Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Wheeldon, Christopher
2. Dalva, Nancy
3. McBride, Molly
4. Lorenzo, Riolama
5. Kowroski, Maria
6. Woetzel, Damian
7. Whelan, Wendy
8. Angle, Tyler
9. Benjamin, Leanne, 1964-
10. Cassone, Céline
11. Jacoby, Drew
12. Stix-Brunell, Beatriz, 1993-
13. Hohenstein, Rory
14. Liang, Edward
15. Pronk, Rubinald
16. Watson, Edward
17. Bass, Anne H.
18. Cronson, Caroline
19. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection
20. Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company
21. New York City Ballet
22. Pennsylvania Ballet

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (77 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program highlights the role played by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in recording and preserving dance and aiding scholars and choreographers. A conversation with Christopher Wheeldon is interspersed with video recordings of Wheeldon's choreographic works. The panelists discuss the ballets excerpted in the clips; Wheeldon speaks about the settings and concepts for Swan lake and Variations sérieuses, the music for Polyphonia, and the scenery and costume design for Commedia. Wheeldon and McBride discuss the mechanics of filming dance, the significance of recording both wide and tight shot versions, the importance of archival footage in restaging ballets, and the experience of choreographing for the camera. Wheeldon speaks about the dynamics of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, how as a small pick-up company it differs from larger ballet companies; what he looks for in dancers; his feelings about retiring from dancing; Jerome Robbins' influence on his career; and his future plans.

Uniform title

1. Swan lake (Choreographic work : Wheeldon after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
2. Variations sérieuses (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
3. Polyphonia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
4. Commedia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)

Subject

1. Wheeldon, Christopher
2. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection
3. Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company
4. Swan lake (Choreographic work : Wheeldon after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
5. Variations sérieuses (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
6. Polyphonia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
7. Commedia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
8. Choreographers -- Interviews
9. Dance archives
10. Dance documentation

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.

Contents

1. Dance content: Swan lake (excerpts, Act I and Act IV) [2004] / music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; scenery by Adrienne Lobel; costumes by Jean-Marc Puissant; performed by Riolama Lorenzo (Odette/Odile) and dancers of the Pennsylvania Ballet -- Variations sérieuses (excerpt) [2001] / music by Felix Mendelssohn; scenery and costumes by Ian Falconer; danced by Maria Kowroski, Damian Woetzel and dancers of New York City Ballet -- Polyphonia (excerpt) [2008] / music by György Ligeti; performed by Wendy Whelan and Tyler Angle -- Commedia (excerpts) [2008] / music by Igor Stravinsky; scenery by Ruben Toledo; costumes by Isabel Toledo; danced by Leanne Benjamin, Céline Cassone, Drew Jacoby, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Rory Hohenstein, Edwaard Liang, Rubinald Pronk, Edward Watson.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-4733

Note

1. An exclusive event of the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Credits (note)

1. All choreography by Christopher Wheeldon.
2. All performance footage videotaped by Sathya Productions for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image.

Event (note)

1. Recorded at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on Oct. 28, 2008.

Funding (note)

1. This recording was made possible by the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Title

1. A conversation with Christopher Wheeldon [videorecording] / presented by Ann H. Bass, Caroline Cronson and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Imprint

1. 2008.

Credits

1. All choreography by Christopher Wheeldon.
2. All performance footage videotaped by Sathya Productions for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image.

Performer

1. Host, Nancy Dalva. Panelists, Christopher Wheeldon, Molly McBride.
2. Program introduced by Jacqueline Z. Davis, the Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director for the Library of Performing Arts; David Ferreiro, Andrew W. Mellon Director of Libraries; and Jan Schmidt, curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Event

1. Recorded at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on Oct. 28, 2008.

Funding

1. This recording was made possible by the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

Local subject

1. Dance documentation.

Added author

1. Wheeldon, Christopher, interviewee.
2. Wheeldon, Christopher, choreographer.
3. Dalva, Nancy. Interviewer
4. McBride, Molly. Interviewee
5. Lorenzo, Riolama, dancer.
6. Kowroski, Maria, dancer.
7. Woetzel, Damian, dancer.
8. Whelan, Wendy, dancer.
9. Angle, Tyler, dancer.
10. Benjamin, Leanne, 1964- dancer.
11. Cassone, Céline, dancer.
12. Jacoby, Drew, dancer.
13. Stix-Brunell, Beatriz, 1993- dancer.
14. Hohenstein, Rory, dancer.
15. Liang, Edward, dancer.
16. Pronk, Rubinald, dancer.
17. Watson, Edward, dancer.
18. Bass, Anne H. Producer
19. Cronson, Caroline. Producer
20. New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
21. Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company.
22. New York City Ballet.
23. Pennsylvania Ballet.

Added title

1. Swan lake (Choreographic work : Wheeldon after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
2. Variations sérieuses (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
3. Polyphonia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
4. Commedia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-4733