Research Catalog

Title

Jazz calendar [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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Details

Additional Authors

• Hanniford, Jan
• Anderson, Cynthia
• McKenzie, Kevin
• Corkle, Francesca
• Chryst, Gary
• Huffman, Gregory
• Gehm, Charlene
• Slagle, Lisa
• Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
• Worth, Faith.
• Bennett, Richard Rodney.
• Joffrey Ballet.
• DHCA.

Description

3 videodiscs (NTSC) (61 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

The sections of the ballet, titled after days of the week, are rehearsed out of sequence and with repetitions of material.

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 from original containers ; date from original container of cassette 2.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, at City Center, New York, on March 22, 1977, and other dates (?).

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.

Contents

• Disc 1 (28 min.): Monday (ca. 7 min.) / solo danced first by Jan Hanniford, then by Cynthia Anderson -- Tuesday (ca. 4 min.) / danced by Francesca Corkle, Kevin McKenzie, and unidentified man -- Thursday (ca. 6 min.) / danced by Gary Chryst and six women -- Friday (ca. 5 min.) / danced by Ingrid Fraley (?) and Gregory Huffman -- Thursday (ca. 6 min.) / danced by an unidentified man and six women.
• Disc 2 (23 min.): Sunday (ca. 5 min.) / danced by Lisa Slagle with Jan Hanniford, Gary Chryst, and other cast members -- Sunday (ca. 5 min.) / recorded on a different day ; danced by Lisa Slagle, Cynthia Anderson, Gary Chryst, and other cast members. The finale of this section is danced only by the male ensemble of the Saturday section -- Breakdown of the finale (ca. 12 min. total). Different groups of dancers take turns performing their own parts of the finale. In order of appearance, the groups are: Tuesday ; Thursday (male soloist) and Sunday (female soloist) ; Friday and Monday ; Thursday (three women) ; Thursday (three women) ; Wednesday ; Saturday (four men) ; Saturday (four men).
• Disc 3 (11 min.): Wednesday (ca. 6 min.) / danced by Charlene Gehm and four men -- Saturday (ca. 5 min.) / danced by nine men.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1959

OCLC

NYPY98-F2745

Title

Jazz calendar [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 the Joffrey Ballet.

Event

Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, at City Center, New York, on March 22, 1977, and other dates (?).

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 9-5323.

Added Author

Hanniford, Jan, dancer.

Anderson, Cynthia, dancer.

McKenzie, Kevin, dancer.

Corkle, Francesca, dancer.

Chryst, Gary, dancer.

Huffman, Gregory, dancer.

Gehm, Charlene, dancer.

Slagle, Lisa, dancer.

Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.

Worth, Faith. Director

Worth, Faith. Restager

Bennett, Richard Rodney. Composer

Joffrey Ballet.

DHCA.

Added Title

Jazz calendar (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1959