Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Kurgapkina, Ninella
2. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
3. Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826.
4. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (9 min.) : sd., col. PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. This recording may have been given to Rudolf Nureyev by or on behalf of Kirov ballerina Ninel [also called Ninella] Kurgapkina, whom he partnered prior to his defection from Russia. Kurgapkina again worked with Nureyev in November 1989, while rehearsing the Kirov Ballet's production of La sylphide, in which he danced the role of James. She also assisted him in staging La bayadère for the Paris Opéra Ballet in 1992.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Douce François-Freitas.

Series statement

1. Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4256 RNC

Note

1. Date from frame ; Ninel Kurgapkina's name from cassette label.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in performance, possibly in Russia, on December 17, 1989.

Title

1. Le spectre de la rose [videorecording] / choreography by Michel Fokine ; music by Carl Maria von Weber (Invitation to the dance)

Imprint

1. 1989.

Series

1. Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Event

1. Videotaped in performance, possibly in Russia, on December 17, 1989.

Performer

1. Danced by Ninel Kurgapkina and unidentified male dancer.

Added author

1. Kurgapkina, Ninella, dancer.
2. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.
3. Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Composer
4. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942. Spectre de la rose.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-4256 RNC