Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Chapman, Wes
2. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
3. Johnson, Virginia, 1950-
4. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
5. Coralli, Eugène, 1779-1854
6. Perrot, Jules, 1810-1892
7. Hinkis, Meaghan
8. Waldrep, Brian
9. Won, Jinho
10. Kinouchi, Shu
11. Reyes, Xiomara
12. Hallberg, David
13. Cronson, Mary Sharp
14. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910.
15. American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
16. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (81 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program focuses on the long career of dancer, choreographer Frederic Franklin. Live performances of ballet excerpts re-staged by Franklin (one restaged by Kevin McKenzie) and film clips of an interview with Frederic Franklin (possibly from the documentary Ballets Russes) and dance performance of Red Poppies are interspersed with panel discussions featuring Franklin and Virginia Johnson. The panelists discuss Franklin's early experiences dancing with Josephine Baker in Paris, and with the Markova-Dolin Ballet in London; his years with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and professional relationships with Léonide Massine, Alexandra Danilova, and Alicia Markova; and creating Giselle for the Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Uniform title

1. Giselle (Choreographic work : Petipa after Coralli and Perrot)
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. Danilova, Alexandra, 1903-1997
2. Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
3. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004
4. Video
5. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013
6. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
7. Dance
8. Giselle (Choreographic work : Franklin after Petipa, M)
9. Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil
10. Dance Theatre of Harlem

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.

Contents

1. Introduction / by Mary Sharp Cronson -- Raymonda (Czardas) / choreography by Marius Petipa ; staging by Frederic Franklin after Marius Petipa ; music by Alexander Glazunov ; performed by Meaghan Hinkis and Irlan Silva, Katie Boren, Skylar Brandt, Brittany DeGrofft, Courtney Lavine, Telmo Moreira, Colby Parsons, Calvin Royal III, Alberto Valasquez -- Discussion / by Wes Chapman, Frederic Franklin and Virginia Johnson -- Raymonda (male variation) / music performed [on piano] by Daniel Waite ; performed by Brian Waldrep -- Raymonda (female variation) / music performed [on piano] by Daniel Waite ; performed by Meaghan Hinkis -- Discussion / by Wes Chapman, Frederic Franklin and Virginia Johnson -- The sleeping beauty (Bluebird pas de deux) / choreography after Marius Petipa ; staging by Frederic Franklin after Marius Petipa ; music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky ; music performed [on piano] by Daniel Waite ; performed by Jinho Won and Shu Kinouchi -- Discussion / by Wes Chapman, Frederic Franklin and Virginia Johnson -- Giselle (act II, pas de deux) / choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot and Marius Petipa ; staged by Kevin McKenzie ; music by Adolphe Adam ; music performed [on piano] by Daniel Waite ; performed by Xiomara Reyes and David Hallberg.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5552

Note

1. Video excerpt of Red poppies (Russian sailor solo) was filmed by Ann Barzel, circa. 1945.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 11, 2010.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Source (note)

1. Mary Sharp Cronson.

Title

1. American Ballet Theatre, an evening with Frederic Franklin [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. c2010.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

System details

1. DVD.

Performer

1. Moderator: Wes Chapman ; panel: Frederic Franklin and Virginia Johnson (artistic director, Dance Theatre of Harlem).
2. Host, Mary Sharp Cronson.
3. Danced by American Ballet Theatre II and Shu Kinouchi from the American Ballet Theatre's Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School.

Event

1. Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 11, 2010.

Local note

1. For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].

Source

1. Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD

Added author

1. Chapman, Wes. Interviewer
2. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee
3. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Restager
4. Johnson, Virginia, 1950- Interviewee
5. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.
6. Coralli, Eugène, 1779-1854, choreographer.
7. Perrot, Jules, 1810-1892, choreographer.
8. Hinkis, Meaghan, dancer.
9. Waldrep, Brian, dancer.
10. Won, Jinho, dancer.
11. Kinouchi, Shu, dancer.
12. Reyes, Xiomara, dancer.
13. Hallberg, David, dancer.
14. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
15. American Ballet Theatre Studio Company.
16. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
17. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Donor NN-PD
18. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910. Spiashchaia krasavitsa. Sini︠a︡i︠a︡ ptit︠s︡a i print︠s︡essa Florina.
19. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910. Raĭmonda.

Added title

1. Giselle (Choreographic work : Petipa after Coralli and Perrot)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5552