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The magic of dance, part II

Title
The magic of dance, part II [electronic resource]/ BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life TV and RM Productions, Munich ; producer, Patricia Foy.
Publication
U.K. : British Broadcasting Corporation, c1979.

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Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (60 min.) : sd., col.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the BBC.
Series Statement
Magic of dance ; Part II.
Uniform Title
  • Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)
  • Nuit (Choreographic work : Legat, N)
  • Rondino (Choreographic work : Pavlova)
  • Return of springtime (Choreographic work : Skeaping)
  • Giselle (Choreographic work)
  • Don Quixote (Choreographic work). Pas de deux.
  • Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work)
  • Petrouchka (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Educational/cultural films and programs.
  • Video.
Note
  • Part II: The ebb and flow.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Historical consultant, Ivor Guest.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator/host: Margot Fonteyn.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Contents
Anna Pavlova's memorial service. Excerpts of Pavlova dancing The dying swan (Fokine), La nuit (N. Legat), and Rondino (Pavlova) (10 min.) / danced by Pavlova -- Children of Theater Street (film) : brief excerpt -- Flore and Zephyr : the return of springtime (4 min. excerpt) / choreography, Mary Skeaping ; music, Cesare Bossi ; performed by Carolyn Sinclair, Matthew Hawkins, and Sue Nye -- John Durang's hornpipe reconstructed (3 min.) / danced by Wayne Sleep -- Giselle, Act II excerpt (ca. 3 min.) / danced by Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev -- Zapateado (1 min.) / danced by José de Udaeta -- Jota (3 min.) / danced by Esbart Dansaire de Rubi -- Don Quixote, opening adagio (5 min.) / danced by Yoko Morishita and Tetsutaro Shimizu -- Fonteyn discusses Tchaikovsky while touring his house in Russia (4 min.) -- The sleeping beauty, excerpt (ca. 5 min.) / danced by Fonteyn and the Royal Ballet -- Marie Rambert discusses Diaghilev (2 min.) -- Petrushka, scene II (4 min.) / choreography, Michel Fokine ; music, Stravinsky ; danced by Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Apollo, pas de deux (4 min.) / choreography, George Balanchine ; music, Stravinsky ; danced by Desmond Kelly and Vyvyan Lorrayne.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 7265
Title
The magic of dance, part II [electronic resource]/ BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life TV and RM Productions, Munich ; producer, Patricia Foy.
Imprint
U.K. : British Broadcasting Corporation, c1979.
Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
Series
Magic of dance ; Part II.
Performer
Narrator/host: Margot Fonteyn.
Credits
Historical consultant, Ivor Guest.
Summary
Second in a six-part series that surveys the history of theatrical dance (non-chronological).
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-146.
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Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991. Narrator
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931, dancer, choreographer.
Sleep, Wayne, dancer.
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.
Udaeta, José de, dancer.
Morishita, Yōko, 1948- dancer.
Shimizu, Tetsutaro, dancer.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
Rambert, Marie. Speaker
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- dancer.
Kelly, Desmond, dancer.
Lorrayne, Vyvyan, dancer.
Sinclair, Carolyn, dancer.
Hawkins, Matthew, dancer.
Nye, Sue, dancer.
Durang, John, 1768-1822, choreographer.
Foy, Patricia. Producer
Guest, Ivor, 1920-2018. Consultant
Legat, Nikolaĭ Gustavovich, 1869-1937, choreographer.
Skeaping, Mary, choreographer.
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991. Host
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.
Esbart Dansaire de Rubi.
Royal Ballet.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
DHCA.
Balanchine, George. Apollo
Added Title
Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)
Nuit (Choreographic work : Legat, N)
Rondino (Choreographic work : Pavlova)
Return of springtime (Choreographic work : Skeaping)
Giselle (Choreographic work)
Don Quixote (Choreographic work). Pas de deux.
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work)
Petrouchka (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Gift of the BBC.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 7265
*MGZIC 9-146 (former)
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