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Balanchine lives!

Title: Balanchine lives! [videorecording] / produced by Michael Blackwood Productions in association with Westdeutscher Rundfunk and ARTE ; produced and directed by Michael Blackwood.
Publication: U.S. : Michael Blackwood Productions, c1997.

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1 videocassette (59 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Documentary on George Balanchine's choreographic legacy and the preservation of his ballets as living works of art. The provisions of Balanchine's will, which left his ballets to selected individuals, and the establishment of the George Balanchine Trust are discussed by trustee Barbara Horgan and Balanchine's biographer Bernard Taper. The process of restaging his ballets is not only described but demonstrated in rehearsal footage from six American and European ballet companies. Sharing in the discussion are the restagers, the artistic directors of the companies featured in the program, and others with experience of performing and restaging Balanchine's ballets (Victoria Simon, Kay Mazzo, Suzanne Farrell, Suki Schorer, Violette Verdy, Bart Cook). In addition to discussing the restaging process, participants also talk about the unity of music and choreography in Balanchine's works ; the role of Balanchine training as a basis for his choreography ; Balanchine's acceptance of individual interpretations ; the need to balance authenticity and vitality in restagings.

Uniform Title

Concerto barocco (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Donizetti variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Jewels (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Liebeslieder Walzer (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Midsummer night's dream (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Documentaries and factual films and programs.
Video.
Dance rehearsals.

Credits (note)

Executive producer, José Montes-Baquer ; editing, Julie Sloane ; cinematography, Mark Trottenberg, Mead Hunt, Reinhard Schatzmann.

Performer (note)

Interviewees: Francia Russell, Patricia Neary, Bernard Taper, Victoria Simon, Barbara Horgan, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Karin von Aroldingen, Sara Leland, Nanette Glushak, Edward Villella, Susan Hendl, Patricia Wilde, Elyse Borne, Kent Stowell, Kay Mazzo, Suzanne Farrell, Martin Schläpfer, Suki Schorer, Violette Verdy, Bart Cook.

Contents

Dance excerpts depict rehearsals for: Concerto barocco, restaged by Patricia Neary for Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo, directed by Jean-Christophe Maillot -- Jewels, restaged by Elyse Borne for Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre, directed by Patricia Wilde -- Liebeslieder Walzer, restaged by Karin von Aroldingen and Sara Leland for Ballet du Capitole of Toulouse, directed by Nanette Glushak -- Theme and variations, restaged by Susan Hendl for Miami City Ballet, directed by Edward Villella -- A midsummer night's dream, restaged by Francia Russell for Pacific Northwest Ballet, which she co-directs with Kent Stowell -- Donizetti variations, restaged by Nanette Glushak for the Bern Ballet, directed by Martin Schläpfer.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4918

OCLC

NYPY01-F232

Title

Balanchine lives! [videorecording] / produced by Michael Blackwood Productions in association with Westdeutscher Rundfunk and ARTE ; produced and directed by Michael Blackwood.

Imprint

U.S. : Michael Blackwood Productions, c1997.

Credits

Executive producer, José Montes-Baquer ; editing, Julie Sloane ; cinematography, Mark Trottenberg, Mead Hunt, Reinhard Schatzmann.

Performer

Interviewees: Francia Russell, Patricia Neary, Bernard Taper, Victoria Simon, Barbara Horgan, Jean-Christophe Maillot, Karin von Aroldingen, Sara Leland, Nanette Glushak, Edward Villella, Susan Hendl, Patricia Wilde, Elyse Borne, Kent Stowell, Kay Mazzo, Suzanne Farrell, Martin Schläpfer, Suki Schorer, Violette Verdy, Bart Cook.

Added Author

Russell, Francia. Interviewee

Neary, Patricia. Interviewee

Taper, Bernard. Interviewee

Simon, Victoria. Interviewee

Horgan, Barbara. Interviewee

Maillot, Jean-Christophe. Interviewee

Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018. Interviewee

Glushak, Nanette. Interviewee

Leland, Sara, 1941- Interviewee

Villella, Edward, 1936- Interviewee

Hendl, Susan. Interviewee

Wilde, Patricia, 1928- Interviewee

Borne, Elyse. Interviewee

Stowell, Kent. Interviewee

Mazzo, Kay. Interviewee

Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- Interviewee

Schläpfer, Martin. Interviewee

Schorer, Suki. Interviewee

Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016. Interviewee

Cook, Bart. Interviewee

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Blackwood, Michael. Producer. Director

Montes-Baquer, José. Producer

Ballet du Capitole.

Ballets de Monte-Carlo.

Miami City Ballet.

Pacific Northwest Ballet.

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.

Bern. Stadttheater. Ballet.

Michael Blackwood Productions.

Westdeutscher Rundfunk.

Association relative à la télévision européenne.

Added Title

Concerto barocco (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Donizetti variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Jewels (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Liebeslieder Walzer (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Midsummer night's dream (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4918

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