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Additional authors

1. Karsavina, Tamara
2. Vaganova, A. ︠I︡A. (Agrippina ︠I︡Akovlevna), 1879-1951.
3. Lunkina, Svetlana
4. ︠T︡Siskaridze, Nikolaĭ
5. Pestov, Pëtr
6. Spessivtzeva, Olga, 1895-1991
7. Price, Ellen
8. Borchsenius, Valborg
9. Beck, Hans Johann Christian, 1861-1952
10. Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931
11. Makarova, Natalia, 1940-
12. Dudinskai︠a︡, Natalʹi︠a︡ Mikhaĭlovna, 1912-2003
13. Guillem, Sylvie, 1965-
14. Messerer, Asaf, 1903-1992
15. Messerer, Sulamif, 1908-2004
16. Vishneva, Diana
17. Ruzimatov, Farukh
18. Malakhov, Vladimir, 1968-
19. Bournonville, August, 1805-1879
20. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
21. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
22. Gsovsky, Victor, 1902-1974
23. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910.
24. Moscow (Russia). Bolshoi Theater. Ballet School
25. Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet
26. Kongelige Danske ballet
27. Opéra de Paris. Ballet
28. Moscow Classical Ballet
29. Bolshoi Ballet Academy at Vail

Description

1. 1 videocassette (76 min.) : sd., b&w and col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Compilation of film and video clips made to accompany a lecture by Natalia Levkoeva, administrator of the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Moscow. The compilation begins with a section depicting ballet dancers in class, followed by excerpts from various ballets, many of them contrasting archival footage with more recent productions. The tape includes performances by members of the Royal Danish Ballet and the Paris Opéra Ballet as well as Russian ballet dancers.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Marian Horosko.

Uniform title

1. Giselle (Choreographic work)
2. Sylphide (Choreographic work : Bournonville)
3. Napoli (Choreographic work : Bournonville)
4. Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)
5. Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M) Pas de deux.
6. Grand pas classique (Choreographic work : Gsovsky)
7. Esmeralda (Choreographic work)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Compilations.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Class. Tamara Karsavina. Exercises, c. 1920 (b&w) / ballet exercises and combinations at the barre and in the center, the latter filmed in slow motion -- Agrippina Vaganova teaching a women's class (b&w) -- Second-year girls' class (barre) at the Bolshoi Academy (col.) -- First-year girls' class (pointe) (col.) -- Graduation examination, with Svetlana Lunkina among students (col.) -- Pëtr Pestov's men's class, with Nikolai Tsiskaridze among students (col.).
2. Giselle. [Act I, excerpt] (b&w) / danced by Olga Spessivtzeva and ensemble -- [Acts I and II, excerpts] (col.) / danced by Svetlana Lunkina (Giselle), Nikolai Tsiskaridze (Albrecht), Bolshoi Ballet.
3. La sylphide. The sylph's opening solo (longer version) (b&w) / filmed in 1906 ; choreography, August Bournonville ; music, Herman Løvensjold ; danced by Ellen Price -- [Act I, excerpts] (col.) / danced by the Royal Danish Ballet.
4. The dying swan. [Excerpt] (b&w) / choreography, Michel Fokine ; danced by Anna Pavlova -- [Complete] (col.) / danced by Natalia Makarova.
5. Napoli [not listed on accompanying data sheet]. Portions of the tarantella from Napoli (b&w) / filmed in May 1903 ; choreography, August Bournonville ; music, Holger Simon Paulli ; danced by Valborg Borchsenius and Hans Beck -- [Tarantella from Napoli, excerpts] (col.) / danced by the Royal Danish Ballet.
6. The sleeping beauty. [Excerpts] (b&w) / danced by Natalia Dudinskaya and the Kirov Ballet ; soundtrack plays music from the Rose adagio only -- [Grand pas de deux] (col.) / danced by Sylvie Guillem and partner, Paris Opéra Ballet.
7. Don Quixote. [Grand pas de deux, excerpts] (b&w) / danced by Asaf Messerer and Sulamith Messerer ; includes part of adagio, complete female variation -- [Grand pas de deux] (col.) / danced by Diana Vishneva and Farukh Ruzimatov, Bolshoi Ballet.
8. Grand pas classique (b&w) / choreography, Victor Gsovsky [attributed to Marius Petipa on frame] ; music, Daniel Auber ; danced by Sylvie Guillem and Manuel Legris, Paris Opéra Ballet -- [Grand pas classique] (col.) / identified on frame as "The grand classical pa" ; danced by Vladimir Malakhov and Tatiana Palii (?), Moscow Classical Ballet.
9. Esmeralda variation (col.) / filmed in Japan ; danced by Vladimir Malakhov in female costume.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4816

Note

1. Title and contents from accompanying data sheet. Original container labeled "Natasha 2000 lecture."
2. Some excerpts are of poor visual quality.

Event (note)

1. Screened as part of a lecture at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Vail, Colo., during the Vail Festival in 2000.

Title

1. 100 years of Russian dance [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 2000.

Event

1. Screened as part of a lecture at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Vail, Colo., during the Vail Festival in 2000.

Local subject

1. Dancers en travesti.

Added author

1. Karsavina, Tamara, dancer.
2. Vaganova, A. ︠I︡A. (Agrippina ︠I︡Akovlevna), 1879-1951.
3. Lunkina, Svetlana, dancer.
4. ︠T︡Siskaridze, Nikolaĭ, dancer.
5. Pestov, Pëtr, dancer.
6. Spessivtzeva, Olga, 1895-1991, dancer.
7. Price, Ellen, dancer.
8. Borchsenius, Valborg, dancer.
9. Beck, Hans Johann Christian, 1861-1952, dancer.
10. Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931, dancer.
11. Makarova, Natalia, 1940- dancer.
12. Dudinskai︠a︡, Natalʹi︠a︡ Mikhaĭlovna, 1912-2003, dancer.
13. Guillem, Sylvie, 1965- dancer.
14. Messerer, Asaf, 1903-1992, dancer.
15. Messerer, Sulamif, 1908-2004, dancer.
16. Vishneva, Diana, dancer.
17. Ruzimatov, Farukh, dancer.
18. Malakhov, Vladimir, 1968- dancer.
19. Bournonville, August, 1805-1879, choreographer.
20. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.
21. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.
22. Gsovsky, Victor, 1902-1974, choreographer.
23. Moscow (Russia). Bolshoi Theater. Ballet School.
24. Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet.
25. Kongelige Danske ballet.
26. Opéra de Paris. Ballet.
27. Moscow Classical Ballet.
28. Bolshoi Ballet Academy at Vail.
29. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910. Spi︠a︡shchai︠a︡ krasavit︠s︡a.

Added title

1. Giselle (Choreographic work)
2. Sylphide (Choreographic work : Bournonville)
3. Napoli (Choreographic work : Bournonville)
4. Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)
5. Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M) Pas de deux.
6. Grand pas classique (Choreographic work : Gsovsky)
7. Esmeralda (Choreographic work)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4816