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An evening with Frederic Franklin a birthday celebration

Title
An evening with Frederic Franklin [videorecording] : a birthday celebration / [moderated by] Nigel Redden ; presented by Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Publication
c2010.

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Additional Authors
  • Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946-
  • Schmidt, Jan, 1948-
  • Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013
  • Redden, Nigel.
  • Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
  • Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
  • Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982
  • Balanchine, George
  • Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997
  • Hübbe, Nikolaj
  • Ward, Penny
  • Penny Ward/Video.
  • Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Division.
  • Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (59 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Frederic Franklin discusses his dance career beginning with childhood experiences including his Royal Academy of Dance exams, his first dance job at the age of 17 yrs. old at the Casino de Paris with performers including Josephine Baker, dancing with Louise Brown and Wendy Toye, performing with the Markova-Dolin Ballet and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, and starting his company Slavenska-Franklin Ballet with Mia Slavenska. Franklin reminisces about his leading ladies and their differences, dancing with George Balanchine, coaching and staging ballets, currently performing with American Ballet Theatre, and his first performance at the old Met in New York after a fourteen day boat crossing from England.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Interviews.
Credits (note)
  • Moving image excerpts compiled and edited by Daisy Pommer and Francis Dougherty ; photographs montage compiled and edited by Alice Standin with Greg Lisi ; videographer, Penny Ward (Penny Ward/Video).
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., on June 14, 2010.
Funding (note)
  • This recording was made possible by the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, transferred from DVCam cassette.
Contents
  • Introduction (6 min.) / by Jacqueline Z. Davis and Jan Schmidt -- Interview with moving image excerpts (ca. 51min.) / interviewee, Frederic Franklin ; moderator, Nigel Redden -- Conclusion (ca. 4 min.) / by Jacqueline Z. Davis.
  • Le beau danube (excerpt) (1948-1952) (ca. 4 min.) / choreography by Léonide Massine ; filmed by Victor Jessen ; performed by Alexandra Danilova and Frederic Franklin with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
  • A time to dance: Great performance in dance (1959) (excerpts) (ca. 2 min.). Swan lake / choreography based on Petipa ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; performed by Alexandra Danilova and Frederic Franklin -- A streetcar named desire / choreography by Valerie Bettis ; performed by Frederic Franklin.
  • A streetcar named desire (ca. 1952) (excerpt) (ca. 1 min.) / choreography by Valerie Bettis ; recorded by Ann Barzel ; performed by Frederic Franklin (Stanley) with the Slavenska-Franklin Ballet.
  • Frederic Franklin recreating the male solo from Raymonda, Act III (1998) (excerpt) (ca. 1 min.) / choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Aleksandr Glazunov ; produced by The George Balanchine Foundation ; performed by Nikolaj Hübbe and Frederic Franklin.
  • Raymonda (1948-1952) (excerpt) (ca. 1 min.) / choreography by Alexandra Danilova and George Balanchine after Petipa ; filmed by Victor Jessen ; performed by Alexandra Danilova and Frederic Franklin with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
  • Gaite parisienne (1940's) (excerpt) (ca. 2 min.) / choreography by Léonide Massine ; music by Jacques Offenbach ; prchestrated by Manuel Rosenthal ; filmed by Victor Jessen ; performed by Alexandra Danilova (the glove-seller) and Frederic Franklin (the baron) with the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5963
OCLC
681623499
Title
An evening with Frederic Franklin [videorecording] : a birthday celebration / [moderated by] Nigel Redden ; presented by Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Imprint
c2010.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
System Details
DVD, transferred from DVCam cassette.
Credits
Moving image excerpts compiled and edited by Daisy Pommer and Francis Dougherty ; photographs montage compiled and edited by Alice Standin with Greg Lisi ; videographer, Penny Ward (Penny Ward/Video).
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y., on June 14, 2010.
Funding
This recording was made possible by the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Added Author
Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946- speaker.
Schmidt, Jan, 1948- speaker.
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013, interviewee.
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013, dancer.
Redden, Nigel. Moderator
Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979, choreographer.
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.
Bettis, Valerie, 1919-1982, choreographer.
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997, dancer.
Hübbe, Nikolaj, dancer.
Ward, Penny, videographer.
Penny Ward/Video.
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
New York Public Library. Dance Division.
Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5963
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