Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Jackson, Denise
2. Huffman, Gregory
3. Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
4. Shaw, Brian, 1928-1992.
5. Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864.
6. Lambert, Constant, 1905-1951.
7. Joffrey Ballet.
8. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (31 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Rehearsal conducted by Brian Shaw of the Royal Ballet, who staged the revival. Robert Joffrey, artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet, also appears intermittently on camera. There are numerous interruptions and repetitions of the choreography as Shaw explains and demonstrates fine points of technique and performance.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joffrey Ballet.

Series statement

1. Joffrey Ballet Collection.

Uniform title

1. Patineurs (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Dance rehearsals.

Contents

1. Pas de trois (ca. 4 min.) / danced twice by two different casts.
2. Excerpts from the pas des patineurs and second group dance (ca. 15 min.) / danced by the four couples without the soloists, with alternate cast members visible in background.
3. Pas de deux (ca. 12 min.) / danced four times by two couples, Tom van Cauwenbergh (?) and Ingrid Fraley (?), and Denise Jackson and Gregory Huffman.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1982

Note

1. Title and date from original container.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, to piano accompaniment, in New York, on September 23, 1977.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Les patineurs [videorecording] : [excerpts] / [presented by] the Joffrey Ballet ; choreography by Frederick Ashton, staged by Brian Shaw ; music by Giacomo Meyerbeer, arranged by Constant Lambert.

Imprint

1. 1977.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Joffrey Ballet Collection.

Event

1. Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, to piano accompaniment, in New York, on September 23, 1977.

Performer

1. Danced by the Joffrey Ballet.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-5352.

Added author

1. Jackson, Denise, dancer.
2. Huffman, Gregory, dancer.
3. Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.
4. Shaw, Brian, 1928-1992. Restager
5. Shaw, Brian, 1928-1992. Teacher
6. Meyerbeer, Giacomo, 1791-1864. Composer
7. Lambert, Constant, 1905-1951. Arranger
8. Joffrey Ballet.
9. DHCA.

Added title

1. Patineurs (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1982