Research Catalog

Title

Classical ballet lesson [videorecording] / produced, written, and directed by Peggy Willis-Aarnio ; presented by The Willis Ballet Educational Video Library.

Publication

Lubbock, Tex. : Willis Ballet, c1993-2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Willis-Aarnio, Peggy, 1948-
• Mezen︠t︡seva, Galina
• Shokhina, Elena
• Conservatory of Classical Ballet (Lubbock, Tex.)
• Willis Ballet.

Description

7 videodiscs (NTSC) (631 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in. +

Summary

Includes a brief history of the Russian teaching method with a demonstration lesson on each disc.

Series Statement

Willis Ballet educational DVD library

Alternative Title

Willis Ballet Educational Video Library presents Classical ballet lesson

Subjects

• Ballet dancing > Study and teaching
• Dance
• Video

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Missing from this series is the 2nd class (series 1, vol. 1), Middle of beginning level.
• Study guides for classes 3-8 are located in *MGZIDVD 5-5080 [Notes]. No guides for classes 1 and 2.
• Dance excerpts on disc 8 (8th class) include: The [young] lady and the hooligan (Boyarski), Pakhita (Petipa), Flames of Paris (V. Vainonen), Le corsaire (Petipa), Grand pas classique (A. Gzovsky), Thunder & lightning (M. Medvetskaya), and Don Quixote (Petipa) performed by the Saint Petersburg Classic Ballet ; Act III of The diamond ballet (Willis-Aarnio) performed by the St. Petersburg Ballet Theatre of Konstantin Tatchkine.

Credits (note)

• Demonstrated by prima ballerina Galina Mezentseva, with additional demonstrations (in advanced level) by Elena Shokhina ; narrated by Peggy Willis-Aarnio ; piano music performed by Ludmila Petrovna Vlasenko ; student dancers, Erin Smith and Shannon Smith.

Event (note)

• Videotaped on location at the Conservatory of Classical Ballet, in Lubbock, Texas.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

Disc 1 (1st class, series 1, vol. 1). Beginning of beginning level (118 min.) -- Disc 3 (3rd class, series 1, vol. 1). End of beginning level (72 min.) -- Disc 4 (4th class, series 1, vol. 2). Beginning of intermediate level (78 min.) -- Disc 5 (5th class, series 1, vol. 2). Middle of intermediate level (65 min.) -- Disc 6 (6th class, series 1, vol. 2). End of intermediate level (79 min.) -- Disc 7 (7th class, series 1, vol. 3). Beginning of advanced level (62 min.) -- Disc 8 (8th class, series 1, vol. 3). End of advanced level (160 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5080 Notes on file

OCLC

62521832

Title

Classical ballet lesson [videorecording] / produced, written, and directed by Peggy Willis-Aarnio ; presented by The Willis Ballet Educational Video Library.

Imprint

Lubbock, Tex. : Willis Ballet, c1993-2002.

Series

Willis Ballet educational DVD library

System Details

DVD.

Credits

Demonstrated by prima ballerina Galina Mezentseva, with additional demonstrations (in advanced level) by Elena Shokhina ; narrated by Peggy Willis-Aarnio ; piano music performed by Ludmila Petrovna Vlasenko ; student dancers, Erin Smith and Shannon Smith.

Performer

Taught by Peggy Willis-Aarnio.

Event

Videotaped on location at the Conservatory of Classical Ballet, in Lubbock, Texas.

Added Author

Willis-Aarnio, Peggy, 1948- Producer

Willis-Aarnio, Peggy, 1948- Director

Willis-Aarnio, Peggy, 1948- Screenwriter

Willis-Aarnio, Peggy, 1948- Teacher

Mezen︠t︡seva, Galina, dancer.

Shokhina, Elena, dancer.

Conservatory of Classical Ballet (Lubbock, Tex.)

Willis Ballet.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5080 Notes on file