Research Catalog

Essential ballet stars of Russian ballet from Covent Garden, London and Red Square, Moscow

Title: Essential ballet [videorecording] : stars of Russian ballet from Covent Garden, London and Red Square, Moscow / presented by Philips Video Classics.
Publication: New York, N.Y. : PolyGram Video, c1993.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Filter by

1 Item

Item details
Status	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIA 4-3054	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

Details

Additional Authors

Description

1 videocassette (117 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Compilation of two recordings of ballet performances: The Kirov Ballet at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden (ca. 58 min. total) and Red Square invites (ca. 59 min. total), an open air performance.

Uniform Title

Paquita (Choreographic work)
Swan lake (Choreographic work). Act II, Pas de deux.
Leaves are fading (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Vaĭnonen)
Diana and Acteon (Choreographic work : Vaganova)
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work). Grand pas de deux.
Corsair (Choreographic work) Pas de deux.
An︠i︡uta (Choreographic work : Vasil'ev)
Firebird (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)
Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M) Pas de deux.
Philips video classics.

Alternative Title

Kirov Ballet at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
Red Square invites

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Credits for choreography and music from wrapper.

Contents

The Kirov Ballet at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden: a gala performance in the presence of Her Royal Highness the Princess of Wales / co-produced by the Royal Opera House Covent Garden and Floral Street Productions, c1992 ; directed for television by John Michael Phillips ; produced by Jane Pleydell-Bouverie ; executive producers, Revel Guest, Christopher Higham ; danced by the Kirov Ballet with the Vaganova Ballet Academy ; music performed by the Kirov Orchestra of Petersburg, conducted by Valery Gergiev and Viktor Fedotov. Eugene Onegin: Act III, polonaise [instrumental work] (ca. 6 min.) / music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
Paquita: polonaise and mazurka (ca. 4 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Ludwig Minkus ; danced by children from the Vaganova Ballet Academy.
Swan lake: [Act II], adagio (ca. 10 min.) / choreography, Ludmilla Ulanova ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by Julia Makhalina, Andris Liepa, and corps de ballet.
The leaves are fading: pas de deux (ca. 7 min.) / choreography, Antony Tudor, staged by Airi Hynninen ; music, Antonín Dvořák ; danced by Altynai Asylmuratova and Konstantin Zaklinsky.
Russian dance (ca. 4 min.) / choreography not credited ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky [from Swan lake] ; danced by Olga Chenchikova.
The nutcracker: pas de trois (ca. 4 min.) / choreography, V[asily] Vainonen ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by children from the Vaganova Ballet Academy.
Diana and Actaeon: pas de deux (ca. 12 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa and Agrippina Vaganova ; music, Riccardo Drigo ; danced by Larisa Lezhnina, Farukh Ruzimatov, and corps de ballet.
Paquita: grand pas (ca. 11 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Ludwig Minkus ; danced by Olga Chenchikova, Makhar Vasiev, and corps de ballet.
Red Square invites / produced by AVL Broadcast for Intertheatre, c1992 ; directed by Peter Faiman ; produced by Andy Ward ; executive producer, Andrew Somper ; festival director, Omari Sokhadze ; artistic director, Frank Andersen ; music performed by the Moscow Radio Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Alexander Sotnikov. Sleeping beauty: Act III, grand pas de deux (ca. 6 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by Nina Ananiashvili and Alexei Fadeyechev.
Le corsaire: pas de deux (ca. 6 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Adolphe Adam ; danced by Margarita Kulik and Farukh Ruzimatov ; adagio and coda only.
Giselle: Act II, pas de deux (ca. 7 min.) / choreography, Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot ; music, Adolphe Adam ; danced by Carole Arbo and Kader Belarbi [of the Paris Opéra Ballet].
Aniuta (ca. 12 min.) / choreography, Vladimir Vasil'ev ; music, Valery Gavrilin ; danced by Yekaterina Maximova and Vladimir Vasil'ev.
The firebird suite (ca. 9 min.) / title on wrapper: The firebird: Firebird and the prince ; choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Igor Stravinsky ; danced by Ilse Liepa and Andris Liepa.
Dying swan (ca. 6 min.) / choreography, Michel Fokine ; music, Camille Saint-Saëns (from Carneval des animaux) ; danced by Maya Plisetskaya.
Don Quixote: grand pas de deux (ca. 10 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Ludwig Minkus ; danced by Nina Ananiashvili and Kader Belarbi.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3054

OCLC

NYPY98-F2978

Title

Essential ballet [videorecording] : stars of Russian ballet from Covent Garden, London and Red Square, Moscow / presented by Philips Video Classics.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : PolyGram Video, c1993.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Local Subject

Child dancers.

Ballet -- Character dancing.

Open air performances.

Added Author

Makhalina, ︠I︡uli︠i︡a, dancer.

Liepa, Andris, dancer.

Lezhnina, Larissa, dancer.

Ruzimatov, Farukh, dancer.

Asylmuratova, Altynai, dancer.

Zaklinskiĭ, Konstantin, dancer.

Chenchikova, Ol'ga, dancer.

Vaziev, Makhar, dancer.

Ananiashvili, Nina, dancer.

Fadeechev, Alekseĭ, dancer.

Kullik, Margarita, dancer.

Arbo, Carole, dancer.

Belarbi, Kader, dancer.

Maksimova, Ekaterina, dancer.

Vasilʹev, Vladimir Viktorovich, 1940- dancer.

Liepa, Ilze, dancer.

Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015, dancer.

Diana, Princess of Wales, 1961-1997.

Gergiev, Valeriĭ, 1953- Conductor

Fedotov, Viktor. Conductor

Sotnikov, Aleksandr. Conductor

Phillips, John Michael. Director

Pleydell-Bouverie, Jane. Producer

Guest, Revel. Producer

Faiman, Peter. Director

Andersen, Frank. Director

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.

Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987, choreographer.

Vaĭnonen, V., choreographer.

Vaganova, A. ︠I︡A. (Agrippina ︠I︡Akovlevna), 1879-1951, choreographer.

Vasilʹev, Vladimir Viktorovich, 1940- choreographer.

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.

Leningradskiĭ gosudarstvennyĭ akademicheskiĭ teatr opery i baleta imeni S.M. Kirova.

Kirov Ballet Academy.

Royal Opera House (London, England)

Floral Street Productions Ltd.

Intertheatre (Firm)

DHCA.

Coralli, Jean, 1779-1854. Giselle

Added Title

Paquita (Choreographic work)

Swan lake (Choreographic work). Act II, Pas de deux.

Leaves are fading (Choreographic work : Tudor)

Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Vaĭnonen)

Diana and Acteon (Choreographic work : Vaganova)

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work). Grand pas de deux.

Corsair (Choreographic work) Pas de deux.

An︠i︡uta (Choreographic work : Vasil'ev)

Firebird (Choreographic work : Fokin)

Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M) Pas de deux.

Philips video classics.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3054

View in Legacy Catalog