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Les enfants de la danse

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

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Description

1 streaming video file (PAL) (59 min.) : sd., col.

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 2755, and *MGZIDF 2756.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Telmondis.

Uniform Title

Bayadère (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M). Act IV.
Deux pigeons (Choreographic work : Aveline after Mérante)
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Petit)
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alicia after Petipa, M)
Graduation ball (Choreographic work : Lichine)

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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 Serge Golovine (steps of elevation), Yasmine Piletta (mime), Irina Grjebina (character dance), and Jacqueline Moreau (pointe technique). Paris Opéra Ballet dancers Eric Vu An and Noella Pontois perform variations, demonstrate steps, and converse with Bessy and students. Bessy interviews former dancer Patrice Bart, who is now balletmaster at the Opéra. Pianist Philippe Reverdy discusses accompaniment for ballet classes. Dance excerpts depict Vu An in variations from La bayadère (chor: Rudolf Nureyev after Petipa; mus: Minkus), Pontois in the Sugarplum Fairy's variation from The nutcracker (chor: Roland Petit, mus: Tchaikovsky) and in Aurora's variation from Act I of The sleeping beauty (chor: Alicia Alonso after Petipa, mus: Tchaikovsky), and school performances of Les deux pigeons (chor: Albert Aveline after Mérante, mus: Messager) and Graduation ball (chor: David Lichine, mus: Strauss).

Call Number

*MGZIDF 2757

OCLC

NYPY926048794-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 4.

Additional Copy: None.

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Local Subject

Ballet in television. Les enfants de la danse.

Mime.

Ballet -- Character dancing.

Accompaniment for dance class.

Added Author

Bessy, Claude. Host. Interviewer

Golovine, Serge. Teacher

Piletta, Yasmine. Teacher

Grjebina, Irina. Teacher

Moreau, Jacqueline. Teacher

Vu-An, Eric, dancer.

Pontois, Noëlla, 1943- dancer.

Reverdy, Philippe. Speaker

Bart, Patrice. Interviewee

Sanders, Dirk. Director

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.

Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, choreographer.

Aveline, Albert, choreographer.

Lichine, David, choreographer.

Petit, Roland, 1924-2011, choreographer.

Opéra de Paris. Ecole de danse.

Added Title

Bayadère (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M). Act IV.

Deux pigeons (Choreographic work : Aveline after Mérante)

Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Petit)

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Alonso, Alicia after Petipa, M)

Graduation ball (Choreographic work : Lichine)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 2757

*MGZIC 9-3377 cassette 4 (former)

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