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Allegra Kent and Todd Bolender coaching The Unanswered Question (from Ivesiana)

Title
Allegra Kent and Todd Bolender coaching The Unanswered Question (from Ivesiana) / the George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; editor, Virginia Brooks ; associate director, Nichol Hlinka ; choreography, George Balanchine ; music, Charles Ives ; [coaching by] Allegra Kent and Todd Bolender.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : George Balanchine Foundation, 2013.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Balanchine, George
  • Kent, Allegra
  • Bolender, Todd
  • Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023
  • Taylor, Janie, 1980-
  • Cornejo, Herman
  • Angle, Jared
  • Hanna, Stephen
  • Orza, Seth
  • Seth, Henry
  • McDill, Nancy
  • Ives, Charles, 1874-1954.
  • Bascome, Radford
  • Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
  • Brooks, Virginia Loring
  • Hlinka, Nichol
  • Otterson, William
  • Clarke, James
  • MacDonald, Jim, 1935-
  • New York City Ballet, dancer.
  • American Ballet Theatre, dancer.
  • George Balanchine Foundation, producer.
  • George Balanchine Foundation, donor.
Description
1 streaming video file (46 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
Allegra Kent and Todd Bolender discuss George Balanchine's Unanswered Question; how Kent loved the fall back; the music being jarring and startling; how the piece created anxiety in the audience; Stanley Kubrick attended the first performance; the scariest moment for Kent was the opening because of the lights creating an unstable feeling; the anticipation of the first rehearsal and not knowing what it was going to be; promenade variations used in Balanchine's works; the original costumes for this work had Bolender in cut-off tights and Kent in a white leotard; Kent started dancing late at the age of eleven and decided to become a ballet dancer because of Balanchine's La Sonnambula ; Bolendar started dancing with Ballet Caravan and then briefly Ballet Russe, and after the war, Ballet Society; Balanchine changing some of the movements for television; and the difference between Balanchine and Jerome Robbins.
Series Statement
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters archive
Uniform Title
  • Ivesiana (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
  • George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters archive.
Alternative Title
Unanswered Question
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Title from opening video credits.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Music, Charles Ives (The Unanswered Question, 1906) ; technical director, William Otterson ; cameras, James Clarke ; sound, Robert Matteo ; production, Otterson TV, inc.; on-line editor, Jim MacDonald ; photographer, Radford Bascome.
Funding (note)
  • This project was assisted by a special grant for The National Endowment for the Arts.
Terms of Use (note)
  • "This tape has been produced for archival purposes with released funds from the Nancy Remick Reynolds Endowment for the George Balanchine Foundation. Requests for any other use of the material shold be directed in writing to: The George Balanchine Foundation, David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, N.Y., 10023." -- Credits.
Source (note)
  • George Balanchine Foundation;
Biography (note)
  • The Unanswered Question premiered on September 14, 1954 by New York City Ballet at City Center of Music and Drama, N.Y. with Allegra Kent and Todd Bolender ; Ivesiana originally consisted of six sections: Central Park in the Dark; Hallowe'en; The Unanswered Question; Over the Pavements; In the Inn; In the Night.
Contents
Coaching session (22 min.) / coaches, Allegra Kent and Todd Bolender ; dancers, Janie Taylor and Herman Cornejo with Jared Angle, Stephen Hanna, Seth Orza, Henry Seth -- Run-through (5 min.) / dancers, Janie Taylor and Herman Cornejo with Jared Angle, Stephen Hanna, Seth Orza, Henry Seth -- Interview (19 min.) / interviewees, Allegra Kent and Todd Bolender ; interviewer, Robert Gottlieb.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2551
OCLC
883742063
Title
Allegra Kent and Todd Bolender coaching The Unanswered Question (from Ivesiana) / the George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; editor, Virginia Brooks ; associate director, Nichol Hlinka ; choreography, George Balanchine ; music, Charles Ives ; [coaching by] Allegra Kent and Todd Bolender.
Production
New York, N.Y. : George Balanchine Foundation, 2013.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
computer
video
Type of Carrier
online resource
Series
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters archive
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters archive.
Original Version
Original format: 1 Betacam ; 1/2 in.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video files online only onsite at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Music, Charles Ives (The Unanswered Question, 1906) ; technical director, William Otterson ; cameras, James Clarke ; sound, Robert Matteo ; production, Otterson TV, inc.; on-line editor, Jim MacDonald ; photographer, Radford Bascome.
Performer
Interviewer, Robert Gottlieb ; pianist, Nancy McDill.
Dancers, Janie Taylor (principal dancer, New York City Ballet), Herman Cornejo (principal dancer, American Ballet Theatre) ; Jared Angle, Stephen Hanna, Seth Orza, Henry Seth (New York City Ballet) ; assisted by Sara Leland (ballet master, New York City Ballet)
Event
Videotaped during rehearsal and interview at the New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y. on 2004 March 21.
Funding
This project was assisted by a special grant for The National Endowment for the Arts.
Terms Of Use
"This tape has been produced for archival purposes with released funds from the Nancy Remick Reynolds Endowment for the George Balanchine Foundation. Requests for any other use of the material shold be directed in writing to: The George Balanchine Foundation, David H. Koch Theater, 20 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, N.Y., 10023." -- Credits.
Biography
The Unanswered Question premiered on September 14, 1954 by New York City Ballet at City Center of Music and Drama, N.Y. with Allegra Kent and Todd Bolender ; Ivesiana originally consisted of six sections: Central Park in the Dark; Hallowe'en; The Unanswered Question; Over the Pavements; In the Inn; In the Night.
Source
Gift; George Balanchine Foundation; 2013.
Connect to:
NYPL Digital Collections
Local Subject
Partnering in dance.
Interpretation in dance performance.
Added Author
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Kent, Allegra, teacher.
Kent, Allegra, interviewee.
Bolender, Todd, interviewee.
Bolender, Todd, teacher.
Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023, interviewer.
Taylor, Janie, 1980- dancer.
Cornejo, Herman, dancer.
Angle, Jared, dancer.
Hanna, Stephen, dancer.
Orza, Seth, dancer.
Seth, Henry, dancer.
McDill, Nancy, instrumentalist.
Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Contemplations. Unanswered question.
Bascome, Radford, photographer.
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- project director.
Brooks, Virginia Loring, editor.
Hlinka, Nichol, director.
Otterson, William, technical director.
Clarke, James, videographer.
MacDonald, Jim, 1935- editor.
New York City Ballet, dancer.
American Ballet Theatre, dancer.
George Balanchine Foundation, producer.
George Balanchine Foundation, donor.
Added Title
Container of (work): Ivesiana (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 2551
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