Research Catalog

Title

Maria Tallchief coaching excerpts from Symphony in C [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; [video] director and producer, Catherine Tatge ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Georges Bizet.

Publication

U.S. : The George Balanchine Foundation, Inc., c1996.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Tallchief, Maria.
• Somogyi, Jennie
• Balanchine, George
• Croce, Arlene.
• Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
• McDill, Nancy.
• Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875.
• Tatge, Catherine.
• Brooks, Virginia Loring.
• Grange, Roger.
• Balanchine, George.
• New York City Ballet.
• George Balanchine Foundation.
• International Cultural Programming, Inc.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (77 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of The George Balanchine Foundation.

Series Statement

George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.

Alternative Title

Maria Tallchief coaching ballerina variation, 1st movement, from Symphony in C

Subjects

• Balanchine, George
• Video
• Dance
• Interviews
• Balanchine, George > Symphony in C
• Interpretation in dance performance

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Interviews.
• Video.

Note

• Title on list of The George Balanchine Foundation video archives: Maria Tallchief coaching ballerina variation, 1st movement, from Symphony in C.

Credits (note)

• Camera, Roger Grange ; sound, Dale Whitman ; editing, Virginia Brooks ; associate producers, Beth Barbre, Martine Britell ; production company, International Cultural Programming, Inc.

Performer (note)

• Pianist: Nancy McDill.
• Interviewers: Arlene Croce, Nancy Reynolds.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at the New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, on June 28, 1995.

Contents

• First movement, ballerina's variation (ca. 65 min.).
• Interview with Maria Tallchief (ca. 12 min.) / Tallchief recalls the premiere of the ballet, then titled Le palais de cristal, by the Paris Opéra Ballet in 1947, and describes some of the dancers who performed in it, notably Lycette Darsonval (who created the variation on this tape), Jacqueline Moreau, and Micheline Bardin. She demonstrates how some of the choreography shows the influence of the Paris Opéra Ballet style, and analyzes details of Balanchine's choreography. She also discusses the New York City Ballet's 1948 production of the ballet, retitled Symphony in C, in which she danced the variation on this tape.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3016

OCLC

• 39032562
• NYPY98-F1392

Title

Maria Tallchief coaching excerpts from Symphony in C [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; [video] director and producer, Catherine Tatge ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Georges Bizet.

Imprint

U.S. : The George Balanchine Foundation, Inc., c1996.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.

Event

Videotaped at the New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, on June 28, 1995.

Credits

Camera, Roger Grange ; sound, Dale Whitman ; editing, Virginia Brooks ; associate producers, Beth Barbre, Martine Britell ; production company, International Cultural Programming, Inc.

Performer

Danced by Jennie Somogyi of the New York City Ballet.

Pianist: Nancy McDill.

Interviewers: Arlene Croce, Nancy Reynolds.

Local Subject

Interpretation in dance performance.

Added Author

Tallchief, Maria. Interviewee

Somogyi, Jennie, dancer.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Croce, Arlene. Interviewer

Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- Interviewer

McDill, Nancy. Instrumentalist

Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875. Composer

Tatge, Catherine. Producer. Director

Brooks, Virginia Loring.

Grange, Roger.

New York City Ballet.

George Balanchine Foundation.

International Cultural Programming, Inc.

DHCA.

Balanchine, George. Symphony in C.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3016