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Additional authors

1. Van Praagh, Peggy, 1910-
2. Welch, Garth, 1936-
3. Coe, Kelvin
4. Meehan, John, 1950-
5. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
6. Aldous, Lucette
7. Rowe, Marilyn
8. Jones, Marilyn
9. Mahrer, Michelle
10. Balanchine, George
11. Australian Ballet
12. Australian Ballet School
13. Australian Broadcasting Corporation
14. Dance Films Association
15. Dance on Camera Film Festival

Description

1. 1 videocassette (53 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Entrant in the Dance on Camera Festival 2002. Profiles of Lucette Aldous, Marilyn Rowe, and Marilyn Jones, prima ballerinas of the Australian Ballet in the 1970s. In their own words, they recall the development of their careers, the male dancers who partnered them, and some of their major roles. They discuss dancers' concerns such as gaining technique and artistry, confronting aging, dealing with stagefright, facing the end of their performing careers, passing along their knowledge to younger dancers. Film clips depict each ballerina in action: Aldous in Don Quixote, Swan lake, Fool on the hill, Carmen, and The sleeping beauty ; Jones in Ballet imperial, La fille mal gardée, Lady and the fool, Jazz spectrum, and The dying swan ; Rowe in Don Quixote, La fille mal gardée, Romeo and Juliet, The merry widow, Swan lake, and Anna Karenina. Rudolf Nureyev's film version of Don Quixote (1972), made with the Australian Ballet, occupies a prominent place in the discussion. Aldous, who danced Kitri, is seen rehearsing for the film with Nureyev, and she and Rowe (who danced the Street dancer/Queen of the dryads) are seen in clips from the film itself.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Dance Films Association.

Uniform title

1. Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)
2. Fille mal gardée (Choreographic work : Ashton)
3. Lady and the fool (Choreographic work : Cranko)
4. Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Cranko)
5. Merry widow (Choreographic work : Helpmann and Hynd)
6. Swan lake (Choreographic work : Woolliams after Ivanov)
7. Anna Karenina (Choreographic work : Prokovsky)
8. Fool on the hill (Choreographic work : Lynne)
9. Carmen (Choreographic work : Petit)
10. Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Subject

1. Biographies
2. Aldous, Lucette
3. Ballerinas > Australia > Biography
4. Video
5. Ballet in motion pictures > Don Quixote
6. Jones, Marilyn
7. Dance
8. Rowe, Marilyn
9. Dancers > Australia > Biography

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Biographies.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5721

Note

1. Letterbox format.
2. Aspect ratio is 16:9 FHA.
3. Additional data from brochure for the Dance Films Association's 30th annual Dance on Camera Festival 2002.

Credits (note)

1. Editing, Andrew Ellis ; executive producer, Richard Moore.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewees: Lucette Aldous, Marilyn Rowe, Marilyn Jones ; also appearing in a pre-recorded interview, Peggy Van Praagh.

Title

1. The three ballerinas [videorecording] / Australian Broadcasting Corporation ; concept, direction and production by Michelle Mahrer.

Imprint

1. Australia : Australian Broadcasting Corporation, c2001.

Country of producing entity

1. Australia.

Credits

1. Editing, Andrew Ellis ; executive producer, Richard Moore.

Performer

1. Interviewees: Lucette Aldous, Marilyn Rowe, Marilyn Jones ; also appearing in a pre-recorded interview, Peggy Van Praagh.

Local subject

1. Ballet in motion pictures. Don Quixote.

Added author

1. Van Praagh, Peggy, 1910- Interviewee
2. Welch, Garth, 1936-
3. Coe, Kelvin.
4. Meehan, John, 1950-
5. Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer, dancer.
6. Aldous, Lucette, dancer. Interviewee
7. Rowe, Marilyn, dancer. Interviewee
8. Jones, Marilyn, dancer. Interviewee
9. Mahrer, Michelle. Producer. Director
10. Australian Ballet.
11. Australian Ballet School.
12. Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
13. Dance Films Association.
14. Dance on Camera Film Festival.
15. Balanchine, George. Ballet imperial.

Added title

1. Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)
2. Fille mal gardée (Choreographic work : Ashton)
3. Lady and the fool (Choreographic work : Cranko)
4. Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Cranko)
5. Merry widow (Choreographic work : Helpmann and Hynd)
6. Swan lake (Choreographic work : Woolliams after Ivanov)
7. Anna Karenina (Choreographic work : Prokovsky)
8. Fool on the hill (Choreographic work : Lynne)
9. Carmen (Choreographic work : Petit)
10. Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-5721