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Balanchine essays.

Title: Balanchine essays. Arabesque [electronic resource]/ produced by the George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. in association with Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc. ; artistic directors, conceived and written by Merrill Ashley and Suki Schorer ; executive producer, Barbara Horgan ; producer, Catherine Tatge ; director, Merrill Brockway.
Publication: New York, NY : George Balanchine Foundation, Inc., c1994.

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Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (45 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

Drawing upon their experience as principal dancers with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley provide a detailed analysis and demonstration of the ballet step arabesque, according to the principles of Balanchine technique. Schorer, a longtime teacher at the School of American Ballet, sets exercises intended to help the dancer learn and practice correct form, and both she and Ashley recall images Balanchine used in class to elicit desired movement qualities from the dancers. Brief phrases from Balanchine's ballets illustrate the choreographic application of Balanchine technique. Excerpts from The nutcracker and Serenade open and close the program.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of The George Balanchine Foundation.
Gift of Marilyn Dean Schwalm, additional copy.

Alternative Title

Arabesque.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Instruction.
Video.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Musical director and pianist, Gordon Boelzner.

Performer (note)

Instructors: Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley.
Demonstrators: Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, and Rebecca Metzger.

Event (note)

Recorded on June 28, 1994.

Funding (note)

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Contents

Arabesque pliée -- Arabesque with relevé -- Arabesque penchée -- Arabesque elongée -- Arabesque piquée / illustrated by an excerpt from Symphony in C -- Arabesque sautée / excerpt from Donizetti variations -- Arabesque sissone [on pointe] / excerpt from Divertimento no. 15 -- Arabesque sissone [jumping] -- Arabesque traveling backward / excerpt from Raymonda variations -- Arabesque traveling forward / excerpt from Swan lake -- Hops on pointe / excerpt from Raymonda variations -- [Arabesque falling off-balance] / excerpts from Divertimento no. 15 and The four temperaments.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 9130

OCLC

NYPY95-F651

Title

Balanchine essays. Arabesque [electronic resource]/ produced by the George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. in association with Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc. ; artistic directors, conceived and written by Merrill Ashley and Suki Schorer ; executive producer, Barbara Horgan ; producer, Catherine Tatge ; director, Merrill Brockway.

Imprint

New York, NY : George Balanchine Foundation, Inc., c1994.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Credits

Musical director and pianist, Gordon Boelzner.

Performer

Instructors: Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley.

Demonstrators: Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, and Rebecca Metzger.

Event

Recorded on June 28, 1994.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4787.

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Ashley, Merrill. Conceptor. Teacher

Schorer, Suki. Conceptor. Teacher

Edwards, Jeffrey, dancer.

Fason, Maydelle, dancer.

Metzger, Rebecca, dancer.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Boelzner, Gordon. Instrumentalist

Horgan, Barbara. Producer

Tatge, Catherine. Producer

Brockway, Merrill. Director

George Balanchine Foundation.

Tatge/Lasseur Productions.

DHCA.

Added Title

Arabesque.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 9130

*MGZIC 9-4787 (former)

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