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Gaité parisienne

Title
Gaité parisienne / Victor Jessen presents ; choreography by Léonide Massine ; music, Jacques Offenbach, orchestrated by Manuel Rosenthal ; a presentation of the Dance Film Archive and the Dance Collection.
Publication
Pleasantville, NY : Video Artists International, [2006], ©2006.

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Additional Authors
  • Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979.
  • Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997.
  • Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
  • Jessen, Victor.
  • Rosenthal, Manuel, 1904-2003.
  • Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
  • Danielian, Leon, 1920-1997.
  • Dorn, Harding.
  • Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
  • Video Artists International.
  • Dance Film Archive.
Description
1 videodisc (38 min.) : sound, black and white; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
For ten years, Jessen followed the Ballet Russe around America filming Gaîté Parisienne, whenever Danilova, Franklin, and Danielian were dancing the principal roles. He edited this film from thirty-second "takes" filmed in various locations in many different theatres.
Alternative Title
Leonide Massine's Gaite parisienne
Subjects
Note
  • Silent film edited, with addition of sound, in 1979.
  • Videodisc release of a 1954 motion picture.
Credits (note)
  • Editing, Victor Jessen.
Event (note)
  • Filmed at various performances in the 1940s.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
LCCN
089948438496
OCLC
  • ocm71356786
  • SCSB-9072074
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries