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Allegra Kent coaching excerpts from Bugaku

Title
Allegra Kent coaching excerpts from Bugaku [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Toshiro Mayuzumi.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : George Balanchine Foundation, c2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Kent, Allegra.
  • Balanchine, George
  • Mayuzumi, Toshirō, 1929-
  • Karinska, Barbara.
  • Evans, Albert, 1970-
  • Oosthuysen, Janie
  • McDill, Nancy.
  • Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023.
  • Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
  • Brooks, Virginia Loring.
  • Dryden, Richard.
  • Otterson, William.
  • Balanchine, George.
  • George Balanchine Foundation.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (97 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Allegra Kent, who created the ballerina role in Bugaku at its premiere in 1963, coaches Albert Evans and Janie Taylor in choreographic excerpts for the two principal dancers, including the ballerina variation (intended to be performed with four women, who do not appear on this recording), and the two pas de deux. The dancers wear partial costumes (designed by Karinska) in some sections. In an interview beginning at ca. 86 min. into the tape, Kent discusses aspects of the ballet: its movement qualities; details of its costumes, wigs, and makeup; her memories of its creation; Balanchine's directions to her and her partner Edward Villella; its use of unconventional partnering.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of The George Balanchine Foundation.
Series Statement
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Note
  • Identified as revised version on original container.
Credits (note)
  • Video production, Otterson TV, Inc.; line producer, William Otterson; camera, James Clarke; sound, Robert Matteo; editing, Virginia Brooks; production coordinator, Richard Dryden.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewer, Robert Gottlieb.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., on October 17, 1999.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7192
OCLC
  • 50528360
  • NYPY03-F553
Title
Allegra Kent coaching excerpts from Bugaku [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Toshiro Mayuzumi.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : George Balanchine Foundation, c2001.
Edition
Revised version.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.
Event
Videotaped at New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., on October 17, 1999.
Credits
Video production, Otterson TV, Inc.; line producer, William Otterson; camera, James Clarke; sound, Robert Matteo; editing, Virginia Brooks; production coordinator, Richard Dryden.
Performer
Danced by Albert Evans and Janie Taylor of New York City Ballet.
Pianist, Nancy McDill.
Interviewer, Robert Gottlieb.
Local Subject
Interpretation in dance performance.
Partnering in dance.
Added Author
Kent, Allegra. Interviewee
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Mayuzumi, Toshirō, 1929- Composer
Karinska, Barbara. Costume designer
Evans, Albert, 1970- dancer.
Oosthuysen, Janie, dancer.
McDill, Nancy. Musician
Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023. Interviewer
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
Brooks, Virginia Loring. Film editor
Dryden, Richard.
Otterson, William.
George Balanchine Foundation.
Balanchine, George. Bugaku
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7192
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