1 streaming video file (28 min., 38 sec.) : si., col.; 1/2 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Donated in memory of Michael Truppin.
Series statement
Through the lens of Michael Truppin.
Genre/Form
Dance.
Motion pictures.
Contents
Agon [excerpts] (ca. 15 min.) / filmed ca. 1964 ; choreography, George Balanchine, to music by Igor Stravinsky ; danced by Suzanne Farrell, Gloria Govrin, Anthony Blum, Arthur Mitchell, and ensemble. First pas de trois danced by Blum and two women ; second pas de trois danced by Govrin and two men ; pas de deux danced by Farrell and Mitchell.
The nutcracker: Act II, pas de deux [excerpt] (ca. 7 min.) / filmed on January 5, 1966 ; choreography, George Balanchine, to music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; scenery and lighting, Rouben Ter-Arutunian ; costumes, Karinska ; danced by Allegra Kent (Sugar Plum Fairy) and Conrad Ludlow (her Cavalier). The ending is filmed twice.
Call number
*MGZIDF 9395
Note
Title for The nutcracker from information on original film can.
Silent films originally photographed ca. 1964 and in 1969 ; compiled and transferred to videotape with titles added in 1995 by the Dance Collection.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer (note)
Danced by New York City Ballet.
Event (note)
Filmed in performance at New York State Theater, New York, ca. 1964 and 1966 (see below).
Funding (note)
Preservation of these films photographed by Dr. Michael Truppin was made possible through the cooperation of Andrea Truppin, Nicola Truppin, Dr. Ada Truppin, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library, with the support of Paul Lepercq.
Title
New York City Ballet [videorecording] / photographed by Michael Truppin.
Imprint
1964?-1966, c1995.
Series
Through the lens of Michael Truppin.
Event
Filmed in performance at New York State Theater, New York, ca. 1964 and 1966 (see below).
Performer
Danced by New York City Ballet.
Funding
Preservation of these films photographed by Dr. Michael Truppin was made possible through the cooperation of Andrea Truppin, Nicola Truppin, Dr. Ada Truppin, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library, with the support of Paul Lepercq.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.