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Balanchine and the School of American Ballet Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Balanchine and the School of American Ballet [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Schorer, Suki.
  • Balanchine, George
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  • Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791.
  • Peck, Tiler
  • Veyette, Andrew
  • McDill, Nancy.
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • School of American Ballet.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (110 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Suki Schorer, senior faculty member at the School of American Ballet, lectures on the curriculum and teaching methods at the School of American Ballet; her talk is accompanied by demonstrations of classroom exercises and choreographic excerpts by current students and alumnae of the school. Schorer discusses the Russian school of technique developed by Vaganova, Balanchine's relation to it and his own technique and methods; versions of the Nutcracker pas de deux and barre exercises are presented to demonstrate these distinctions. Schorer describes how Balanchine's classroom practice supported his choreography, his approaches to barre exercises, tempo and pointe shoes. Students from different levels in the school demonstrate classroom combinations. The program closes with two choreographic works by Balanchine, performed by recorded music.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Uniform Title
  • Divertimento no. 15 (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
  • Pas de deux [1960] (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
  • Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Feb. 23, 2009.
Contents
The nutcracker pas de deux / performed by Shoshana Rosenfeld, Adam Chavis (Russian version), Lauren Lovette, Taylor Stanley -- Barre exercises / demonstrated by Chaelee Kim (after Vaganova), Elizabeth Wallace (after Balanchine) -- Children's III/IV girls / demonstrated by Eliza Blutt, Christina Clark, Sarita Marom, Lucy Nevin, Margo Pitts, Sara Potgieter -- Children's IV/V intermediate B1/B2 girls / demonstrated by Kaitlyn Casey, Isabella Devivo, Hannah Field, Skyla Schreter -- Intermediate/first year advanced men / demonstrated by Austin Bachman, Joe Gordon, Spartak Hoxha, Ghaleb Kayali, with Jonathan Alexander (children's II; Mandolin dance only) -- Advanced girls / demonstrated by Emilie Gerrity, Katrina Gould, Jillian Harvey, Brittany Hillyer, Cecilia Iliesiu -- Advanced men / demonstrated by Harrison Ball, Lawrence Rines, Taylor Stanley, Price Suddarth, Peter Walker -- Divertimento no. 15 / choreography by George Balanchine; music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; danced by Price Suddarth, Lawrence Rines (theme), Katrina Gould (first variation), Cecilia Iliesiu (second variation), Brittany Hillyer (third variation), Emilie Gerrity (fourth variation), Harrison Ball (fifth variation), Jillian Harvey (sixth variation) -- Partnering / demonstrated by Laurent Lovette, Taylor Stanley -- Tchaikovsky pas de deux / choreography by Balanchine; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; danced by Tiler Peck, Andrew Veyette.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4856
OCLC
318913288
Title
Balanchine and the School of American Ballet [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2009.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Performer
Lecturer and program director: Suki Schorer. Pianist: Nancy McDill.
Performed by students of the School of American Ballet and by Tiler Peck and Andrew Veyette of New York City Ballet.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Feb. 23, 2009.
Added Author
Schorer, Suki. Speaker
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791. Composer
Peck, Tiler, dancer.
Veyette, Andrew, dancer.
McDill, Nancy. Instrumentalist
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
School of American Ballet.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Added Title
Divertimento no. 15 (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Pas de deux [1960] (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4856
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