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40 years of dance on BBC Television from Karsavina to Mukhamedov; from The moor's pavane to Strange fish.

Title
  1. 40 years of dance on BBC Television [electronic resource] : from Karsavina to Mukhamedov; from The moor's pavane to Strange fish. Reels 3 and 4/ presented by the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in conjunction with the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Published by
  1. United Kingdom : British Broadcasting Corporation, c1957-c1994.

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Additional authors
  1. Limón, José
  2. Hoving, Lucas
  3. Koner, Pauline
  4. Jones, Betty, 1926-2020
  5. Snaith, Yolande
  6. De Maria, James
  7. Clarke, Julia
  8. Watton, Jamie
  9. Bruce, Christopher, 1945-
  10. Vardi, Yair
  11. Sibley, Antoinette
  12. Dowell, Anthony
  13. Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
  14. Seymour, Lynn, 1939-
  15. Clarke, Gill
  16. Douglas, Paul
  17. Feldman, Sean
  18. James, Jeremy, 1961-2000
  19. Old, Elizabeth
  20. Saxon, Deborah
  21. Beard, Stephen
  22. Coyne, Kate
  23. Mortimer, Isabel
  24. Phillips, Leesa
  25. Robinson, Andrew
  26. Ward, Tom, active 1991
  27. Wray, Sheron
  28. Clapton, Nicholas
  29. Ball, Andrew (Pianist)
  30. Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695
  31. Lawrence, Pauline
  32. Miller, Graeme
  33. Innes-Hopkins, Robert
  34. Miranda Pacheco, Carlos
  35. Koltan, Ralph
  36. Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849
  37. Barry, Gerald, 1952-
  38. Davies, Siobhan, 1950-
  39. Deane, Vincent
  40. Mumford, Peter, 1946-
  41. Burge, Emma
  42. McDonald, Antony
  43. Lockyer, Bob
  44. Wilson, Rodney
  45. Dale, Margaret, 1922-2010
  46. Nears, Colin
  47. MacGibbon, Ross
  48. Collins, Aletta
  49. Martland, Steve
  50. Cairns, Tom, 1952-
  51. Hogg, Joanna
  52. Limón, José.
  53. José Limón Dance Company
  54. Ballet Rambert
  55. Royal Ballet
  56. Siobhan Davies Dance (Firm)
  57. British Broadcasting Corporation
  58. Arts Council of Great Britain
  59. DHCA.
Description
  1. 2 streaming video files (93 min.) : sound, black and white and color.
Summary
  1. Second in a series of three screenings of television programs on dance presented by the British Broadcasting Corporation between 1953 and 1994. The programs include documentaries, recorded stage performances and adaptations of stage performances, and video- and cinedance works. For the first and third screenings in this series, see *MGZIA 4-2066 cassette 1 and cassette 3.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Bob Lockyer.
Series statement
  1. 40 years of dance on BBC Television.
Uniform title
  1. Cruel garden (Choreographic work : Bruce and Kemp)
  2. Dream (Choreographic work : Ashton)
  3. Month in the country (Choreographic work : Ashton)
  4. White bird featherless (Choreographic work : Davies)
Alternative title
  1. Forty years of dance on BBC Television.
Subject
  1. Television
  2. Compilations
  3. Video
  4. Dance
  5. García Lorca, Federico, 1898-1936 > Drama
  6. Filmed performances
  7. Filmed dance
Genre/Form
  1. Filmed dance.
  2. Filmed performances.
  3. Dance.
  4. Video.
  5. Compilations.
  6. Television.
Contents
  1. Reel 3. The moor's pavane (1957, 21 min., b&w) / producer/director, Margaret Dale ; choreography, José Limón ; music, Henry Purcell, arranged by Simon Sadoff; costumes, Pauline Lawrence ; performed by the José Limón Dance Company: José Limón (the moor), Lucas Hoving (his friend), Pauline Koner (the friend's wife), and Betty Jones (the moor's wife) ; conductor, Simon Sadoff.
  2. Should accidentally fall (c1993, 15 min., col.) / from the series Dance for the camera ; produced by Landseer for the BBC and the Arts Council of Great Britain ; producer/editor/director, Ross MacGibbon ; executive producers, Rodney Wilson and Bob Lockyer ; choreography, Yolande Snaith ; music, Graeme Miller ; design, Robert Innes Hopkins ; performed by Julia Clarke, James de Maria, Yolande Snaith, and Jamie Watton.
  3. Cruel garden [excerpt] (1982, 9 min., col.) / director, Colin Nears ; choreography, Christopher Bruce ; music, Carlos Miranda ; scenery, Ralph Koltan ; based on the life of Federico García Lorca ; performed by Ballet Rambert: Christopher Bruce (poet), Yair Vardi (bull), and others.
  4. Dance master class [excerpt] (1988, 8 min., col.) / director, Bob Lockyer ; interviews with Sir Frederick Ashton and Antoinette Sibley, and footage of Ashton rehearsing Sibley and Anthony Dowell of the Royal Ballet in the nocturne pas de deux from The dream.
  5. Reel 4. A month in the country [excerpt] (1978, 7 min., col.) / director, Colin Nears ; recorded at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London ; choreography, Frederick Ashton ; music, Frédéric Chopin ; final pas de deux (Andante spianato in E flat major, Op. 22), performed by Lynn Seymour (Natalia Petrovna) and Anthony Dowell (Beliaev) of the Royal Ballet.
  6. White bird featherless (c1994, 27 min., col.) / produced by Dancelines for the BBC ; producer/director, Peter Mumford ; executive producer, Bob Lockyer ; choreography, Siobhan Davies ; music, Gerald Barry ; text, Vincent Deane ; costumes, Antony McDonald ; performed by the Siobhan Davies Dance Company: Gill Clarke, Paul Douglas, Sean Feldman, Jeremy James, Elizabeth Old, and Deborah Saxon ; singer, Nick Clapton (countertenor) ; pianists, Andrew Ball and Catherine Edwards.
  7. Dance house (c1991, 5 min., col.) / part of a series of twelve five-minute dances made for the camera, devised by Peter Mumford ; produced by Dancelines for the BBC and the Arts Council of Great Britain ; producers, Peter Mumford and Emma Burge ; executive producers, Rodney Wilson and Bob Lockyer ; director, Joanna Hogg ; choreography, Aletta Collins ; music, Steve Martland ; design, Tom Cairns ; performed by Stephen Beard, Kate Coyne, Isabel Mortimer, Leesa Phillips, Andrew Robinson, Tom Ward, and Sheron Wray.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDF 6957 Reels 3 and 4
Note
  1. Title from accompanying program.
  2. Compilation of seven television programs screened at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on September 29, 1994 (3:00-5:00PM).
  3. Reel 3 (52 min.). The moor's pavane, Should accidentally fall, Cruel garden, Dance master class ; Reel 4 (41 min.). A month in the country, White bird featherless, Dance house.
Access (note)
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
System details (note)
  1. Streaming file.
Title
  1. 40 years of dance on BBC Television [electronic resource] : from Karsavina to Mukhamedov; from The moor's pavane to Strange fish. Reels 3 and 4/ presented by the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in conjunction with the British Broadcasting Corporation.
Imprint
  1. United Kingdom : British Broadcasting Corporation, c1957-c1994.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
  2. computer
Type of carrier
  1. online resource
Series
  1. 40 years of dance on BBC Television.
Access
  1. Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local note
  1. Former classmark: *MGZIA 4-2066 cassette 2.
Original version
  1. Original format: 2 videocassettes (Umatic) ; 3/4 in.
System details
  1. Streaming file.
Connect to:
  1. NYPL Digital Collections
Added author
  1. Limón, José, choreographer.
  2. Limón, José, dancer.
  3. Hoving, Lucas, dancer.
  4. Koner, Pauline, dancer.
  5. Jones, Betty, 1926-2020, dancer.
  6. Snaith, Yolande, choreographer.
  7. Snaith, Yolande, dancer.
  8. De Maria, James, dancer.
  9. Clarke, Julia, dancer.
  10. Watton, Jamie, dancer.
  11. Bruce, Christopher, 1945- choreographer.
  12. Bruce, Christopher, 1945- dancer.
  13. Vardi, Yair, dancer.
  14. Sibley, Antoinette, dancer.
  15. Sibley, Antoinette, interviewee.
  16. Dowell, Anthony, dancer.
  17. Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.
  18. Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, interviewee.
  19. Seymour, Lynn, 1939- dancer.
  20. Clarke, Gill, dancer.
  21. Douglas, Paul, dancer.
  22. Feldman, Sean, dancer.
  23. James, Jeremy, 1961-2000, dancer.
  24. Old, Elizabeth, dancer.
  25. Saxon, Deborah, dancer.
  26. Beard, Stephen, dancer.
  27. Coyne, Kate, dancer.
  28. Mortimer, Isabel, dancer.
  29. Phillips, Leesa, dancer.
  30. Robinson, Andrew, dancer.
  31. Ward, Tom, active 1991, dancer.
  32. Wray, Sheron, dancer.
  33. Clapton, Nicholas, singer.
  34. Ball, Andrew (Pianist)
  35. Purcell, Henry, 1659-1695, composer.
  36. Lawrence, Pauline, costume designer.
  37. Miller, Graeme, composer.
  38. Innes-Hopkins, Robert, designer.
  39. Miranda Pacheco, Carlos, composer.
  40. Koltan, Ralph, designer.
  41. Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849, composer.
  42. Barry, Gerald, 1952- composer.
  43. Davies, Siobhan, 1950- choreographer.
  44. Deane, Vincent, author.
  45. Mumford, Peter, 1946- producer.
  46. Mumford, Peter, 1946- director.
  47. Burge, Emma, producer.
  48. McDonald, Antony, costume designer.
  49. Lockyer, Bob, producer.
  50. Lockyer, Bob, director.
  51. Wilson, Rodney, producer.
  52. Dale, Margaret, 1922-2010, director.
  53. Nears, Colin, director.
  54. MacGibbon, Ross, producer.
  55. MacGibbon, Ross, director.
  56. Dale, Margaret, 1922-2010, producer.
  57. Collins, Aletta, choreographer.
  58. Martland, Steve, composer.
  59. Cairns, Tom, 1952- set designer.
  60. Hogg, Joanna, director.
  61. José Limón Dance Company.
  62. Ballet Rambert.
  63. Royal Ballet.
  64. Siobhan Davies Dance (Firm)
  65. British Broadcasting Corporation.
  66. Arts Council of Great Britain.
  67. DHCA.
  68. Limón, José. Moor's pavane.
Added title
  1. Cruel garden (Choreographic work : Bruce and Kemp)
  2. Dream (Choreographic work : Ashton)
  3. Month in the country (Choreographic work : Ashton)
  4. White bird featherless (Choreographic work : Davies)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIDF 6957 Reels 3 and 4
  2. *MGZIA 4-2066 cassette 2 (former)
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