Research Catalog

Title

Helgi Tomasson/San Francisco Ballet [videorecording] : 20th anniversary / Bravura Films, Inc. ; directed by Bob Kalsey.

Publication

c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Kalsey, Bob.
• Dennick, Stacey.
• Helgi Tómasson, 1942-
• Morris, Mark, 1956-
• Robertson, Allen.
• Mazzo, Kay.
• Lefèvre, Brigitte.
• Gilbert, Jenny.
• Crisp, Clement.
• Kisselgoff, Anna.
• Paciotti, Anita.
• Stowell, Christopher.
• Cisneros, Evelyn, 1958-
• Garcia, Gonzalo.
• Nissinen, Mikko.
• Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016.
• Wheeldon, Christopher
• Govrin, Gloria.
• Berman, Joanna.
• McCoy, Glenn, 1958-
• Vollmar, Jocelyn.
• Wheater, Ashley.
• Coldman, Richard.
• Bravura Films.

Description

1 videodisc (10 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Tributes to Helgi Tomasson's achievements during his twenty years as artistic director of the San Francisco Ballet, a post he assumed in 1985. Also mentioned are the contributions of his wife, Marlene [Rizzo] Tomasson. In addition to montages of performances, rehearsals, and activities behind the scenes, this recording includes lists of Tomasson's choreographic works, and cities where the San Francisco Ballet has performed.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Bob Kalsey, Bravura Films.

Subjects

• Helgi Tómasson, 1942-
• San Francisco Ballet
• Rizzo, Marlene
• Video
• Dance
• Tributes

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Credits (note)

• Editor, Stacey Dennick ; director of photography, Lex Fletcher.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-186

OCLC

NYPY05-F10209

Title

Helgi Tomasson/San Francisco Ballet [videorecording] : 20th anniversary / Bravura Films, Inc. ; directed by Bob Kalsey.

Imprint

c2005.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Editor, Stacey Dennick ; director of photography, Lex Fletcher.

Performer

Speakers (in order of appearance): Helgi Tomasson; Mark Morris, choreographer; Allen Robertson, dance editor, Time Out London; Kay Mazzo, co-chairman of faculty, School of American Ballet; Brigitte Lefèvre, dance director, Paris Opéra Ballet; Jenny Gilbert, dance critic; Clement Crisp, dance critic; Anna Kisselgoff, dance critic; Anita Paciotti, ballet mistress, San Francisco Ballet; Christopher Stowell, artistic director, Oregon Ballet Theatre; Evelyn Cisneros, ballet education coordinator, San Francisco Ballet; Gonzalo Garcia, principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet; Mikko Nissinen, artistic director, Boston Ballet; Lucy Jewett, vice chair, San Francisco Ballet; Chris Hellman, chair emeritus, San Francisco Ballet; Violette Verdy, former principal dancer, New York City Ballet; L. Jay Tenenbaum, trustee emeritus, San Francisco Ballet; Tom Perkins, trustee emeritus, San Francisco Ballet; J. Stuart Francis, past board chair, San Francisco Ballet; George James, past board chair, San Francisco Ballet; Jim Ludwig, past board chair, San Francisco Ballet; Christopher Wheeldon, choreographer; James Herbert, chairman of the board, San Francisco Ballet; Gloria Govrin, associate director, San Francisco Ballet School; Joanna Berman, former principal dancer, San Francisco Ballet; Glenn McCoy, executive director, San Francisco Ballet; Jocelyn Vollmar, faculty, San Francisco Ballet School; Ashley Wheater, ballet master and assistant to the artistic director, San Francisco Ballet; Richard Coldman, trustee, San Francisco Ballet.

Added Author

Kalsey, Bob. Director

Dennick, Stacey. Film editor

Helgi Tómasson, 1942- Speaker

Morris, Mark, 1956- Speaker

Robertson, Allen. Speaker

Mazzo, Kay. Speaker

Lefèvre, Brigitte. Speaker

Gilbert, Jenny. Speaker

Crisp, Clement. Speaker

Kisselgoff, Anna. Speaker

Paciotti, Anita. Speaker

Stowell, Christopher. Speaker

Cisneros, Evelyn, 1958- Speaker

Garcia, Gonzalo. Speaker

Nissinen, Mikko. Speaker

Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016. Speaker

Wheeldon, Christopher, speaker.

Govrin, Gloria. Speaker

Berman, Joanna. Speaker

McCoy, Glenn, 1958-

Vollmar, Jocelyn. Speaker

Wheater, Ashley. Speaker

Coldman, Richard. Speaker

Bravura Films.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-186