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Camera Canada. The looking glass people

Title
  1. Camera Canada. The looking glass people [videorecording] / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; directed and produced by Norman Campbell.
Published by
  1. Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1962.

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Additional authors
  1. Franca, Celia, 1921-2007.
  2. Samsova, Galina
  3. Smith, Lois
  4. Strate, Grant, 1927-
  5. Jarvis, Lilian
  6. Oliphant, Betty, 1918-2004.
  7. Cousineau, Yves
  8. Crum, George, 1926-
  9. Campbell, Norman, 1924-2004
  10. Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000.
  11. Balanchine, George
  12. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910.
  13. National Ballet School (Canada)
  14. National Ballet of Canada
  15. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Description
  1. 1 videocassette (60 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
  1. Documentary on the "looking glass world" of ballet, emphasizing the unglamourous side of life behind the scenes. Using the National Ballet of Canada as an example, the program examines various aspects of the dancer's life: company class and rehearsals ; the crucial support of pointe shoes ; the expense of ballet productions ; the physical strength and stamina required of the male dancer ; the rigors of touring ; the coordination of effort by performers and technical staff in preparing for a performance. In brief interviews, the dancers themselves share their experiences and observations. Among the ballets seen in performance are The sleeping beauty (Act III, coda of the Bluebird pas de deux ; finale) and The nutcracker (party and snow scenes). Rehearsal footage includes excerpts from the Rose adagio from The sleeping beauty, with Lois Smith as Aurora ; and the third movement of George Balanchine's Concerto barocco. Students of the National Ballet School are seen in ballet and academic classes, and at a weigh-in conducted by Betty Oliphant.
Uniform title
  1. Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Franca after Ivanov)
Alternative title
  1. Looking glass people
Subject
  1. Dancers > Canada
  2. Dance company tours
  3. Documentaries and factual films and programs
  4. National Ballet of Canada
  5. Dance companies > Canada
  6. Dance
  7. Dancers > Social conditions
  8. Video
Genre/Form
  1. Dance.
  2. Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  3. Video.
Call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-5028
Note
  1. Norman Campbell Collection of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
Credits (note)
  1. Writer, George Salverson ; music, Louis Applebaum ; executive producer, Thom Benson.
Performer (note)
  1. Interviewees: members of the National Ballet of Canada, including Judie Colpman, Cathy Carr, Nancy Schwenker, Jeanette Cassels, Yves Cousineau, Lois Smith.
  2. Also appearing in program: members of the National Ballet of Canada: Celia Franca, founder and artistic director ; Carmen Guild, general manager ; George Crum, musical director ; Grant Strate, choreographer ; dancers Galina Samsova, Roberta Gibson, Lilian Jarvis ; and Betty Oliphant, principal of the National Ballet School.
  3. Narrator: Budd Knapp.
Event (note)
  1. Telecast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on December 10, 1962.
Title
  1. Camera Canada. The looking glass people [videorecording] / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; directed and produced by Norman Campbell.
Imprint
  1. Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1962.
Event
  1. Telecast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on December 10, 1962.
Credits
  1. Writer, George Salverson ; music, Louis Applebaum ; executive producer, Thom Benson.
Performer
  1. Interviewees: members of the National Ballet of Canada, including Judie Colpman, Cathy Carr, Nancy Schwenker, Jeanette Cassels, Yves Cousineau, Lois Smith.
  2. Also appearing in program: members of the National Ballet of Canada: Celia Franca, founder and artistic director ; Carmen Guild, general manager ; George Crum, musical director ; Grant Strate, choreographer ; dancers Galina Samsova, Roberta Gibson, Lilian Jarvis ; and Betty Oliphant, principal of the National Ballet School.
  3. Narrator: Budd Knapp.
Added author
  1. Franca, Celia, 1921-2007.
  2. Samsova, Galina.
  3. Smith, Lois. ive, dancer.
  4. Strate, Grant, 1927-
  5. Jarvis, Lilian.
  6. Oliphant, Betty, 1918-2004.
  7. Cousineau, Yves. Interviewee
  8. Crum, George, 1926-
  9. Campbell, Norman, 1924-2004, producer.
  10. Campbell, Norman, 1924-2004, director.
  11. Applebaum, Louis, 1918-2000. Composer
  12. National Ballet School (Canada)
  13. National Ballet of Canada.
  14. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
  15. Balanchine, George. Concerto barocco.
  16. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910. Spi︠a︡shchai︠a︡ krasavit︠s︡a.
Added title
  1. Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Franca after Ivanov)
Research call number
  1. *MGZIA 4-5028
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