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Ballet your first steps

Title
Ballet [videorecording] : your first steps / [produced by] Visual Pursuits Film and Video Production for Castle Communications ; directed by Simon Bisset ; produced by Sebastian Bone ; choreography and instruction by Caryl Griffith.
Publication
U.K. : Castle Vision, c1996, c1992.

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Additional Authors
  • Griffith, Caryl
  • Sibley, Antoinette.
  • Hughesdon, Lisa
  • Bisset, Simon.
  • Castle Vision (Firm)
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (55 min.) : sd., col. PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Basic-level ballet class, performed by students aged 8-12, with more advanced versions of the steps demonstrated by Lisa Hughesdon. The class is preceded by an interview with Antoinette Sibley, a former principal ballerina with the Royal Ballet, who discusses her dance training and her view of pre-class warmups, and recommends some ballets for new balletgoers. Following the class, Lisa Hughesdon dances the Sugar Plum Fairy's variation from The nutcracker.
Series Statement
Learn to dance
Uniform Title
Nutcracker (Choreographic work). Sugar plum fairy variation.
Alternative Title
First steps in ballet
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Instruction.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Note
  • Previously released under the title First steps in ballet.
Credits (note)
  • Executive producer, Angela Pegg ; music, James Vine ; lighting, David Johnson.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewee: Antoinette Sibley.
  • Ballet demonstrator: Lisa Hughesdon.
  • Narrator: John Anthony.
  • Pianist: James Vine.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3677
OCLC
NYPY99-F1242
Title
Ballet [videorecording] : your first steps / [produced by] Visual Pursuits Film and Video Production for Castle Communications ; directed by Simon Bisset ; produced by Sebastian Bone ; choreography and instruction by Caryl Griffith.
Imprint
U.K. : Castle Vision, c1996, c1992.
Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
Series
Learn to dance
Credits
Executive producer, Angela Pegg ; music, James Vine ; lighting, David Johnson.
Performer
Interviewee: Antoinette Sibley.
Ballet demonstrator: Lisa Hughesdon.
Narrator: John Anthony.
Pianist: James Vine.
Added Author
Griffith, Caryl, choreographer, dancer.
Sibley, Antoinette. Speaker
Hughesdon, Lisa, dancer.
Bisset, Simon. Director
Castle Vision (Firm)
DHCA.
Added Title
Nutcracker (Choreographic work). Sugar plum fairy variation.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3677
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