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Additional authors

1. Preljocaj, Angelin
2. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
3. Guérin, Isabelle, 1961-
4. Hilaire, Laurent
5. Lefèvre, Brigitte.
6. Preljocaj, Angelin.
7. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
8. Opéra de Paris. Ballet.
9. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program includes excerpts from choreographer Angelin Preljocaj's three-act ballet Le parc, choreographed for Le Ballet de l'Opéra Nationale de Paris. Le Ballet de l'Opéra director of dance Brigitte Lefèvre gives introductory remarks about the company, noting that the New York engagement will also include a presentation of late company director Rudolf Nureyev's staging of La bayadère. Preljocaj provides commentary on Le parc, which portrays the stages of courtship and love, drawing on tropes from 17th and 18th-century French literature.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 072.

Uniform title

1. Parc (Choreographic work: Preljocaj)
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Dance
2. Video
3. Choreography
4. Choreographers > France
5. Parc (Choreographic work: Preljocaj)
6. Opéra de Paris > Ballet
7. Preljocaj, Angelin

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1072

Credits (note)

1. Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj. Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 6, 1996.

Funding (note)

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography (note)

1. Le parc premiered in April 1994 with Guérin and Hilaire in the leading roles. It received its American premiere in June 1996 at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Title

1. Le parc [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 1996.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 072.
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Credits

1. Choreography: Angelin Preljocaj. Music: Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.

Performer

1. Le parc excerpts danced by Isabelle Guérin and Laurent Hilaire. Commentators: Brigitte Lefèvre and Angelin Preljocaj.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 6, 1996.

Funding

1. With support from The Peter Jay Sharp Foundation, digitization and DVD authoring of the Works & process at the Guggenheim video archive was done by StreamingCulture at the Graduate Center of The City University of New York.

Biography

1. Le parc premiered in April 1994 with Guérin and Hilaire in the leading roles. It received its American premiere in June 1996 at the Metropolitan Opera House.

Added author

1. Preljocaj, Angelin, choreographer.
2. Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Composer
3. Guérin, Isabelle, 1961- dancer.
4. Hilaire, Laurent, dancer.
5. Lefèvre, Brigitte. Commentator
6. Preljocaj, Angelin. Commentator
7. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
8. Opéra de Paris. Ballet.
9. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Added title

1. Parc (Choreographic work: Preljocaj)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1072