Title

Merrill Ashley and John Meehan [videorecording]

Publication

1987.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Ashley, Merrill,
• Balanchine, George,
• Balanchine, George.
• Cardona, Wally,
• Causey, Maurice,
• Davila, Maria,
• Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918.
• Harkarvy, Benjamin,
• Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.
• Just, Ole,
• Lemon, Ralph,
• Marenych, Katrenna,
• Meehan, John, 1950-
• Merlo, Katherine,
• Miller, Adam,
• Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925.
• Olsson, Christina,
• Ouse, Karen,
• Patrick, Tom,
• Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910,
• Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
• Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979.
• Ryder, Kirk,
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• Talpaz, Dorit,
• Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
• Trabucco, Rick,
• Welch, Robin,

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (69 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Uniform Title

• Grand pas espagnol (Choreographic work : Harkarvy)
• Noces (Choreographic work : Lemon)
• Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Petipa)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Poor sound quality.
• The first two minutes of the tape contains excerpts from unrelated performances.
• Title from original container.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on June 21, 1987.

Contents

Sleeping beauty pas de deux / choreography by Marius Petipa; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; performed by Merrill Ashley and John Meehan (11 min.) -- Les noces / choreography by Ralph Lemon; music by Maurice Ravel and Claude Debussy; performed by Maria Davila, Ricky Trabucco, Karen Ouse, Tom Patrick, Katherine Merlo, Kirk Ryder, Dorit Talpaz, Wally Cardona (22 min.) -- Agon pas de deux / choreography by George Balanchine; music by Igor Stravinsky; performed by Merrill Ashley and John Meehan (8 min.) -- Grand pas espagnol / choreography by Benjamin Harkarvy; music by Moritz Moszkowski; performed by Maurice Causey, Adam Miller, Ole Just, Katrenna Marenych, Christina Olsson, Robin Welch (15 min.) -- Slaughter on tenth avenue / choreography by George Balanchine; music by Richard Rodgers; performed by Merrill Ashley, John Meehan and others (11 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6958

Title

Merrill Ashley and John Meehan [videorecording]

Imprint

1987.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Performed by Merrill Ashley and John Meehan, Maurice Causey, Adam Miller, Ole Just, Katrenna, Marenych, Christina Olsson, Robin Welch, and students in the Jacob's Pillow ballet project: Maria Davila, Ricky Trabucco, Karen Ouse, Tom Patrick, Katherine Merlo, Kirk Ryder, Dorit Talpaz, Wally Cardona.

Event

Videotaped in performance in the Ted Shawn Theater, Jacob's Pillow, Becket, Mass., on June 21, 1987.

Added Author

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.

Lemon, Ralph, choreographer.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Harkarvy, Benjamin, choreographer.

Meehan, John, 1950- dancer.

Ashley, Merrill, dancer.

Davila, Maria, dancer.

Trabucco, Rick, dancer.

Ouse, Karen, dancer.

Patrick, Tom, dancer.

Merlo, Katherine, dancer.

Ryder, Kirk, dancer.

Talpaz, Dorit, dancer.

Cardona, Wally, dancer.

Causey, Maurice, dancer.

Miller, Adam, dancer.

Just, Ole, dancer.

Marenych, Katrenna, dancer.

Olsson, Christina, dancer.

Welch, Robin, dancer.

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer

Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Quartet, violins (2), viola, cello, F major.

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Quartet, violins (2), viola, cello, op. 10, G minor.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Agon.

Moszkowski, Moritz, 1854-1925. Composer

Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979. On your toes. Slaughter on Tenth Avenue.

Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Balanchine, George. Agon

Added Title

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Petipa)

Noces (Choreographic work : Lemon)

Grand pas espagnol (Choreographic work : Harkarvy)

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Gift of Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6958