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Title

American Ballet Theatre [videorecording] / artistic director, Kevin McKenzie ; choreography by Michel Fokine.

Publication

c2005.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
• Peterson, Kirk.
• Chryst, Gary.
• Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
• Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826.
• Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887.
• Douglas, Roy, 1907-2015.
• Benois, Alexandre, 1870-1960.
• Perdziola, Robert.
• Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924.
• Dalton, Elisabeth.
• Roerich, Nicholas, 1874-1947.
• Elliott, David K. H.
• Katz, Natasha
• Fields, Brad.
• Abrera, Stella
• Kajiya, Yuriko
• Fang, Zhong-Jing
• Belotserkovsky, Maxim
• McKerrow, Amanda
• Bocca, Julio, 1967-
• Stapps, Isaac
• Reyes, Xiomara
• Cornejo, Herman
• Acosta, Carlos
• Part, Veronica
• LaMarche, David.
• Barker, Charles.
• Bigelow, September.
• Millard, Jay.
• American Ballet Theatre.
• Harmill Communications.
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Description

2 videodiscs (105 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Uniform Title

• Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)
• Petrouchka (Choreographic work : Fokine)
• Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokine)
• Prince Igor (Choreographic work : Fokin)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Recording made possible by the cooperation of American Ballet Theatre, the Metropolitan Opera House, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, N.Y., on June 20, 2005; video documentation, Harmill Communications; director/camera, Jay Millard.

Funding (note)

• This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
• Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

• Disc 1. Les sylphides (ca. 33 min.) / staged by Kirk Peterson; music, Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by Roy Douglas; scenery, Alexandre Benois; lighting, David K.H. Elliott; danced by Stella Abrera, Yuriko Kajiya, Zhong-Jing Fang, Maxim Beloserkovsky, with Jennifer Alexander, Marian Butler, and Kristi Boone, Lara Bossen, Kelley Boyd, Maria Bystrova, Karin Ellis-Wentz, Melanie Hamrick, Laura Hidalgo, Sarah Lane, Elizabeth Mertz, Simone Messmer, Luciana Paris, Adrienne Schulte, Caity Seither, Angela Snow; conductor, David LaMarche. Cast: Nocturne, danced by Stella Abrera, Yuriko Kajiya, Zhong-Jing Fang, Maxim Beloserkovsky, and corps de ballet -- Waltz, danced by Kajiya -- Mazurka, danced by Abrera -- Mazurka, danced by Beloserkovsky -- Prelude, danced by Fang -- Pas de deux, danced by Abrera and Beloserkovsky -- Waltz, danced by Abrera, Kajiya, Fang, Beloserkovsky, and corps de ballet.
• Petrouchka (ca. 39 min.) / staged by Gary Chryst; music, Igor Stravinsky; sets and costumes, Alexandre Benois; lighting, Natasha Katz; danced by Amanda McKerrow (the Ballerina); Julio Bocca (Petrouchka); Isaac Stappas (the Moor); Gary Chryst (the Charlatan); Jennifer Alexander (the chief nursemaid); Roman Zhurbin (the chief coachman); Marian Butler, Maria Bystrova, Nicola Curry, Sasha Dmochowski, Karin Ellis-Wentz, Zhong-Jing Fang, Carrie Jensen, Ilona McHugh (nursemaids); Andrew Brader, Bo Busby, Matthew Golding, Daniel Keene, Arron Scott, Alex Wong (coachmen); Buck Collins, Craig Salstein (grooms); Guillaume Graffin (the spirited merchant); Stella Abrera, Kristi Boone (gypsies); Alexei Agoudine, Kenneth Easter, Jared Matthews, Sascha Radetsky (the drunkards); Carlos Lopez (devil); Maria Riccetto, Adrienne Schulte (streetdancers); and others; conductor, Charles Barker.
• Disc 2. Le spectre de la rose (ca. 11 min.) / staged by Kirk Peterson; music, Carl Maria von Weber (Invitation to the dance); sets and costumes, Robert Perdziola, after the originals by Léon Bakst; lighting, Brad Fields; danced by Xiomara Reyes (the Young Girl) and Herman Cornejo (the Rose); conductor, Charles Barker.
• Polovtsian dances (from Prince Igor) (ca. 23 min.) / staged by Frederic Franklin C.B.E.; music, Alexander Borodin; sets and costumes, Elizabeth [i.e. Elisabeth?] Dalton after Nicholas Roerich; lighting, Natasha Katz; danced by Carlos Acosta (Warrior Chieftain); Veronika Part (Polovtsian Princess); Kristi Boone, Lara Bossen, Maria Bystrova, Sasha Dmochowski, Melanie Hamrick, Jennifer Lee, Ilona McHugh, Elizabeth Mertz, Sarah Smith, Melissa Thomas, Karen Uphoff, Jennifer Whalen (maidens); Grant DeLong, Tobin Eason, Alexandre Hammoudi, Blaine Hoven, Daniel Keene, Vitali Krauchenka, Matthew Murphy, Luis Ribagorda, Flavio Salazar, Cory Stearns, Eric Underwood, Roman Zhurbin (warriors); Laura Hidalgo, and Kelley Boyd, Ashley Ellis, Luciana Paris, Jacquelyn Reyes, Caity Seither, Abigail Simon (Polovtsian girls); Julio Bragado-Young, Kenneth Easter, Jeffrey Golladay, Alejandro Piris-Niño (young boys); mezzo soprano soloist, September Bigelow; conductor, Charles Barker.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-215

Title

American Ballet Theatre [videorecording] / artistic director, Kevin McKenzie ; choreography by Michel Fokine.

Imprint

c2005.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Performer

Danced by American Ballet Theatre.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, N.Y., on June 20, 2005; video documentation, Harmill Communications; director/camera, Jay Millard.

Summary

Four ballets originally choreographed by Michel Fokine for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, presented as American Ballet Theatre's Fokine Celebration.

Funding

This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Added Author

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.

Peterson, Kirk. Restager

Chryst, Gary. rsg, dancer.

Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Restager

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Composer

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer

Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Composer

Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887. Composer

Douglas, Roy, 1907-2015.

Benois, Alexandre, 1870-1960. Set designer. Costume designer

Perdziola, Robert. Set designer. Costume designer

Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924. Set designer. Costume designer

Dalton, Elisabeth. Set designer. Costume designer

Roerich, Nicholas, 1874-1947. Set designer. Costume designer

Elliott, David K. H. Lighting designer

Katz, Natasha, lighting designer.

Fields, Brad. Lighting designer

Abrera, Stella, dancer.

Kajiya, Yuriko, dancer.

Fang, Zhong-Jing, dancer.

Belotserkovsky, Maxim, dancer.

McKerrow, Amanda, dancer.

Bocca, Julio, 1967- dancer.

Stapps, Isaac, dancer.

Reyes, Xiomara, dancer.

Cornejo, Herman, dancer.

Acosta, Carlos, dancer.

Part, Veronica, dancer.

LaMarche, David. Conductor

Barker, Charles. Conductor

Bigelow, September. voc

Millard, Jay. Videographer

American Ballet Theatre.

Harmill Communications.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.

Added Title

Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)

Petrouchka (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Prince Igor (Choreographic work : Fokin)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-215