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Lynn Seymour when the dancing had to stop

Title
Lynn Seymour [videorecording] : when the dancing had to stop / BBC-TV ; producer, Vanya Kewley.
Publication
U.K. : BBC-TV, 1981.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Seymour, Lynn, 1939-
  • De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001.
  • Crisp, Clement.
  • Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
  • Cauley, Geoffrey
  • Westmoreland, Terry
  • Forsythe, William, 1949-
  • MacMillan, Kenneth
  • Wall, David
  • Eagling, Wayne
  • Dowell, Anthony
  • Kewley, Vanya.
  • Royal Ballet.
  • British Broadcasting Corporation.
  • DHCA.
Description
  • 1 streaming video file (60 min., 46 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
  • 1 videocassette (U-matic, PAL) (61 min.) : sd., col. ;
Summary
Documentary on the career of ballerina Lynn Seymour, touching upon her struggle to dance again after injuries and health problems, her marriages, money problems, three children, favorite roles, and her work with choreographer Kenneth MacMillan, the Royal Ballet and other companies. Includes interviews with Seymour, Ninette de Valois, and Clement Crisp. Seymour is shown in class and rehearsal with Rudolf Nureyev, Geoffrey Cauley, Terry Westmoreland, and William Forsythe, and in performance excerpts from the ballets Romeo and Juliet (1971) and Giselle (1979) with Nureyev, Mayerling (1978) with David Wall, Gloriana (1977) with Wayne Eagling, A month in the country (1978) with Anthony Dowell, Anastasia (1967), Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan (1978), and a solo choreographed by Forsythe, which Seymour performs at the Gala for One-Parent Families at the London Palladium in 1981.
Uniform Title
  • Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
  • Mayerling (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
  • Gloriana (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
  • Month in the country (Choreographic work : Ashton)
  • Anastasia (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
  • Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Subject
Seymour, Lynn, 1939-
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Biographies.
  • Television.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Telecast in 1981 on the BBC-TV series Omnibus.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 8725
OCLC
NYPY867013559-F
Title
Lynn Seymour [videorecording] : when the dancing had to stop / BBC-TV ; producer, Vanya Kewley.
Imprint
U.K. : BBC-TV, 1981.
Country of Producing Entity
U.K.
Event
Telecast in 1981 on the BBC-TV series Omnibus.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-555.
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Local Subject
Ballet in television. Lynn Seymour.
Television. Omnibus.
Added Author
Seymour, Lynn, 1939- dancer. Interviewee
De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001. Interviewee
Crisp, Clement. Interviewee
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.
Cauley, Geoffrey, dancer.
Westmoreland, Terry, dancer.
Forsythe, William, 1949- choreographer.
MacMillan, Kenneth, choreographer.
Wall, David, dancer.
Eagling, Wayne, dancer.
Dowell, Anthony, dancer.
Kewley, Vanya. Producer
Royal Ballet.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
DHCA.
Added Title
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
Mayerling (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
Gloriana (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
Month in the country (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Anastasia (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 8725
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