Research Catalog

Title

Royal Ballet [videorecording]

Publication

[195-?-1960]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
• Somes, Michael, 1917-1994
• Jackson, Rowena, 1926-
• Beriosova, Svetlana, 1932-
• Chatfield, Philip, 1927-
• Linden, Anya
• Lane, Maryon
• Blair, David, 1932-1976
• MacLeary, Donald
• Sibley, Antoinette
• Nerina, Nadia
• Holden, Stanley
• Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
• Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
• MacMillan, Kenneth
• De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001
• Sergeev, Nikolaĭ Grigor'evich, 1876-1951
• Barzel, Ann
• Royal Ballet, performer.

Description

1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (44 min.) : si., b&w and col.; 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Ann Barzel Collection.

Uniform Title

• Birthday offering (Choreographic work : Ashton)
• Firebird (Choreographic work : Fokin)
• Solitaire (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
• Baiser de la fée (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
• Fille mal gardée (Choreographic work : Ashton)
• Checkmate (Choreographic work : De Valois)
• Swan lake (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Ivanov and Petipa, M)

Note

• Ballet excerpts filmed in performance by Ann Barzel.
• Performed by the Royal Ballet.

Contents

• Excerpts from: Birthday offering (approx. 9 min., b&w and color). Chor: Frederick Ashton. Filmed in two performances at the Chicago Opera House (?), December 1957 (?). Cast of first segment headed by Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes; includes Rowena Jackson and Nadia Nerina. Second segment cast headed by Svetlana Beriosova and Philip Chatfield. -- The firebird (approx. 4 min., b&w). Chor: Michel Fokine, revised by Serge Grigoriev and Lubov Tchernicheva. Filmed at Chicago Opera House, December 1957. Perf. by Fonteyn (firebird), Somes (Prince Ivan), Beriosova (the beautiful Tsarevna), others. -- Solitaire (approx. 4 min., b&w). Chor: Kenneth MacMillan. Filmed at Chicago Opera House, December 1957. Perf. by Anya Linden (the girl), David Blair, Maryon Lane (polka), others. -- Le baiser de la fée (approx. 9 min., b&w). Chor: MacMillan. Filmed at Chicago Opera House, December 1960. Perf. by Beriosova (the fairy), Donald MacLeary (a young man), Antoinette Sibley (his fiancée), others. -- La fille mal gardée (approx. 13 min., color and b&w). Chor: Ashton. Filmed at Chicago Opera House, December 1960. Perf. by Nerina (Lise), Blair (Colas), Stanley Holden (Widow Simone), others. -- Checkmate (approx., 2 min., b&w). Chor: Ninette de Valois. Filming location/date not identified. Cast not identified. -- Unidentified pas de deux (approx. 20 sec., b&w). Filming location/date not identified. Cast not identified. -- Swan
• lake: Act II (approx. 2 min., b&w). Chor: Nikolaĭ Sergeev after Lev Ivanov and Marius Petipa. Filming location/date not identified.

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-3601

OCLC

NYPY936029835-F

Title

Royal Ballet [videorecording]

Imprint

[195-?-1960]

Local Subject

Ballet in motion pictures. Royal Ballet [195-?-1960]

Added Author

Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.

Somes, Michael, 1917-1994, dancer.

Jackson, Rowena, 1926- dancer.

Beriosova, Svetlana, 1932- dancer.

Chatfield, Philip, 1927- dancer.

Linden, Anya, dancer.

Lane, Maryon, dancer.

Blair, David, 1932-1976, dancer.

MacLeary, Donald, dancer.

Sibley, Antoinette, dancer.

Nerina, Nadia, dancer.

Holden, Stanley, dancer.

Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.

MacMillan, Kenneth, choreographer.

De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001, choreographer.

Sergeev, Nikolaĭ Grigor'evich, 1876-1951, choreographer.

Barzel, Ann, cinematographer.

Royal Ballet, performer.

Added Title

Birthday offering (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Firebird (Choreographic work : Fokin)

Solitaire (Choreographic work : MacMillan)

Baiser de la fée (Choreographic work : MacMillan)

Fille mal gardée (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Checkmate (Choreographic work : De Valois)

Swan lake (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Ivanov and Petipa, M)

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-3601

*MGZHB 12-2526 Additional copy; 1 film reel (1049 ft.) ; 16 mm.