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Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

Title: Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre [electronic resource] / artistic direction by Nicolas Petrov.
Publication: 1971.

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Description

3 streaming video files (NTSC) (126 min.) : sd., b&w.

Summary

Footage of a complete rehearsal of Romeo and Juliet, interspersed with rehearsals of other works.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Nicolas Petrov.

Uniform Title

Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Petrov)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Dance rehearsals.

Note

Titles of works, company and date from original cases.
Additional credits from house programs, including program for a performance of Romeo and Juliet, October 8 and 10, 1971.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, in Pittsburgh, Pa., on December 4, 1971. Some of the dancers in Romeo and Juliet wear full or partial costumes.

Funding (note)

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Contents

Reel 1. Gopak [excerpt] (ca. 4 min.) / choreography, Nicolas Petrov ; music, Galperin/Khachaturian.
Romeo and Juliet. Act I (ca. 42 min.) / choreography, Nicolas Petrov ; music, Sergey Prokofiev ; libretto, Leonid Lavrovsky, based on the play by William Shakespeare ; costumes, Henry Heymann ; fencing sequences, Christopher Martin. Scenes: 1, the main square of Verona -- 2, Juliet's room -- 3, guests' arrival at Capulets' ball -- 4, ballroom of Capulets' house -- 5, after the ball -- 6, the garden of Capulet.
Reel 2. Romeo and Juliet. Act II (ca. 30 min.) / see credits above. Scenes: 1, a square in Verona -- 2, Friar Laurence's cell -- 3, a square in Verona, carnival.
Theme pas de deux (ca. 5 min.) / choreography, Charles Bockman ; music, Neal Kayan. Title also appears in Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre programs as Blue pas de deux (theme).
Escape (ca. 4 min.) / choreography, Igor Moiseyev ; music, Frédéric Chopin ; danced by two men, probably Gennadi Vostrikov and Alexander Filipov.
Gopak [excerpt] (ca. 5 min.) / see credits above.
Reel 3. Romeo and Juliet. Act III (ca. 35 min.) / see credits above. Scenes: 1, Juliet's bedchamber -- 2, Friar Laurence's cell -- 3, Juliet's bedchamber -- 4, Juliet's funeral -- 5, the Capulet tomb.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 9777

OCLC

NYPY99-F1068

Title

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre [electronic resource] / artistic direction by Nicolas Petrov.

Imprint

1971.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, in Pittsburgh, Pa., on December 4, 1971. Some of the dancers in Romeo and Juliet wear full or partial costumes.

Performer

Danced by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre. Principal dancers in Romeo and Juliet, listed on the October 1971 program, are: Alexander Filipov (Romeo), Edra Toth (Juliet), Gennadi Vostrikov (Mercutio), Orrin Kayan (Mercutio) ; uncertain whether this cast appears on this recording.

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 9-6196.

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Local Subject

Drama and dance.

Local Subject

Male dancing.

Added Author

Vostrikov, Gennadiĭ, dancer.

Filipov, Aleksandr, dancer.

Petrov, Nicolas, choreographer.

Bockman, Charles, choreographer.

Moiseev, Igorʹ, 1906- choreographer.

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Composer

Lavrovskiĭ, Leonid Mikhaĭlovich, 1905-1967. Librettist

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet.

Heymann, Henry. Set designer

Heymann, Henry. Costume designer

Kayan, Neal. Composer

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Composer

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

DHCA.

Added Title

Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Petrov)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 9777

*MGZIC 9-6196 (former)

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