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Alicia

Title
Alicia [videorecording] / produced by the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos ; director, Victor Cassaus.
Publication
New York, NY : Video Artists International, 1988, c1976.

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Additional Authors
  • Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019
  • Plise︠t︡skiĭ, Azariĭ
  • Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983
  • Alonso, Alberto, 1893-1974
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
  • Pugni, Cesare, 1802-1870
  • Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich, 1932-
  • Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875
  • Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
  • Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (70 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
Summary
Interview with Alicia Alonso, interspersed with film footage and still photographs illustrating her life and career. Includes brief glimpses of the Don Quixote pas de deux, Coppélia, La fille mal gardée, and Giselle. Longer dance sequences depict Alonso in the Black swan pas de deux (partnered by Azari Plisetzki), excerpts from Pas de quatre (chor: Anton Dolin; mus: Cesare Pugni), and Carmen (chor: Alberto Alonso; mus: Georges Bizet, arr. by Rodion Shchedrin).
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Marilyn Dean Schwalm.
Uniform Title
  • Swan lake (Choreographic work). Black swan pas de deux.
  • Pas de quatre (Choreographic work : Dolin)
  • Carmen (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alberto)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Biographies.
  • Interviews.
Note
  • Motion picture originally produced in Cuba by the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos in 1976. Reissued as a videotape in 1988 by Video Artists International, Inc., New York.
Credits (note)
  • Translator, A. Romeu.
Language (note)
  • In Spanish with English subtitles.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-782
OCLC
55709894
Title
Alicia [videorecording] / produced by the Instituto Cubano del Arte e Industria Cinematográficos ; director, Victor Cassaus.
Imprint
New York, NY : Video Artists International, 1988, c1976.
Country of Producing Entity
Cuba.
Performer
Performed by Alicia Alonso and members of the Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
Music performed by the National Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Manuel Duchesne Cuzán.
Credits
Translator, A. Romeu.
Language
In Spanish with English subtitles.
Local Subject
Ballet in motion pictures. Alicia.
Added Author
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, dancer, interviewee.
Plise︠t︡skiĭ, Azariĭ, dancer.
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983, choreographer.
Alonso, Alberto, 1893-1974, choreographer.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, composer.
Pugni, Cesare, 1802-1870, composer.
Shchedrin, Rodion Konstantinovich, 1932- arranger of music.
Bizet, Georges, 1838-1875, composer.
Ballet Nacional de Cuba.
Instituto Cubano de Arte e Industria Cinematográfica.
DHCA.
Added Title
Swan lake (Choreographic work). Black swan pas de deux.
Pas de quatre (Choreographic work : Dolin)
Carmen (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alberto)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-782
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