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[Dance films by Ann Barzel]

Title
[Dance films by Ann Barzel] [videorecording]
Publication
1940-1956.

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Description
2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (70 min.) : si., b&w and col.; 3/4 in.
Donor/Sponsor
Ann Barzel Collection.
Uniform Title
  • Giselle (Choreographic work : Dolin after Coralli and Perrot)
  • Aurora's wedding (Choreographic work : Dolin after Petipa, M)
  • Fille mal gardée (Choreographic work : Nijinska)
  • Harlequinade (Choreographic work : Romanoff, B)
  • Schumann concerto (Choreographic work : Nijinska)
  • Peter and the wolf (Choreographic work : Bolm)
  • Helen of Troy (Choreographic work : Lichine)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title from information provided by donor.
Event (note)
  • Filmed in performance at various locations and dates by Ann Barzel.
Contents
  • Cassette 1. Giselle (ca. 18 min., b&w) / recorded in performance, possibly at Chicago Opera House in 1940 ; choreography, Anton Dolin after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot ; scenery and costumes, Lucinda Ballard ; danced by Ballet Theatre: Nana Gollner (Giselle), Anton Dolin (Albrecht), and others.
  • Princess Aurora (ca. 18 min., b&w and col.) / recorded in several performances with different principal dancers, location(s) and date(s) not identified ; edited for continuity, but with some repetition ; choreography, Anton Dolin after Marius Petipa ; scenery and costumes, Michel Baronov after Léon Bakst ; danced by Ballet Theatre (multiple casts): Alicia Markova (?) (Aurora), Irina Baronova (Aurora), Alicia Alonso (Aurora), Nora Kaye (?) (Aurora), Igor Youskevitch (Bluebird), and others.
  • La fille mal gardée (ca. 7 min., col.) / recorded in three performances, the first [with titles on frame] at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 1942, the second and third possibly in Chicago in the early 1950s ; choreography, Bronislava Nijinska after Jean Dauberval ; danced by Ballet Theatre ; first segment danced by Irina Baronova (Lisette), Dimitri Romanoff (Colin), Simon Semenoff (Mme. Simone), and others ; second segment danced by Nana Gollner (Lisette), John Kriza (Colin), and others ; third segment danced by Alicia Alonso (Lisette), Kriza, and others.
  • Harlequinade (ca. 4 min., b&w) / recorded in performance in 1956 ; choreography, Boris Romanoff ; costumes, Rolf Gerard and Eugene Berman (from Devil's holiday and Le bourgeois gentilhomme) ; danced by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo: Eugene Slavin (Pierrot), Igor Youskevitch (Harlequin), Alicia Alonso (Columbine), and others.
  • Schumann concerto (ca. 2 min., b&w) / recorded in performance in 1951 ; choreography, Bronislava Nijinska ; scenery and costumes, Stewart Chaney ; danced by Ballet Theatre: Alicia Alonso, Igor Youskevitch, Eric Braun, Erik Bruhn, Royes Fernandez, and others.
  • Peter and the wolf (ca. 11 min., b&w) / recorded in two performances in 1940 ; choreography, Adolph Bolm ; scenery and costumes, Lucinda Ballard ; danced by Ballet Theatre: Eugene Loring (Peter), Alicia Alonso (bird), Karen Conrad (duck), Nina Stroganova (cat), David Nillo (wolf), and others.
  • Cassette 2. Helen of Troy (ca. 10 min., col.) / recorded in several performances, with different principal dancers, location(s) and dates not identified ; choreography, David Lichine ; libretto, Lichine and Antal Dorati ; scenery and costumes, Marcel Vertès ; danced by Ballet Theatre (multiple casts): Diana Adams (Helen), Maria Karnilova (Helen), Igor Youskevitch (Paris), André Eglevsky (Paris), Tommy Rall (?) (Paris), Melissa Hayden (Chrisothemis), Zachary Solov (Orestes), Jerome Robbins (Hermes), John Kriza (Hermes), and others.
Call Number
*MGZHB 20-2517
Title
[Dance films by Ann Barzel] [videorecording]
Imprint
1940-1956.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Event
Filmed in performance at various locations and dates by Ann Barzel.
Summary
Compilation of excerpts from seven ballets presented by Ballet Theatre and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Local Subject
Comedy in dance.
Added Author
Gollner, Nana, dancer.
Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004, dancer.
Baronova, Irina, dancer.
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, dancer.
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987, dancer.
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994, dancer.
Romanoff, Dimitri, 1907-1994, dancer.
Semenoff, Simon, 1908-1987, dancer.
Kriza, John, 1919-1975, dancer.
Slavin, Eugene, dancer.
Braun, Eric, dancer.
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986, dancer.
Fernandez, Royes, dancer.
Loring, Eugene, 1911-1982, dancer.
Conrad, Karen, dancer.
Stroganova, Nina, dancer.
Nillo, David, dancer.
Adams, Diana, dancer.
Karnilova, Maria, dancer.
Eglevsky, André, dancer.
Rall, Tommy, dancer.
Hayden, Melissa, dancer.
Solov, Zachary, 1923- dancer.
Robbins, Jerome, dancer.
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983, choreographer, dancer.
Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972, choreographer.
Romanoff, Boris, 1891-1957, choreographer.
Bolm, Adolf, 1894-1951, choreographer.
Lichine, David, choreographer.
Barzel, Ann, cinematographer.
American Ballet Theatre.
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
DHCA.
Added Title
Giselle (Choreographic work : Dolin after Coralli and Perrot)
Aurora's wedding (Choreographic work : Dolin after Petipa, M)
Fille mal gardée (Choreographic work : Nijinska)
Harlequinade (Choreographic work : Romanoff, B)
Schumann concerto (Choreographic work : Nijinska)
Peter and the wolf (Choreographic work : Bolm)
Helen of Troy (Choreographic work : Lichine)
Ann Barzel Collection.
Research Call Number
*MGZHB 20-2517 Additional copy ; 1 film reel (1552 ft.) si. at sd. speed. 16 mm
*MGZIC 9-3592
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