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Title

Collaborations: An historical look [videorecording]

Publication

1983.

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Additional Authors

• Harris, Dale, 1928-1996.
• Migel, Parmenia.
• Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
• Reiter-Soffer, Domy.
• Ipiotis, Celia.
• Bush, Jeffrey C.
• ARC Videodance (Firm)

Description

1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

Dance historians Nancy Reynolds, Dale Harris, and Parmenia Ekstrom review and comment upon some important collaborations in the history of ballet: the work of Lully and his family at the French court of Louis XIV; the collaboration of Petipa and Tchaikovsky, particularly as manifested in The sleeping beauty; Diaghilev's significance as artistic catalyst; the innovations of Nijinsky and Stravinsky in The rite of spring, and of Massine, Picasso, and Satie in Parade; the collaboration of Balanchine and Stravinsky, particularly the ballets Agon and Orpheus; Tchelitchew's innovations as lighting designer, especially in Massine's Ode. In Esoterica balletica, Israeli choreographer Domy Reiter-Soffer debates the advantages and disadvantages of subsidies and job security for dancers.

Series Statement

Eye on dance ; 93

Subject

• Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687
• Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
• Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893
• Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929
• Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
• Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
• Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973
• Satie, Erik, 1866-1925
• Balanchine, George
• Tchelitchew, Pavel, 1898-1957
• Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Petipa, M)
• Rite of spring (Choreographic work : Nijinsky)
• Parade (Choreographic work : Massine)
• Orpheus (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Ode; or Meditation at night on the majesty of God as revealed by the Aurora borealis (Choreographic work : Massine)
• Artistic collaboration
• Ballet > History
• Dancers > Employment

Note

• Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on September 15, 1983 at the studios of WNYC, New York. Telecast on October 3, 1983. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. [Video] director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Celia Ipiotis.

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-2885

OCLC

NYPY916073606-F

Title

Collaborations: An historical look [videorecording]

Imprint

1983.

Series

Eye on dance ; 93

Local Subject

Television. Collaborations.

Television. Eye on dance.

Television. Esoterica balletica.

Added Author

Harris, Dale, 1928-1996. Interviewee

Migel, Parmenia. Interviewee

Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- Interviewee

Reiter-Soffer, Domy. Speaker

Ipiotis, Celia. Host. Producer. Director

Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer

ARC Videodance (Firm)

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-2885