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Les enfants de la danse

Title
Les enfants de la danse [electronic resource]
Publication
c1988.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Bessy, Claude.
  • Vaussard, Christiane.
  • Loudières, Monique
  • Blaise, Michelle.
  • Chauviré, Yvette, 1917-2016
  • Bozzoni, Max.
  • Dupond, Patrick, 1959-2021
  • Golovine, Serge.
  • Klementieff, Olivier.
  • Bras, Jean-Louis.
  • Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
  • Skibine, George, 1920-1981
  • Sanders, Dirk.
  • Opéra de Paris. Ecole de danse.
  • Opéra de Paris. Ballet.
Description
1 streaming video file (PAL) (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences.
Summary
Four-part series on the École du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, hosted by its director, Claude Bessy. In addition to the school's teachers and students, the series depicts past and present principal dancers of the Paris Opéra Ballet, people in dance-related professions, and French dance luminaries. Interviews, performances, and demonstration classes provide a multifaceted view of the school's activities and achievements. The rest of the videos in this series can be found at *MGZIDF 2754, *MGZIDF 2756, and *MGZIDF 2757.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Telmondis.
Uniform Title
  • Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)
  • Daphnis and Chloe (Choreographic work : Skibine)
  • Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Subjects
Note
  • Co-produced by La Sept, Antenne 2, and Telmondis, with the participation of NHK Enterprises. In French. Director: Dirk Sanders.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Contents
CONTENTS: Teachers spotlighted in demonstration classes are Christiane Vaussard (women's ballet technique), Michelle Blaise (French folk dancing), Max Bozzoni (partnering), and Serge Golovine (men's ballet technique). Paris Opéra Ballet dancers Monique Loudières and Patrick Dupond perform variations, demonstrate steps, and converse with Bessy and students. Bessy interviews legendary ballerina Yvette Chauviré, régisseur Olivier Klementieff, and former dancer Jean-Louis Bras. Dance excerpts portray Loudières in a variation from La favorite (chor: Vaussard; mus: Donizetti), Chauviré in The dying swan (b&w) (chor: Fokine, mus: Saint-Saëns), Bessy in Daphnis and Chloe (chor: Skibine, mus: Ravel) and Spirale (chor: Bessy), Dupond in a variation from Paquita (chor: Bessy, mus: Minkus), and Golovine in Le spectre de la rose (b&w) (chor: Fokine, mus: Weber).
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2755
OCLC
NYPY926048770-F
Title
Les enfants de la danse [electronic resource]
Imprint
c1988.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3377 cassette 2.
Additional Copy: None.
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Local Subject
Ballet in television. Les enfants de la danse.
Partnering in dance.
Folk dancing -- France.
Career changes.
Added Author
Bessy, Claude. Host. ivr, dancer, choreographer.
Vaussard, Christiane. tch, choreographer.
Loudières, Monique, dancer.
Blaise, Michelle. Teacher
Chauviré, Yvette, 1917-2016, dancer.
Chauviré, Yvette, 1917-2016, interviewee.
Bozzoni, Max. Teacher
Dupond, Patrick, 1959-2021, dancer.
Golovine, Serge. tch, dancer.
Klementieff, Olivier. Interviewee
Bras, Jean-Louis. Interviewee
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.
Skibine, George, 1920-1981, choreographer.
Sanders, Dirk. Director
Opéra de Paris. Ecole de danse.
Opéra de Paris. Ballet.
Added Title
Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)
Daphnis and Chloe (Choreographic work : Skibine)
Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 2755
*MGZIC 9-3377 cassette 2 (former)
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