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Dinner with Balanchine

Title
Dinner with Balanchine [electronic resource] : [Part one], Russian hors d'oeuvres (ballets based on Russian music) / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine.
Publication
c1993.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Martins, Peter, 1946-
  • Alexopoulos, Helene
  • White, Diana (Ballet dancer)
  • Ayupova, Zhanna
  • Barker, Patricia, active 1988
  • Guérin, Isabelle, 1961-
  • Martins, Nilas
  • Kistler, Darci, 1964-
  • Zelensky, Igor
  • Anderson, Ronald, 1934-
  • Balanchine, George
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  • Benois, Nicola, 1901-1988.
  • Karinska, Barbara
  • Bates, Ronald
  • Stanley, Mark
  • Score, Robert
  • Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
  • Balanchine, George
  • New York City Ballet
  • George Balanchine Trust
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection
  • Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)
  • DHCA.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (50 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
First of four recordings documenting the closing performance of the Balanchine Celebration. For the other recordings, see *MGZIC 9-4385, 9-4386, and 9-4387.
Uniform Title
  • Scherzo à la russe (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
  • Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Special event coverage and commentary.
Note
  • Recording made possible by the cooperation of New York City Ballet, The George Balanchine Trust, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performer (note)
  • Performed by New York City Ballet with guest artists Zhanna Ayupova, Patricia Barker, and Isabelle Guérin.
  • Conductors: Hugo Fiorato, Gordon Boelzner, Maurice Kaplow, and Donald York.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on June 27, 1993, during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Robert Score.
Funding (note)
  • Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.
Terms of Use (note)
  • Copyright: Scherzo à la russe choreography by George Balanchine (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
  • Copyright: Apollo choreography by George Balanchine (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
  • Copyright: Theme and variations choreography by George Balanchine (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
Contents
  • Fanfare for a new theater (ca. 2 min.) / music, Igor Stravinsky ; instrumental work performed by Robert Haley and Ronald Anderson, trumpeters.
  • Welcome speech (ca. 2 min.) / delivered by Peter Martins.
  • Scherzo à la russe (ca. 6 min.) / music, Igor Stravinsky ; costumes, Karinska ; performed by Helene Alexopoulos and Diana White with Jade Adams, Aura Dixon, Wendy Drapala, Amanda Edge, Michele Gifford, Heather Hawk, Dena Kinstlinger, Deanna McBrearty, Janey McGeary, Santhe Tsetsilas, Pascale van Kipnis, Jennifer Tinsley, Inmaculada Velez, Elizabeth Walker, Melissa Walter, and Miranda Weese.
  • Apollo [excerpt] (ca. 22 min.) / music, Igor Stravinsky ; original lighting, Ronald Bates ; performed by Zhanna Ayupova (Calliope), Patricia Barker (Polyhymnia), Isabelle Guérin (Terpsichore), and Nilas Martins (Apollo).
  • Theme and variations [excerpt] (ca. 16 min.) / music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky (from Suite no. 3) ; scenery and costumes, Nicolas Benois ; original lighting, Bates ; performed by Darci Kistler and Igor Zelensky with Stacey Calvert, McGeary, Teresa Reyes, Kathleen Tracey, Russell Kaiser, Robert Lyon, Peter Naumann, and Gordon Stevens, and Gifford, Tatiana Garcia-Stefanovich, Romy Karz, Sherri LeBlanc, Rebecca Metzger, Monique Meunier, Catherine Ryan, Deborah Wingert, Charles Anderson, Sant'gria Bello, James Fayette, Arch Higgins, Andrew Robertson, Jian Wang, Robert Wersinger, and Todd Williams.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-4384
OCLC
NYPY95-F135
Title
Dinner with Balanchine [electronic resource] : [Part one], Russian hors d'oeuvres (ballets based on Russian music) / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine.
Imprint
c1993.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Performed by New York City Ballet with guest artists Zhanna Ayupova, Patricia Barker, and Isabelle Guérin.
Conductors: Hugo Fiorato, Gordon Boelzner, Maurice Kaplow, and Donald York.
Credits
Lighting, Mark Stanley.
Event
Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on June 27, 1993, during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Robert Score.
Funding
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.
Terms Of Use
Copyright: Scherzo à la russe choreography by George Balanchine (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
Copyright: Apollo choreography by George Balanchine (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
Copyright: Theme and variations choreography by George Balanchine (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
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Added Author
Martins, Peter, 1946- speaker.
Alexopoulos, Helene, dancer.
White, Diana (Ballet dancer), dancer.
Ayupova, Zhanna, dancer.
Barker, Patricia, active 1988, dancer.
Guérin, Isabelle, 1961- dancer.
Martins, Nilas, dancer.
Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer.
Zelensky, Igor, dancer.
Anderson, Ronald, 1934- Instrumentalist
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
Benois, Nicola, 1901-1988. dsr, costume designer.
Karinska, Barbara, costume designer.
Bates, Ronald. Lighting designer
Stanley, Mark. Lighting designer
Score, Robert. Videographer
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer
New York City Ballet.
George Balanchine Trust.
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)
DHCA.
Balanchine, George. Apollo
Added Title
Scherzo à la russe (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Theme and variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-4384
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