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La sylphide [and] Inside the Soviet circus

Title: La sylphide [and] Inside the Soviet circus [videorecording].
Publication: c1989, c1988.

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Description

1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Inside the Soviet circus, looks at Soviet circus performers who enjoy wages and social status greater than any other citizen except top scientists and high government officials. It all starts at the Moscow Circus School where 70 teenagers are chosen annually from 1000 applicants to hone their skills in acrobatics, ballet, clowning, juggling and rope-walking.

Series Statement

Selma Jeanne Cohen Archive

Uniform Title

Sylphide (Choreographic work : Martins after Bournonville)

Alternative Title

Inside the Soviet Circus (Documentary)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Documentaries and factual works.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.

Note

Complete version of Dance in America's La sylphide available in Dance Division, *MGZIC 9-1904 La sylphide.
Inside the Soviet Circus is also available from the Theatre on Film and Tape Archive, NCOX 488.
Related to the Selma Jeanne Cohen papers (*MGZMD 258): Series VII: Performance and lecture videos, 1977-1998.

System Details (note)

DVD.

Source (note)

Estate of Selma Jeanne Cohen;

Contents

Dance in America's La sylphide (58 min.) [ends abruptly] / choreography by August Bournonville ; staged by Peter Martins ; music by Hermann Løwenskjold ; host, Peter Martins ; scenery and costumes, Susan Tammany ; lighting, Thomas Skelton ; directed by Merrill Brockway ; produced by Judy Kinberg ; danced by the Pennsylvania and Milwaukee Ballet: Melissa Podcasy (the Sylph), Marin Boieru (James), Jeffrey Gribler (Gurn), Lisa Sundstrom (Effy), Edward Myers (Madge), and others.
Inside the Soviet circus [begins abruptly] (57 min.) / produced by the National Geographic Society and WQED Pittsburgh ; written and produced by Miriam Birch ; photographed by Norris Brock ; edited by John Dabney ; narrated by Theodore Bikel ; featuring Oleg Popov.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6431

OCLC

764650340

Title

La sylphide [and] Inside the Soviet circus [videorecording].

Imprint

c1989, c1988.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Selma Jeanne Cohen Archive

System Details

DVD.

Original Version

Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.

Source

Gift; Estate of Selma Jeanne Cohen; 2006. NN-PD

Added Author

Podcasy, Melissa, dancer.

Boieru, Marin, dancer.

Gribler, Jeffrey, dancer.

Sundstrom, Lisa, dancer.

Myers, Edward (Dancer), dancer.

Bournonville, August, 1805-1879, choreographer.

Løvenskiold, Herman Severin, 1815-1870. Composer

Martins, Peter, 1946- Restager

Martins, Peter, 1946- host.

Skelton, Thomas R. Lighting designer

Tammany, Susan. Costume designer

Kinberg, Judy. Producer

Brockway, Merrill. Director

Bikel, Theodore, narrator.

Birch, Miriam. Writer of accompanying material

Birch, Miriam, producer.

Brock, Norris. Cinematographer

Dabney, John. Film editor

Popov, Oleg, 1930-2016, performer.

Pennsylvania and Milwaukee Ballet.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

National Geographic Society (U.S.)

WQED (Television station : Pittsburgh, Pa.)

Estate of Selma Jeanne Cohen. Donor

Added Title

Sylphide (Choreographic work : Martins after Bournonville)

Inside the Soviet Circus (Documentary)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-6431

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