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Epode

Title
Epode [videorecording] / [presented by] the Joffrey Ballet ; choreography by Gerald Arpino ; music by Dmitri Shostakovich.
Publication
1979.

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Additional Authors
  • Miller, Patricia
  • Arpino, Gerald
  • Doubrovska, Felia, 1896-1981.
  • Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
  • Joffrey Ballet.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (30 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Compilation of footage from three different studio rehearsals. In the first rehearsal (ca. 12 min.), choreographer Gerald Arpino works with the cast on selected sections of the ballet, without musical accompaniment; there are numerous repetitions. The second rehearsal (ca. 7 min.) is a complete run-through with music. The third rehearsal (ca. 11 min.), is a run-through with a brief interruption and some repetition about halfway through the piece; following the end of the piece, the final three min. are repeated.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Joffrey Ballet.
Series Statement
Joffrey Ballet Collection
Uniform Title
Epode (Choreographic work : Arpino)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Title and dates from original container.
  • Music for Epode is Ballet suite, no. 2 by Dmitrii Shostakovich.
  • Epode was written as a tribute to Felia Doubrovska.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in studio rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, in New York, on Jan. 17, March 28, and April 27, 1979.
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 5-1805
OCLC
NYPY98-F2728
Title
Epode [videorecording] / [presented by] the Joffrey Ballet ; choreography by Gerald Arpino ; music by Dmitri Shostakovich.
Imprint
1979.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Joffrey Ballet Collection
Performer
Danced by members of the Joffrey Ballet: Patricia Miller and four male dancers, possibly Glenn White, Laurence Blake, Michael Bjerknes, and Andrew Levinson.
Event
Videotaped in studio rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, in New York, on Jan. 17, March 28, and April 27, 1979.
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 9-5306.
Added Author
Miller, Patricia, dancer.
Arpino, Gerald, choreographer.
Doubrovska, Felia, 1896-1981.
Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Instrumental music. Selections; arranged.
Joffrey Ballet.
DHCA.
Added Title
Epode (Choreographic work : Arpino)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-1805
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