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In tribute to Nijinsky

Title: In tribute to Nijinsky [videorecording] / WNET/Thirteen in association with the British Broadcasting Corporation ; directed by Emile Ardolino ; produced by Emile Ardolino and Judy Kinberg.
Publication: New York, N.Y. : WNET/Thirteen, c1981.

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Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (89 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Rudolf Nureyev dances the title roles in three ballets originally danced and/or choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky. The performances are interspersed with background material about Nijinsky's life and career with Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of WNET/13, New York.
Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.

Uniform Title

Petrouchka (Choreographic work : Lazowsky after Fokin)
Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokine)
Afternoon of a faun (Choreographic work : Nijinsky)

Alternative Title

Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet in tribute to Nijinsky

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Credits (note)

Musical direction, Terence Kern ; script, Dale Harris ; art and lighting direction, Ralph Holmes ; videotape editing, Girish Bhargava ; executive producer, Jac Venza.

Performer (note)

Narrator: Michael Tolan.
Commentators: Rudolf Nureyev and Robert Joffrey.

Event (note)

Telecast by WNET/Thirteen on the Great Performances' Dance in America series on March 9, 1981.

System Details (note)

DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.

Contents

Petrouchka / choreography, Michel Fokine, staged by Yurek Lazowsky ; music, Igor Stravinsky ; libretto, Igor Stravinsky and Alexandre Benois ; scenery and costumes, Alexandre Benois ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev (Petrouchka) ; Denise Jackson (ballerina) ; Christian Holder (blackamoor) ; Gary Chryst (old showman) ; Susan Stewart, Carole Vallesky (street dancing girls) ; Charlene Gehm, Krystyna Jurkowski (Gypsy girls) ; Cynthia Anderson (first nursemaid) ; Jerel Hilding (Imperial coachman) ; and others.
Le spectre de la rose / choreography, Michel Fokine, staged by Nicholas Beriozoff ; music, Carl Maria von Weber ; libretto, from a poem by Théophile Gautier adapted by J. L. Vaudoyer ; designs, Léon Bakst ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev (the spirit of the rose) and Denise Jackson (the young girl).
L'après-midi d'un faune / choreography, Vaslav Nijinsky, reconstructed by Elisabeth Schooling and William Chappell ; music, Claude Debussy ; scenery and costumes, Léon Bakst ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev (the faun) and Charlene Gehm (leader of the nymphs) with Cameron Basden, Ursula Burke, Lynne Chervony, Krystyna Jurkowski, Patricia Miller, and Carole Valleskey (nymphs).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5486

OCLC

NYPY00-F589

Title

In tribute to Nijinsky [videorecording] / WNET/Thirteen in association with the British Broadcasting Corporation ; directed by Emile Ardolino ; produced by Emile Ardolino and Judy Kinberg.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : WNET/Thirteen, c1981.

System Details

DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.

Event

Telecast by WNET/Thirteen on the Great Performances' Dance in America series on March 9, 1981.

Credits

Musical direction, Terence Kern ; script, Dale Harris ; art and lighting direction, Ralph Holmes ; videotape editing, Girish Bhargava ; executive producer, Jac Venza.

Performer

Danced by Rudolf Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet.

Conductor: Terence Kern.

Solo pianist: Paul Jacobs.

Narrator: Michael Tolan.

Commentators: Rudolf Nureyev and Robert Joffrey.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-245.

Local Subject

Ballet in television. In tribute to Nijinsky.

Ballet in television. Petrouchka.

Ballet in television. Le spectre de la rose.

Ballet in television. Afternoon of a faun.

Television. Dance in America.

Added Author

Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950, choreographer.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Commentator

Jackson, Denise, dancer.

Holder, Christian, dancer.

Chryst, Gary, dancer.

Gehm, Charlene, dancer.

Basden, Cameron, dancer.

Burke, Ursula, dancer.

Chervony, Lynne, dancer.

Jurkowski, Krystyna, dancer.

Miller, Patricia, dancer.

Valleskey, Carole, dancer.

Stewart, Susan, dancer.

Anderson, Cynthia, dancer.

Hilding, Jerel, dancer.

Kern, Terence. Conductor

Jacobs, Paul. Musician

Tolan, Michael, 1925-2011. Narrator

Joffrey, Robert. Commentator

Ardolino, Emile. Producer

Ardolino, Emile. Director

Kinberg, Judy. Producer

Harris, Dale, 1928-1996. Author

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer

Benois, Alexandre, 1870-1960. Designer

Lazowsky, Yurek. Restager

Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Composer

Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872. Scenarist

Vaudoyer, Jean-Louis, 1883-1963. Scenarist

Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924. Designer

Beriosoff, N. (Nikolai), 1906- Restager

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Composer

Schooling, Elisabeth. Restager

Chappell, William, 1907-1994. Restager

Holmes, Ralph, lighting designer.

Holmes, Ralph, set designer.

Bhargava, Girish. Film editor

Venza, Jac, producer.

Joffrey Ballet.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

DHCA.

Added Title

Petrouchka (Choreographic work : Lazowsky after Fokin)

Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Afternoon of a faun (Choreographic work : Nijinsky)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5486

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