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Balanchine Trust collection of New York City Ballet rehearsal tapes.

Title
  1. Balanchine Trust collection of New York City Ballet rehearsal tapes.
Published by
  1. 1978-1984.
Author
  1. Balanchine, George

Collection information

Finding aid

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Details

Additional authors
  1. Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
Description
  1. 17 video recordings
Summary
  1. The Balanchine Trust collection of New York City Ballet rehearsal tapes contain raw footage shot for the George Balanchine episodes of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) television series Dance in America. Highlights of the recordings include Balanchine rehearsing with Mikhail Baryshnikov for the televised version of Prodigal Son, and recordings of rehearsals for The Steadfast Tin Soldier. Other members of the New York City Ballet also appear in the recordings.
Subject
  1. Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018
  2. McBride, Patricia, 1942-
  3. New York City Ballet
  4. Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
  5. Ballet
  6. Dance in motion pictures, television, etc
Genre/Form
  1. Video recordings.
Call number
  1. (S) *MGZMD 517
Language
  1. English
Access (note)
  1. Inquiries regarding audio and moving image materials in the collection may be directed to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division (dance@nypl.org). Audio and moving image materials will be subject to preservation assessment and migration prior to access.
Source (note)
  1. Donated by the Balanchine Trust in 2019.
Processing action (note)
  1. Processing Information: Processing begun in 2019 by Amelia Carlin, and completed in 2025 by Tara Strongosky.
Author
  1. Balanchine, George, creator.
Title
  1. Balanchine Trust collection of New York City Ballet rehearsal tapes.
Production
  1. 1978-1984.
Type of content
  1. two-dimensional moving image
Type of medium
  1. video
Type of carrier
  1. videocassette
Restricted access
  1. Inquiries regarding audio and moving image materials in the collection may be directed to the Jerome Robbins Dance Division (dance@nypl.org). Audio and moving image materials will be subject to preservation assessment and migration prior to access.
Processing action
  1. Processing Information: Processing begun in 2019 by Amelia Carlin, and completed in 2025 by Tara Strongosky.
Source
  1. Donated by the Balanchine Trust in 2019.
Connect to:
  1. Finding aid
Added author
  1. Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- contributor.
Research call number
  1. (S) *MGZMD 517
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