Brigadoon rehearsal, 10/18/96, 7:00-10:00PM [electronic resource]/ [presented by] New York City Opera ; book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner ; music by Frederick Loewe ; original choreography by Agnes de Mille ; choreography recreation and additional choreography by Gemze de Lappe.
3 streaming video files (NTSC) (139 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
Rehearsal of dances from the musical Brigadoon, supervised by Randall Graham and Gemze de Lappe. The rehearsal begins with the Wedding dance, which leads into the Sword dance, which in turn leads into the Reel. A section of the dance I'll go home with bonnie Jean is performed at the close of the rehearsal. The dancers listed include alternates who may not necessarily appear on camera. Graham and the dancers occasionally consult a video of a performance by students of the North Carolina School of the Arts, recorded in May 1996.
Cassette 1 (ca. 51 min.). Wedding dance / performed by Elizabeth Ferrell and mixed ensemble -- Sword dance / performed by Robert La Fosse and male ensemble -- Cassette 2 (ca. 58 min.). Sword dance, continued -- Reel / performed by Elizabeth Ferrell, Robert La Fosse, and mixed ensemble -- Cassette 3. Wedding dance, Sword dance, Reel (ca. 14 min.) -- I'll go home with bonnie Jean (ca. 16 min.) / performed by Robert La Fosse, Joan Mirabella (standing in for Leslie Browne, who plays the role of Maggie), and mixed ensemble.
Call number
*MGZIDVD 5-7955
Note
Title devised by staff of Jerome Robbins Archive.
Recording made possible by the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library, with the cooperation of Gemze de Lappe, Randall Graham, David Grossberg, Floria Lasky, John McGlinn, Terrence S. Orr, Keith Viagas, the Agnes de Mille Foundation, New York City Opera, New York City Opera Ballet, and New York City Opera Orchestra.
Access (note)
Closed.
Credits (note)
Assistant to Ms. de Lappe, Randall Graham ; conductor, John McGlinn ; ballet mistress, Jessica Redel ; assistant to ballet mistress, Esperanza Galan.
Event (note)
Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in the main hall studio of New York State Theater, New York, on October 18, 1996, 7:00-10:00PM, by Jay Millard of Harmill Communications.
Funding (note)
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Title
Brigadoon rehearsal, 10/18/96, 7:00-10:00PM [electronic resource]/ [presented by] New York City Opera ; book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner ; music by Frederick Loewe ; original choreography by Agnes de Mille ; choreography recreation and additional choreography by Gemze de Lappe.
Imprint
c1996.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Performer
Women dancers: Elizabeth Ferrell (performing the role of Jean MacLaren), Jean Barber, Erica Fischbach, Stephanie Godino, Susannah Israel, Candace Itow, Ruth-Ellen Kroll, Joan Mirabella, Deirdre Sheehan, Martha Chapman-Verges, Violetta Klimczewska, Teresa Jankowski, Deanna McBrearty.
Men dancers: Robert La Fosse (performing the role of Harry Beaton), Tim Foster, Gary Giffune, Tyler Ingram, Terry Lacy, Brandon L. Saxon, Philipp Verges, Yuriy Vodolaga, William Ward, John Radwick.
Pianist: Susan Woodruff Versage.
Credits
Assistant to Ms. de Lappe, Randall Graham ; conductor, John McGlinn ; ballet mistress, Jessica Redel ; assistant to ballet mistress, Esperanza Galan.
Restricted access
Closed.
Event
Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in the main hall studio of New York State Theater, New York, on October 18, 1996, 7:00-10:00PM, by Jay Millard of Harmill Communications.
Funding
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.