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Jazz calendar : [excerpt]

Title
Jazz calendar : [excerpt] [videorecording] / [presented by] the Joffrey Ballet ; choreography by Frederick Ashton ; directed and staged by Faith Worth from the Benesh notation score ; music by Richard Rodney Bennett.
Publication
1977.

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Additional Authors
  • Somes, Michael, 1917-1994.
  • Chryst, Gary
  • Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
  • Worth, Faith.
  • Bennett, Richard Rodney.
  • Joffrey Ballet.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (12 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Rehearsal of the male dancer's choreography for the Thursday section of the ballet. The six women in this section do not appear on this recording. The tape begins with a man rehearsing segments of the choreography to directions from off-camera by Michael Somes of the Royal Ballet (ca. 2 1/2 min.). Gary Chryst then dances the choreography in full, to piano accompaniment (ca. 5 min.). A third man, shadowed by two others who appear intermittently on camera, repeats the choreography (ca. 5 min.).
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Joffrey Ballet.
Series Statement
Joffrey Ballet Collection.
Uniform Title
Jazz calendar (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Title and date from original container.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York, on March 22, 1977.
Funding (note)
  • 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)
  • DVD.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1960
OCLC
NYPY98-F2748
Title
Jazz calendar : [excerpt] [videorecording] / [presented by] the Joffrey Ballet ; choreography by Frederick Ashton ; directed and staged by Faith Worth from the Benesh notation score ; music by Richard Rodney Bennett.
Imprint
1977.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Joffrey Ballet Collection.
Performer
Danced by members of the Joffrey Ballet: Gary Chryst and others.
Event
Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York, on March 22, 1977.
Funding
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
DVD.
Local Note
Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-5326.
Local Subject
Male dancing.
Added Author
Somes, Michael, 1917-1994. Commentator
Chryst, Gary, dancer.
Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.
Worth, Faith. Restager. Director
Bennett, Richard Rodney. Composer
Joffrey Ballet.
DHCA.
Added Title
Jazz calendar (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1960
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