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Les grands ballets canadiens Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
  1. Les grands ballets canadiens [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Published by
  1. 1993.
Format
  1. Film, slide, etc.

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Additional authors
  1. Boardman, Andrea
  2. Bissonnette, Anik
  3. Robitaille, Louis
  4. Lafortune, Sylvain
  5. Kudelka, James
  6. Geminiani, Francesco, 1687-1762
  7. Alie, Carmen
  8. Lavoie, Denis
  9. Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953
  10. Labelle, Sylvain
  11. Kudelka, James
  12. Mason, Francis
  13. Cronson, Mary Sharp
  14. Grands ballets canadiens
  15. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
  1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (65 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
  1. This program, which begins with two minutes of rehearsal footage, includes a conversation with Canadian choreographer James Kudelka, interspersed with excerpts from two ballets he created for Les grands ballets canadiens, Private dances (Plaisirs solitaires) and Désir. Kudelka discusses his training at the National Ballet School of Canada, his career as a dancer at the National Ballet and Les grands ballets canadiens, and his switch to choreography. He also discusses his inspiration and selection of music for Private dances and Désir, and recalls working with Rudolf Nureyev.
Donor/Sponsor
  1. Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series statement
  1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection ; 048.
Uniform title
  1. Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subject
  1. Kudelka, James. - [Browse in index]
  2. Grands ballets canadiens. - [Browse in index]
  3. Dance companies -- Canada. - [Browse in index]
  4. Choreographers -- Canada. - [Browse in index]
  5. Choreography. - [Browse in index]
Genre/Form
  1. Video.
  2. Dance.
Contents
  1. Dance content, Private dances (Plaisirs solitaires). Section II / danced by Andrea Boardman -- Section VII / danced by Anik Bissonnette and Louis Robitaille -- Section IX / danced by Sylvain Lafortune -- Section X / danced by Anik Bissonnette -- Section XII / danced by Sylvain Lafortune.
  2. Dance content, Désir. Movement I / danced by Sylvain Lafortune and Andrea Boardman -- Movement IV / danced by Anik Bissonnette and Louis Robitaille -- Movement V / danced by Sylvain Lafortune and Andrea Boardman.
Call number
  1. *MGZIDVD 5-1048
Language
  1. English
Note
  1. The title is misstyped as "Les Grandes Ballets Canadiens" in the opening credits.
Credits (note)
  1. Private dances (Plaisirs solitaires). Choreography by James Kudelka. Music by Francesco Geminiani. Sets and costumes by Carmen Alie and Denis Lavoie.
  2. Désir. Choreography by James Kudelka. Music by Sergei Prokofiev. Costumes by Sylvain Labelle.
Event (note)
  1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 15 or May 16, 1993.
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.
Country of producing entity
  1. U.S.
Performer
  1. Dances performed by Andrea Boardman, Anik Bissonnette, Louis Robitaille, and Sylvain Lafortune. Interviewee: James Kudelka. Interviewer: Francis Mason.
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