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Additional authors

1. Maurin, Elisabeth
2. Guérin, Isabelle, 1961-
3. Lacarra, Lucía
4. Pierre, Cyril
5. Platel, Elisabeth
6. Le Riche, Nicolas
7. Illmann, Margaret
8. Malakhov, Vladimir, 1968-
9. Cooper, Elisabeth.
10. Barda, Henri.
11. Chauviré, Yvette, 1917-
12. Kylian, Jiri, 1947-
13. Atanassoff, Cyril
14. Dupond, Patrick, 1959-2021
15. Legris, Manuel
16. Vasilʹev, Vladimir, 1940-
17. Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016
18. Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016.
19. Loudières, Monique
20. Stéphant, Yannick.
21. Lacotte, Pierre, 1932-
22. Thesmar, Ghislaine
23. Denard, Michaël
24. Hightower, Rosella.
25. Neumeier, John, 1939-
26. Balanchine, George
27. Robbins, Jerome
28. Robbins, Jerome.
29. Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924.
30. Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
31. Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
32. Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
33. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
34. Delouche, Dominique, 1931-
35. Binot, Philippe.
36. Dirmann, Hervé (Dancer)
37. Bosser, Jocelyn
38. Galli, Pietro (Pianist)
39. Pludermacher, Georges.
40. Quintin, Agnès, author.
41. Balanchine, George.
42. Association relative à la télévision européenne.
43. Films du Prieuré (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videodisc (189 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Violette et Mr B : Violette Verdy, a French ballerina who performed for many years as a principal dancer of the New York City Ballet, coaches young dancers in a selection of roles created for her by the company's chief choreographers, George Balanchine (the "Mr. B." of the title) and Jerome Robbins. In the course of the coaching sessions, she reminisces about working with Balanchine and Robbins, recalling the points they emphasized and the images they used to elicit the movement qualities they wanted. Additional insights are provided by Roland Petit, in whose ballet company Verdy made her debut, and her former dance partners Helgi Tomasson and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux. Most of the coaching sessions are accompanied by dance excerpts depicting Verdy herself performing the choreography being rehearsed.
2. Comme les oiseaux: Young French dancer Monique Loudières comes face to face with some of the greatest contemporary ballet creators including Jiri Kylian and Jerome Robbins, who worked on In the Night with her. Delouche also shows Yvette Chauviré teaching Loudières the role of the Shadow in Lifar's Les Mirages which she herself had learned directly from the choreographer. Bonus features include three courts métrages: Autour de la Sylphide - Aurore - Pas à pas.

Uniform title

1. In the night (Choreographic work : Robbins)
2. Dances at a gathering (Choreographic work : Robbins)
3. Don Quixote (Choreographic work)
4. Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work)
5. Giselle (Choreographic work)

Alternative title

1. Violette et Mr B.
2. Comme les oiseaux.
3. Autour de la Sylphide.
4. Aurore.
5. Pas à pas.

Subject

1. Helgi Tómasson, 1942- > Interviews
2. Ballet > France > History > 20th century
3. Bonnefoux, Jean-Pierre > Interviews
4. Documentaries and factual films and video
5. Balanchine, George
6. Dance
7. Video
8. Petit, Roland, 1924-2011 > Interviews
9. Loudières, Monique
10. Ballet > Russia (Federation) > History > 20th century
11. Filmed dance
12. Robbins, Jerome
13. Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016 > Interviews
14. Documentary films > France

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Filmed dance.
4. Documentaries and factual films and video.

Contents

1. Comme les oiseaux (ca. 84 min.) -- Violette et Mr B (ca. 75 min.) -- Chapitres -- Versions -- Extra (ca. 30 min.). Autour de la Sylphide; Aurore; Pas à pas.
2. Violette et Mr B: Emeralds [from Jewels ; solo created for Violette Verdy] / choreography, George Balanchine ; music, Gabriel Fauré ; danced by Elisabeth Maurin -- Dances at a gathering [solo created for Verdy] / choreography, Jerome Robbins ; music, Frédéric Chopin ; danced by Isabelle Guérin -- Liebeslieder Walzer [two duets created for Verdy and Nicholas Magallanes] / choreography, Balanchine ; music, Johannes Brahms ; danced by Lucia Lacarra and Cyril Pierre -- Sonatine [solo created for Verdy] / excerpt from Dominique Delouche's film Comme les oiseaux, 1991 ; choreography, Balanchine ; music, Maurice Ravel ; danced by Monique Loudières -- In the night [duet created for Verdy and Peter Martins] / choreography, Robbins ; music, Chopin ; danced by Elisabeth Platel and Nicolas Le Riche -- Tchaikovsky pas de deux [created for Verdy and Conrad Ludlow ; adagio, male and female variations] / choreography, Balanchine ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by Margaret Illmann and Vladimir Malakhov.
3. Comme les oiseaux: Don Quixote / danced by Monique Loudières and Patrick Dupond -- [Les Mirages] / danced by Monique Loudières, Cyril Atanassoff, Yvette Chauviré, and Manuel Legris -- In the night / choreographed by Jerome Robbins, music by Frédéric Chopin, danced by Monique Loudières and Manuel Legris -- Romeo and Juliette / choreographed by Jocelyn Bosser, danced by Monique Loudières and Hérve Dirmann -- Sonatine / choreography by George Balanchine, music by Maurice Ravel, danced by Monique Loudières with Violette Verdy -- [Cinderella] / choreographed by Jiri Kylian, danced by Monique Loudières and Manuel Legris -- Giselle / danced by Monique Loudières and Vladimir Vassiliev.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-7180

Note

1. Extra includes: Autour de la sylphide with Ghislane Thesmar (dancer), Michael Denard (dancer), Yannick Stephant (coach), Pierre Lacotte (choreographer); Aurore with Elisabeth Platel (dancer) and Rosella Hightower (coach); and Pas à pas with Patrick Dupond (dancer) and John Neumeier (dancer).
2. A DVD release of two films produced in 1991 and 2001.
3. One of the films is already in the Dance Division: *MGZIA 4-5932 Violette et Mr. B.

Credits (note)

1. Comme les oiseaux original music by Sergei Prokofiev and Henri Sauguet ; choreography by Jerome Robbins and Jirí Kylian ; non-original music by Adolphe Adam, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Ludwig Minkus (from ballet "La Bayadére"), Maurice Ravel ; Romeo et Juliette choregraphy, Jocelyn Bosser.
2. Costumes, Philippe Binot ; script, Agnes Quintin.

Event (note)

1. Filmed at the Paris Opéra.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Source (note)

1. Judy Kinberg;

Language (note)

1. Includes English- and French-language versions.

Title

1. Etoiles pour l'exemple. no. 4 [videorecording] / presented by Les Films du Prieuré, Dominique Delouche, ARTE France, Cinémathèque de la Danse, La Sept Cinéma, and AROP ; a film by Dominique Delouche.

Imprint

1. Paris : Doriane Films, p2001, c1991.

System details

1. DVD.

Performer

1. Violette et Mr B features Violette Verdy ; Comme les oiseaux features Monique Loudières.

Event

1. Filmed at the Paris Opéra.

Credits

1. Comme les oiseaux original music by Sergei Prokofiev and Henri Sauguet ; choreography by Jerome Robbins and Jirí Kylian ; non-original music by Adolphe Adam, Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Ludwig Minkus (from ballet "La Bayadére"), Maurice Ravel ; Romeo et Juliette choregraphy, Jocelyn Bosser.
2. Costumes, Philippe Binot ; script, Agnes Quintin.

Performer

1. Interviewees: Violette Verdy, Roland Petit, Helgi Tomasson, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux.
2. Violette et Mr B danced by (in order of appearance): Elisabeth Maurin, Isabelle Guérin, Lucia Lacarra and Cyril Pierre, Monique Loudières, Elisabeth Platel and Nicolas Le Riche, Margaret Illmann and Vladimir Malakhov.
3. Comme les oiseaux features (in credits order): Cyril Atanassoff, Yvette Chauviré, Patrick Dupond, Jirí Kylian, Manuel Legris, Monique Loudières, Jerome Robbins, Vladimir Vassiliev, Violette Verdy. Narrated by Violette Verdy. With Hervé Dirmann.
4. Pianists: Elisabeth Cooper, Henri Barda, Cédric Lorel, Pietro Galli, Georges Pludermacher.

Language

1. Includes English- and French-language versions.

Source

1. Gift; Judy Kinberg; 2008. NN-PD

Added author

1. Maurin, Elisabeth, dancer.
2. Guérin, Isabelle, 1961- dancer.
3. Lacarra, Lucía, dancer.
4. Pierre, Cyril, dancer.
5. Platel, Elisabeth, dancer.
6. Le Riche, Nicolas, dancer.
7. Illmann, Margaret, dancer.
8. Malakhov, Vladimir, 1968- dancer.
9. Cooper, Elisabeth. Musician
10. Barda, Henri. Musician
11. Chauviré, Yvette, 1917- dancer.
12. Kylian, Jiri, 1947- choreographer.
13. Atanassoff, Cyril, dancer.
14. Dupond, Patrick, 1959-2021, dancer.
15. Legris, Manuel, dancer.
16. Vasilʹev, Vladimir, 1940- dancer.
17. Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016, dancer.
18. Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016. Teacher
19. Loudières, Monique, dancer.
20. Stéphant, Yannick. Teacher
21. Lacotte, Pierre, 1932- choreographer.
22. Thesmar, Ghislaine, dancer.
23. Denard, Michaël, dancer.
24. Hightower, Rosella. Teacher
25. Neumeier, John, 1939- dancer.
26. Balanchine, George, choreographer.
27. Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.
28. Robbins, Jerome. Teacher
29. Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Composer
30. Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Composer
31. Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Composer
32. Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Composer
33. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
34. Delouche, Dominique, 1931- Director
35. Binot, Philippe. Costume designer
36. Dirmann, Hervé (Dancer), dancer.
37. Bosser, Jocelyn, choreographer.
38. Galli, Pietro (Pianist) Musician
39. Pludermacher, Georges. Musician
40. Quintin, Agnès, author. Author
41. Association relative à la télévision européenne.
42. Films du Prieuré (Firm)
43. Kinberg, Judy. Donor
44. Balanchine, George. Sonatine.
45. Balanchine, George. Liebeslieder Walzer.
46. Balanchine, George. Pas de deux (Tschaikovsky)
47. Balanchine, George. Jewels.

Added title

1. In the night (Choreographic work : Robbins)
2. Dances at a gathering (Choreographic work : Robbins)
3. Don Quixote (Choreographic work)
4. Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work)
5. Giselle (Choreographic work)
6. Violette et Mr B.
7. Comme les oiseaux.
8. Autour de la Sylphide.
9. Aurore.
10. Pas à pas.

Publisher no.

1. EDV958 Doriane Films

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-7180