley, Alex, dancer.
Merrell, Michelle, dancer.
Cook, Bart, speaker.
Moncion, Francisco, speaker.
Kendall, Elizabeth, 1947- speaker.
Ward, Penny, videographer.
Blumenthal, Sallie.
Nicholas Brothers.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
Dance Critics Association (U.S.)
Balanchine, George. Agon
Balanchine, George. Four temperaments.
Added Title
Concerto barocco (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Who cares? (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-3945
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