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Additional authors

1. Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950
2. Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979.
3. Nijinsky, Romola de Pulszky
4. Jude, Charles, 1953-
5. Godard, Hubert
6. Taiebi, Omar
7. Franciosi, Viviana
8. Guest, Ann Hutchinson
9. De Meyer, Adolf, Baron, 1868-1949.
10. Menicacci, Armando
11. Hecquet, Simon
12. Nisic, Hervé.
13. Ananos, Claire
14. Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950.
15. Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. Ballet
16. Musée d'Orsay
17. Artline Films
18. Réunion des musées nationaux (France)
19. Nijinsky (1889-1950) (Exhibition : (2000 : Paris, France)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (26 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Vaslav Nijinsky's groundbreaking ballet L'après-midi d'un faune (Afternoon of a faun) (1912) serves as the departure point for a meditation on the ephemeral nature of dance and an exploration of the many methods that have been employed over the centuries to preserve it. The traditional method, direct transmission from dancer to dancer, is depicted in footage of a 1976 rehearsal in which Leonide Massine and Nijinsky's widow Romola work with Charles Jude of the Paris Opéra Ballet. Jude, in turn, passes along his knowledge to two dancers of the Opéra de Bordeaux, Omar Taiebi and Viviana Franciosi. Various systems of dance notation are surveyed, and Ann Hutchinson Guest discusses her reconstruction of Nijinsky's choreography from his own notation. Also examined are filmmaking, which was at a primitive stage of development in Nijinsky's heyday ; photography, particularly the photographs of Baron Adolf de Meyer ; and computer programs.

Subject

1. Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950
2. Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950 > Après-midi d'un faune
3. Documentaries and factual films and programs
4. Dance notation
5. Computers > Dance applications
6. Dance > Documentation
7. Video
8. Choreography > Reconstruction
9. Dance > Technological innovations

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Documentaries and factual films and programs.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5144

Note

1. Letterbox format.
2. Film produced in conjunction with the exhibition Nijinsky (1889-1950) at the Musée d'Orsay, Paris, Oct. 24, 2000-Feb. 18, 2001.

Credits (note)

1. Producers, Antoine Segovia (Artline Films), Catherine Derosier-Pouchous (Service Culturel du Musée d'Orsay.

Performer (note)

1. Voices: Alain Rigout, Anne-Claire Ledru.
2. Interviewees: Hubert Godard, Charles Jude, Ann Hutchinson Guest, Armando Menicacci, Simon Hecquet.

Language (note)

1. In French.

Title

1. Revoir Nijinsky danser [videorecording] / co-produced by the Musée d'Orsay, Artline Films, MCM Classique Jazz-Muzzik, and the Réunion des Musées Nationaux ; written and directed by Hervé Nisic in collaboration with Claire Ananos.

Imprint

1. France : Réunion des Musées Nationaux, c2000.

Credits

1. Producers, Antoine Segovia (Artline Films), Catherine Derosier-Pouchous (Service Culturel du Musée d'Orsay.

Performer

1. Voices: Alain Rigout, Anne-Claire Ledru.
2. Interviewees: Hubert Godard, Charles Jude, Ann Hutchinson Guest, Armando Menicacci, Simon Hecquet.

Language

1. In French.

Local subject

1. Choreography -- Reconstruction.
2. Computers -- Dance applications.

Added author

1. Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950, choreographer.
2. Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979.
3. Nijinsky, Romola de Pulszky.
4. Jude, Charles, 1953- ive, dancer.
5. Godard, Hubert. Interviewee
6. Taiebi, Omar, dancer.
7. Franciosi, Viviana, dancer.
8. Guest, Ann Hutchinson, interviewee.
9. De Meyer, Adolf, Baron, 1868-1949. Photographer
10. Menicacci, Armando. Interviewee
11. Hecquet, Simon. Interviewee
12. Nisic, Hervé. Director. Author
13. Ananos, Claire. Director. Author
14. Grand Théâtre de Bordeaux. Ballet.
15. Musée d'Orsay.
16. Artline Films.
17. Réunion des musées nationaux (France)
18. Nijinsky (1889-1950) (Exhibition : (2000 : Paris, France)
19. Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950. Après-midi d'un faune.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5144