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Tally ho or The frail quarry

Title
Tally ho [electronic resource] : or The frail quarry / choreography, Agnes de Mille ; music by [Christoph Willibald Ritter von] Gluck & [André Ernest Modeste] Grétry ; performed by Ballet Theatre.
Publication
[between 1948 and 1954]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • De Mille, Agnes
  • Jessen, Victor.
  • Reed, Janet, 1916-2000
  • Laing, Hugh
  • Kriza, John
  • Lynn, Bambi
  • Bentley, Muriel
  • Motley, pseud.
  • Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (46 min.) : si., col.
Summary
"This ballet has nothing to do with fox-hunting. The scene is a French forest on an afternoon in the middle of a long summer." -- Ballet Theatre program (Apr. 28, 1949).
Series Statement
Victor Jessen Collection
Uniform Title
Tally-ho (Choreographic work : De Mille)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Some cast members change during different performances; for example, Janet Reed's role is sometimes performed by another dancer.
  • Partly complete; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera location.
  • Credits partially from book entitled, Without permission by Victor Jessen ; additional credits from the Dance Division's *MGZB Ballet Theatre program (Apr. 28, 1949).
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Scenery and costumes by Motley ; scenery executed by Triangle Scenic Studios ; ladies' costumes executed by Lutyens ; men's costumes executed by Eaves Costume Company ; music arranged for ballet by Paul Nordoff.
  • Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Funding (note)
  • Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
System Details (note)
  • Streaming video, transferred from 16mm reversal print via Digital Betacam cassettes.
Biography (note)
  • This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout the theater.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1711
OCLC
438187777
Title
Tally ho [electronic resource] : or The frail quarry / choreography, Agnes de Mille ; music by [Christoph Willibald Ritter von] Gluck & [André Ernest Modeste] Grétry ; performed by Ballet Theatre.
Imprint
[between 1948 and 1954]
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Victor Jessen Collection
System Details
Streaming video, transferred from 16mm reversal print via Digital Betacam cassettes.
Credits
Scenery and costumes by Motley ; scenery executed by Triangle Scenic Studios ; ladies' costumes executed by Lutyens ; men's costumes executed by Eaves Costume Company ; music arranged for ballet by Paul Nordoff.
Performer
Dancers include: Janet Reed (the wife), Hugh Laing (the husband, a genius), John Kriza (the prince), Bambi Linn (the innocent), Muriel Bentley (a lady, no better than she should be) and possibly Melissa Hayden with members of Ballet Theatre.
Credits
Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Funding
Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Biography
This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout the theater.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIDVD 5-5271
*MGZHB 12-1987, additional copy; 16mm (1 reel, 1102 ft.). This print is stored for preservation. Use *MGZIDF 1711 instead.
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Added Author
De Mille, Agnes, choreographer.
Jessen, Victor. Cinematographer
Reed, Janet, 1916-2000, dancer.
Laing, Hugh, dancer.
Kriza, John, dancer.
Lynn, Bambi, dancer.
Bentley, Muriel, dancer.
Motley, pseud.
Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Added Title
Tally-ho (Choreographic work : De Mille)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1711
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