Research Catalog

Title

Arthur Mitchell and the Dance Theatre of Harlem in performance at the National Museum of American History [videorecording] / produced by the Smithsonian Institution ; producers/editors, Peter Erikson, Harold A. Closter.

Publication

c1983.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Erikson, Peter
• Closter, Harold A.
• Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-
• Kennedy, Roger G.
• Williams, Donald
• Dabney, Stephanie
• Shellman, Eddie J.
• Johnson, Virginia, 1950-
• Balanchine, George
• Simon, Victoria
• Taras, John
• Petipa, Jean Antoine, 1796-1855.
• Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963.
• Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014
• Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936.
• Balanchine, George
• Dance Theatre of Harlem
• Smithsonian Institution
• National Museum of American History (U.S.)

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (25 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Excerpts from a lecture-demonstration presented by Arthur Mitchell and members of the Dance Theatre of Harlem at the National Museum of American History in Washington, D.C. Roger G. Kennedy, the director of the Museum, gives the opening and closing addresses.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Smithsonian Institution.

Uniform Title

• Firebird (Choreographic work : Taras)
• Pas de dix (Choreographic work : Franklin after Petipa, M)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Funding (note)

• This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

Dance excerpts include: Sanguinic and Choleric variations from The Four Temperaments / choreographer, Balanchine ; restaged by Victoria Simon ; music, Hindemith -- Pas de deux from The Firebird / choreography, Taras ; music, Stravinsky ; costumes, Geoffrey Holder ; danced by Stephanie Dabney and Donald Williams -- Two variations and finale from Pas de dix / choreographer, Petipa ; restaged by Frederic Franklin ; music, Glazounov ; danced by Eddie Shellman, Virginia Johnson, and ensemble.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1529

OCLC

NYPY896029660-F

Title

Arthur Mitchell and the Dance Theatre of Harlem in performance at the National Museum of American History [videorecording] / produced by the Smithsonian Institution ; producers/editors, Peter Erikson, Harold A. Closter.

Imprint

c1983.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-1110.

Added Author

Erikson, Peter. Producer. Editor

Closter, Harold A. Producer. Editor

Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- Speaker

Kennedy, Roger G. Speaker

Williams, Donald, dancer.

Dabney, Stephanie, dancer.

Shellman, Eddie J., dancer.

Johnson, Virginia, 1950- dancer.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Simon, Victoria, choreographer.

Taras, John, choreographer.

Petipa, Jean Antoine, 1796-1855.

Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Restager

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer

Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963. Composer

Holder, Geoffrey, 1930-2014, costume designer.

Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936. Composer

Dance Theatre of Harlem.

Smithsonian Institution.

National Museum of American History (U.S.)

Balanchine, George. Four temperaments.

Added Title

Firebird (Choreographic work : Taras)

Pas de dix (Choreographic work : Franklin after Petipa, M)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1529