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Dancing for Mr. B. Six Balanchine ballerinas

Title: Dancing for Mr. B. [videorecording] : Six Balanchine ballerinas / a production of Seahorse Films in association with WNET/New York ; produced and directed by Anne Belle ; co-directed and edited by Deborah Dickson.
Publication: New York, N.Y. : WNET/Thirteen, c1989.

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Description

2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.

Summary

Ballerinas Maria Tallchief, Mary Ellen Moylan, Melissa Hayden, Allegra Kent, Merrill Ashley, and Darci Kistler reminisce about their experiences dancing for George Balanchine. Their combined careers provide a panorama of his work as choreographer and teacher from the 1940s until his death in 1983, and include ballets created for the School of American Ballet, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Ballet Society, and the New York City Ballet. Of special interest are their discussions of the roles he created for them, and their insights into his creative process. Footage from kinescopes and films provide glimpses of the six in his ballets. They are also seen actively carrying on his work, whether by teaching, coaching, or continuing to perform.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Dance in America.
Gift of Marilyn Dean Schwalm, additional copy.
Gift of John Gruen, additional copy.

Uniform Title

Serenade (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Firebird (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Concerto barocco (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Stars and stripes (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Pas de deux [1960] (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Night shadow (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Alternative Title

Six Balanchine ballerinas

Subject

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Documentaries and factual films and programs.

Credits (note)

Executive producer, Jac Venza.

Performer (note)

Narrator: Marian Seldes.

Event (note)

Originally released as a motion picture in 1989; telecast by WNET/Thirteen, New York, on the Great Performances: Dance in America series on March 30, 1990.

Contents

Dance contents (choreography by Balanchine except where noted otherwise). Excerpts from: Serenade / danced by the ensemble -- The nutcracker / danced by Moylan -- Rehearsal (1947) of The four temperaments / Sanguinic danced by Moylan and Fred Danieli ; Choleric danced by Le Clercq -- Firebird: Berceuse and pas de deux / danced by Tallchief and Michael Maule -- Concerto barocco / danced by Diana Adams and Le Clercq -- Scotch symphony / danced by Tallchief, Eglevsky, and male ensemble -- Don Quixote pas de deux / choreography after Marius Petipa ; danced by Tallchief -- Stars and stripes / danced by Hayden -- Agon / danced by Kent and Arthur Mitchell -- Symphony in C / danced by Kent, Conrad Ludlow, and ensemble -- Tchaikovsky pas de deux / danced by Hayden and Edward Villella -- Apollo / danced by Farrell and Peter Martins -- Ballo della regina / danced by Ashley -- Swan lake: Act II / choreography staged by Alexandra Danilova after Lev Ivanov ; danced by Kistler and Cornel Crabtree -- The four temperaments: Sanguinic / danced by Ashley and Daniel Duell -- Rehearsal of La sonnambula, danced by Kistler and Ib Andersen.

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-2127

OCLC

NYPY906022140-F

Title

Dancing for Mr. B. [videorecording] : Six Balanchine ballerinas / a production of Seahorse Films in association with WNET/New York ; produced and directed by Anne Belle ; co-directed and edited by Deborah Dickson.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : WNET/Thirteen, c1989.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Narrator: Marian Seldes.

Credits

Executive producer, Jac Venza.

Event

Originally released as a motion picture in 1989; telecast by WNET/Thirteen, New York, on the Great Performances: Dance in America series on March 30, 1990.

Local Subject

Ballet in motion pictures. Dancing for Mr. B.: Six Balanchine ballerinas.

Television. Dance in America.

Added Author

Tallchief, Maria, dancer.

Tallchief, Maria, commentator.

Moylan, Mary Ellen, dancer, commentator.

Hayden, Melissa, dancer, commentator

Kent, Allegra, dancer, commentator.

Ashley, Merrill, dancer, commentator.

Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer, commentator.

Le Clercq, Tanaquil, dancer.

Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- dancer.

Seldes, Marian, narrator.

Danieli, Fred, dancer.

Maule, Michael, dancer.

Adams, Diana, dancer.

Eglevsky, André, dancer.

Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- dancer.

Ludlow, Conrad, dancer.

Villella, Edward, 1936- dancer.

Martins, Peter, 1946- dancer.

Duell, Daniel, dancer.

Andersen, Ib, 1954- dancer.

Crabtree, Cornel, dancer.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Belle, Anne. pro, director.

Dickson, Deborah, director Editor

Venza, Jac. Producer

New York City Ballet.

Ballet Society (New York, N.Y.)

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.

School of American Ballet.

Seahorse Films.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

DHCA.

Balanchine, George. Symphony in C.

Balanchine, George. Agon

Balanchine, George. Apollo

Balanchine, George. Ballo della regina

Balanchine, George. Scotch symphony.

Balanchine, George. Four temperaments.

Added Title

Serenade (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Firebird (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Concerto barocco (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Stars and stripes (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Pas de deux [1960] (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Night shadow (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-2127

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