1 streaming video file (NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col.
Alternative title
Agon.
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Contents
Square dance (ca. 27 min.) / music, Arcangelo Corelli and Antonio Vivaldi ; performed by Kyra Nichols and Nikolaj Hübbe, with Wendy Drapala, Tatiana Garcia-Stefanovich, Isabel Kimmel, Sherri LeBlanc, Andrea Long, Miriam Mahdaviani, Sant'gria Bello, Michael Byars, Tom Gold, Arch Higgins, Robert Wersinger, and Todd Williams.
Agon (ca. 31 min.) / music, Igor Stravinsky ; performed by Darci Kistler, Wendy Whelan, Peter Boal, Nikolaj Hübbe, with Zippora Karz, Kathleen Tracey, Albert Evans, Arch Higgins, and Aura Dixon, Michele Gifford, Romy Karz, and Melissa Walter ; cast: Part I, Pas de quatre / performed by four men -- Double pas de quatre / performed by eight women -- Triple pas de quatre / performed by eight women and four men -- Part II, First pas de trois: Sarabande / performed by Boal -- Gailliard / performed by Zippora Karz and Tracey -- Coda / performed by Boal, Zippora Karz, and Tracey -- Second pas de trois: Bransle simple / performed by Evans and Higgins -- Bransle gay / performed by Whelan -- Bransle double (de Poitou) / performed by Whelan, Evans, and Higgins -- Pas de deux / performed by Kistler and Hübbe -- Part III, Danse des quatre duos / performed by four duos -- Danse des quatre trios / performed by four trios -- Coda / performed by four men.
Call number
*MGZIC 9-4294B
Note
Recording made possible by cooperation of the New York City Ballet, The George Balanchine Trust, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performer (note)
Performed by New York City Ballet.
Conductor: Hugo Fiorato.
Event (note)
Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on May 20, 1993, during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Jay Millard. Close shot version ; for wide shot, see *MGZIC 9-4294A.
Funding (note)
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.
Terms of use (note)
Copyright: Square dance choreography by George Balanchine (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
Copyright: Agon choreography by George Balanchine (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
Title
Square dance ; [and] Agon [Close shot] [electronic resource] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine.
Imprint
c1993.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Performer
Performed by New York City Ballet.
Conductor: Hugo Fiorato.
Credits
Lighting, Mark Stanley.
Event
Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on May 20, 1993, during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Jay Millard. Close shot version ; for wide shot, see *MGZIC 9-4294A.
Funding
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.
Terms of use
Copyright: Square dance choreography by George Balanchine (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
Copyright: Agon choreography by George Balanchine (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.