Research Catalog
For thought: The art of ballet
- Title
- For thought: The art of ballet [videorecording]
- Publication
- [1992?].
Available Online
Details
- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (29 min., 42 sec.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
- 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col. ;
- Summary
- Documentary on the significance of ballet in modern life. The role of ballet in education is discussed by Mark Erickson and Gloria Connolly, respectively balletmaster and director of Ballet Arts in Westlake Village, California. Their young students are seen in classes, recitals, and studio performances. Donna Perlmutter, author of Shadowplay, a biography of Antony Tudor, talks about Tudor's contribution to 20th-century ballet. Dancer Katherine Moore discusses the restrictiveness of ballet technique compared with modern dance. She is seen in performance and teaching a floor barre class.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Lisa Blake.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Documentaries and factual films and programs.
- Note
- Part of the television series For thought. Produced by Sensible Shoes Productions. Creator/producer/writer/host: Lisa Blake. Photographer/editor: Alan Tavener.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 8856
- OCLC
- NYPY936016004-F
- Title
- For thought: The art of ballet [videorecording]
- Imprint
- [1992?].
- Restricted Access
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Local Note
- Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3519.
- Connect to:
- Local Subject
- Television. For thought.
- Added Author
- Blake, Lisa. Producer. Author. HostErickson, Mark. CommentatorConnolly, Gloria. CommentatorPerlmutter, Donna. SpeakerMoore, Katherine (Dancer) Speaker. Teacher
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDF 8856