Research Catalog

Title

Allegra Kent and Mindy Aloff: a conversation [videorecording]

Publication

March 11, 1993.

Details

Additional Authors

• Kent, Allegra.
• Aloff, Mindy, 1947-
• Balanchine, George
• Nichols, Madeleine M.
• D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021
• Eriksen, Dan.
• Blumenthal, Sallie.
• Ward, Penny
• Davis, Richard.
• Fehl, Fred.
• Swope, Martha.
• Stern, Bert.
• Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006.
• Bascome, Radford.
• New York City Ballet.
• School of American Ballet.
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
• New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
• Balanchine Symposia (1992-1993 : New York Public Library)

Description

• 2 streaming video files (66 min. total) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.
• 2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (66 min.) : sd., col. ;

Donor/Sponsor

nys

Uniform Title

Midsummer night's dream (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Subject

• Balanchine, George
• Night shadow (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Seven deadly sins (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Note

• Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image by Penny Ward at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, on March 11, 1993, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts. Part of the Balanchine Symposia, a series of public programs presented by the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in connection with the exhibition Balanchine. Coordinator for Public Programs for the Dance Collection: Sallie Blumenthal.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video files online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Contents

CONTENTS: Welcoming remarks by Madeleine Nichols, curator of the Dance Collection. -- Biographical summary by Aloff. -- Slide show with commentary by Kent. Photographers represented are Fred Fehl, Martha Swope, Bert Stern, Gordon Parks, and Radford Bascome. -- Conversation between Kent and Aloff. Kent looks back at her training at the School of American Ballet and her early years in the New York City Ballet, in the 1950s. She recalls the composition of the company, prevailing technical standards, and some memorable dancers, among them Maria Tallchief and Tanaquil Le Clercq. She then discusses roles she created for Balanchine in La sonnambula, The seven deadly sins, and Bugaku. -- Question-and-answer period. -- A midsummer night's dream: Act II, pas de deux, adagio. Excerpt from the motion picture originally released in 1967. Producer: Richard Davis. Director: Dan Eriksen. Chor: Balanchine. Mus: Mendelssohn. Perf. by Kent, Jacques d'Amboise, and members of the New York City Ballet. For a complete recording of this ballet, see: *MGZIC 9-1405.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 2284

OCLC

NYPY936039571-F

Title

Allegra Kent and Mindy Aloff: a conversation [videorecording]

Imprint

March 11, 1993.

Playing Time

005644 001005

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video files online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3405.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Local Subject

Ballet in television. Allegra Kent and Mindy Aloff: a conversation.

Ballet in motion pictures. Midsummer night's dream.

Added Author

Kent, Allegra. spk, dancer.

Aloff, Mindy, 1947- Speaker

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Nichols, Madeleine M. Speaker

D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, dancer.

Eriksen, Dan. Director

Blumenthal, Sallie.

Ward, Penny, videographer.

Davis, Richard. Producer

Fehl, Fred. Photographer

Swope, Martha. Photographer

Stern, Bert. Photographer

Parks, Gordon, 1912-2006. Photographer

Bascome, Radford. Photographer

New York City Ballet.

School of American Ballet.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

Balanchine Symposia (1992-1993 : New York Public Library)

Added Title

Midsummer night's dream (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 2284