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Invitation to the dance

Title
Invitation to the dance [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Arthur Freed ; direction and choreography by Gene Kelly.
Publication
Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1991, c1956.

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Additional Authors
  • Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996
  • Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994
  • Toumanova, Tamara
  • Adams, Diana
  • Belita, stage name
  • Dayle, Daphne
  • Bessy, Claude
  • Haney, Carol
  • Sombert, Claire
  • Paltenghi, David, 1919-1961
  • Kasday, David
  • Ibert, Jacques, 1890-1962.
  • Previn, André, 1929-2019.
  • Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908.
  • Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973.
  • Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (93 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
Summary
Three stories told through the medium of dance.
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Contents
Circus / music, Jacques Ibert ; danced by Igor Youskevitch (The Lover), Claire Sombert (The Loved), Gene Kelly (The Clown) -- Ring around the rosy / music composed and conducted by André Prévin ; danced by Gene Kelly (The Marine), Tamara Toumanova (The Girl on the Stairs), Igor Youskevitch (The Artist), Diana Adams (The Hatcheck Girl), Tommy Rall (The Sharpie), Belita (The Femme Fatale), David Paltenghi (The Husband), Daphne Dale (The Wife), Claude Bessy (The Model), and Irving Davies (The Crooner) -- Sinbad the Sailor / music based on N. Rimski-Korsakov, adapted by Roger Edens, orchestration by Conrad Salinger ; danced by Gene Kelly (Sinbad), Carol Haney (Scheherazade), and David Kasday (Genie).
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2685
ISBN
0792808401
OCLC
  • 26201099
  • NYPY827033957-F
Title
Invitation to the dance [videorecording] / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer ; produced by Arthur Freed ; direction and choreography by Gene Kelly.
Imprint
Culver City, Calif. : MGM/UA Home Video, 1991, c1956.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Local Subject
Motion pictures. Invitation to the dance.
Added Author
Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, film director.
Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, choreographer.
Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, dancer.
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994, dancer.
Toumanova, Tamara, dancer.
Adams, Diana, dancer.
Belita, stage name, dancer.
Dayle, Daphne, dancer.
Bessy, Claude, dancer.
Haney, Carol, dancer.
Sombert, Claire, dancer.
Paltenghi, David, 1919-1961, dancer.
Kasday, David, dancer.
Ibert, Jacques, 1890-1962. Composer
Previn, André, 1929-2019. Composer
Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolay, 1844-1908. Composer
Freed, Arthur, 1894-1973. Producer
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
DHCA.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2685
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