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American Ballet Theatre, A cast of characters Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title: American Ballet Theatre, A cast of characters [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication: c2012.

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

Summary

Discussion of character dancing, dancing character roles, and dancing roles that require characterzation. In discussion 1 John Meehan talks with Roman Zhurbin and Kristi Boone about performing Swan lake (Act III, Czardas), essential elements needed to become a character dancer, the difference between dancing folk and classical ballet, and changing back and forth from character shoes to pointe shoes. Discussion 2 begins with Misty Copeland talking about her background and childhood, creating the Firebird character, working with Alexei Ratmansky, how the steps are different for each of the three lead Firebirds, Reid Anderson talks about Onegin and working with John Cranko, auditioning and joining the Stuttgart Ballet in 1969, dancing in Onegin, how Cranko created works and what he looked for in dancers, and coaching and working on Onegin with American Ballet Theatre (ABT). Discussion 3 focuses on The dream by Sir Frederick Ashton along with several slides. In discussion 4 Meehan talks to Roman Zhurbin about his character roles in ABT and discussion 5 concludes the program with Meehan talking about the final scene being performed, Swan lake (Act III, Princesses) by Kevin McKenzie.

Series Statement

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Works and process at the Guggenheim

Uniform Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work : McKenzie, after Ivanov and Petipa)
Dream (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Onegin (Choreographic work : Cranko)
Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Alternative Title

Firebird (Choreographic work : Ratmansky)
Character medley (Choreographic work)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Interviews.
Video.
Dance.
Nonfiction films.

Note

Title and credits taken from house program.

Event (note)

Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Apr. 30, 2012 (7:30 pm).

System Details (note)

DVD.

Source (note)

Mary Sharp Cronson.

Contents

Introduction (3 min.) / by Duke Dang and John Meehan.
Swan lake (Act III, Czardas) (4 min.) / choreography by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa ; music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky ; costumes by Zack Brown ; danced by Kristi Boone and Roman Zhurbin with Beau Fisher, Lindsey Karchin, Lucius Kirst, Alex Kramer, Caroline Lippert, Kaho Ogawa, Sem Sjouke, Michaela DePrince.
Discussion 1 (5 min.) / speaker, Roman Zhurbin and Kristi Boone; moderator, John Meehan.
Firebird (excerpts) (2 min.) / choreography by Alexei Ratmansky ; music by Igor Stravinsky (L'Oiseau de feu) ; costumes by Galina Solovyeva ; dancer, Misty Copeland.
Discussion 2 (25 min.) / speaker, Misty Copeland and Reid Anderson ; moderator, John Meehan.
Onegin (Act I, pas de deux and coaching session) (7 min.) / choreography by John Cranko ; staged by Reid Anderson and Jane Bourne ; based on the poem by Alexander Pushkin ; copyright, Dieter Graefe ; music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky ; arranged and orchestrated by Kurt-Heinz Stolze ; coached by Reid Anderson ; danced by Hee Seo and Cory Stearns.
Discussion 3 (3 min.) / speaker and moderator, John Meehan.
The dream (excerpts) (12 min.) / choreography by Sir Frederick Ashton ; staged by Anthony Dowell with Christopher Call ; music by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy ; arranged by John Lanchbery ; danced by Craig Salstein (Puck), Maria Riccetto (Helena), Sascha Radetsky (Demetrius), Kristi Boone (Hermia), Jared Matthews (Lysander).
Discussion 4 (3 min.) / speaker, Roman Zhurbin ; moderator, John Meehan.
Character medley [including characters from Romeo & Juliet, Brightstream, Swan lake, Le corsaire, La bayadere] (11 min.) / danced by Roman Zhurbin.
Discussion 5 (3 min.) / speaker and moderator, John Meehan.
Swan lake (Act III, Princesses) (4 min.) / choreography by Kevin McKenzie ; music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky ; costumes by Zack Brown ; danced by Sascha Radetsky with Gabrielle Johnson, Cassandra Trenary, Paulina Waski, Gemma Bond.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7188

OCLC

803973011

Title

American Ballet Theatre, A cast of characters [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

c2012.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Works and process at the Guggenheim

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

System Details

DVD.

Original Version

Original format: 1 DV cassette.

Performer

Panel (in alphabetical order): Reid Anderson (artistic director of the Stuttgard Ballet), Misty Copeland (ABT soloist), John Meehan (moderator, Professor of dance at Vassar College), Roman Zhurbin (ABT corps de ballet).

ABT performers (in alphabetical order): Gemma Bond (corps de ballet), Kristi Boone (soloist), Misty Copeland (soloist), Gabrielle Johnson (apprentice), Jared Matthews (soloist), Sascha Radetsky (soloist), Maria Riccetto (soloist), Craig Salstein (soloist), Hee Seo (soloist), Cory Stearns (principal), Cassandra Trenary (corps de ballet), Paulina Waski (apprentice), Roman Zhurbin (corps de ballet).

ABT Studio Company: Michaela DePrince, Beau Fisher, Lindsey Karchin, Lucius Kirst, Alex Kramer, Caroline Lippert, Kaho Ogawa, Sem Sjouke.

Event

Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Apr. 30, 2012 (7:30 pm).

Local Note

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

Source

Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD

Added Author

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Dang, Duke. Speaker

Meehan, John, 1950- Moderator

Anderson, Reid. Interviewee

Copeland, Misty. Interviewee

Zhurbin, Roman. Interviewee

McKenzie, Kevin, choreographer.

Ratmanskiĭ, Alekseĭ, 1968- choreographer.

Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.

Cranko, John, choreographer.

Boone, Kristi, dancer.

Zhurbin, Roman, dancer.

Copeland, Misty, dancer.

Salstein, Craig, dancer.

Riccetto, Maria, dancer.

Radetsky, Sascha, 1977- dancer.

Matthews, Jared, dancer.

Seo, Hee, dancer.

Stearns, Cory, dancer.

Johnson, Gabrielle, dancer.

Trenary, Cassandra, dancer.

Waski, Paulina, dancer.

Bond, Gemma, dancer.

American Ballet Theatre.

American Ballet Theatre Studio Company.

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Donor

Added Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work : McKenzie, after Ivanov and Petipa)

Dream (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Onegin (Choreographic work : Cranko)

Firebird (Choreographic work : Ratmansky)

Character medley (Choreographic work)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7188

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