Excerpts from the ballet, including two repetitions of the birth of Apollo, danced by Nureyev and the dancers performing Leto (Apollo's mother) and the two goddesses ; Apollo's second variation and pas de deux with Terpsichore (both complete), and parts of the ensuing coda ; Apollo's first variation and part of the pas d'action with the three Muses.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
Series statement
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Alternative title
Apollon musagète [excerpts]
Genre/Form
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Dance.
Motion pictures.
Video.
Call number
*MGZIDF 6179
Note
Accompanied by data sheet.
Additional data from a review of the ballet (called Apollon musagète) by Antonio Livio, from an unidentified journal, June 21, 1971.
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
Filmed at the Grand Théâtre, Geneva, Switzerland, in June 1971, by Wallace Potts.
System details (note)
Streaming file.
Title
Apollo [excerpts] [electronic resource] / choreography by George Balanchine.
Imprint
1971.
Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Original version
Original format: 1 film reel ; 16mm.
System details
Streaming file.
Event
Filmed at the Grand Théâtre, Geneva, Switzerland, in June 1971, by Wallace Potts.
Performer
Danced by Rudolf Nureyev (Apollo) with members of the Ballet of the Grand Théâtre de Genève, possibly Lynda Yourth (Terpsichore), Claudine Kamoun, others.