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Marie-Jeanne coaching Concerto barocco with John Taras and Suki Schorer

Title
Marie-Jeanne coaching Concerto barocco with John Taras and Suki Schorer [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; [video] directed and produced by Catherine Tatge ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Double violin concerto in D minor, B.W.V. 1043)
Publication
U.S. : The George Balanchine Foundation, c1997.

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Additional Authors
  • Marie Jeanne, 1920-
  • Taras, John.
  • Schorer, Suki.
  • Ashley, Merrill
  • Morgan, Aubrey
  • Crenshaw, Darius
  • Riggins, Carrie Lee
  • McDill, Nancy.
  • Jordan, Stephanie.
  • Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
  • Balanchine, George
  • Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750.
  • Tatge, Catherine.
  • Brooks, Virginia Loring.
  • School of American Ballet.
  • George Balanchine Foundation.
  • International Cultural Programming, Inc.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (116 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Students of the School of American Ballet are coached in the original version (1941) of George Balanchine's Concerto barocco by Marie-Jeanne, who created one of the ballet's leading roles at its premiere by American Ballet Caravan ; John Taras, a former ballet master of New York City Ballet ; and Suki Schorer, a former dancer with New York City Ballet who is now an instructor at the School of American Ballet. Merrill Ashley joins the cast in the ballet's second movement. Tempi, phrasing and choreographic details of the 1941 version are compared with today's performances, and the dancers perform alternate versions of various excerpts. Topics discussed in the interview include the changes in tempi and style over the years ; the fashion for jazzed-up musical interpretations of Bach in the 1940s, and the influence of jazz on Balanchine's choreography of the time ; Balanchine's approach to teaching company class ; the physical difficulty and musical complexity of Concerto barocco.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of The George Balanchine Foundation.
Series Statement
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive
Uniform Title
Concerto barocco (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Camera, Joel Shapiro ; sound, Gary Silver ; editing, Virginia Brooks ; production, International Cultural Programming ; associate producers, Beth Barbre (The George Balanchine Foundation), Martine Britell (International Cultural Programming).
Performer (note)
  • Pianist, Nancy McDill.
  • Interviewers, Stephanie Jordan, Nancy Reynolds.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., on June 16-17, 1996.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3821
OCLC
NYPY00-F443
Title
Marie-Jeanne coaching Concerto barocco with John Taras and Suki Schorer [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; [video] directed and produced by Catherine Tatge ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Johann Sebastian Bach (Double violin concerto in D minor, B.W.V. 1043)
Imprint
U.S. : The George Balanchine Foundation, c1997.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive
Event
Videotaped at the New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., on June 16-17, 1996.
Credits
Camera, Joel Shapiro ; sound, Gary Silver ; editing, Virginia Brooks ; production, International Cultural Programming ; associate producers, Beth Barbre (The George Balanchine Foundation), Martine Britell (International Cultural Programming).
Performer
Danced by Merrill Ashley, principal dancer, New York City Ballet.
Danced by students of the School of American Ballet: Aubrey Morgan, Darius Crenshaw, Carrie Lee Riggins, and others.
Pianist, Nancy McDill.
Interviewers, Stephanie Jordan, Nancy Reynolds.
Local Subject
Interpretation in dance performance.
Added Author
Marie Jeanne, 1920- Interviewee
Taras, John. Interviewee
Schorer, Suki. Interviewee
Ashley, Merrill, dancer.
Morgan, Aubrey, dancer.
Crenshaw, Darius, dancer.
Riggins, Carrie Lee, dancer.
McDill, Nancy. Instrumentalist
Jordan, Stephanie. Interviewer
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- Director. Interviewer
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750. Composer
Tatge, Catherine. Producer. Director
Brooks, Virginia Loring.
School of American Ballet.
George Balanchine Foundation.
International Cultural Programming, Inc.
DHCA.
Added Title
Concerto barocco (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-3821
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