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Balanchine essays.

Title
Balanchine essays. The barre, part one [videorecording] / produced by the George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. in association with Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc. ; artistic directors, conceived and written by Merrill Ashley and Suki Schorer ; executive producer, Barbara Horgan ; producer, Catherine Tatge ; director, Merrill Brockway.
Publication
New York, NY : George Balanchine Foundation, Inc., c1994.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Ashley, Merrill.
  • Schorer, Suki.
  • Edwards, Jeffrey
  • Fason, Maydelle
  • Metzger, Rebecca
  • Balanchine, George
  • Boelzner, Gordon.
  • Horgan, Barbara.
  • Tatge, Catherine.
  • Brockway, Merrill.
  • George Balanchine Foundation.
  • Tatge/Lasseur Productions.
  • DHCA.
Description
  • 1 streaming video file (53 min., 26 sec.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
  • 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (53 min.) : sd., col. ;
Summary
Drawing upon their experience as principal dancers with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley provide a detailed analysis and demonstration of ballet barre exercises, according to the principles of Balanchine technique. Schorer, a longtime teacher at the School of American Ballet, sets exercises intended to help the dancer learn and practice correct form, and both she and Ashley recall images Balanchine used in class to elicit desired movement qualities from the dancers.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of The George Balanchine Foundation.
Alternative Title
Barre.
Subject
  • Ballet > Study and teaching
  • Barre (Apparatus)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Instruction.
  • Video.
Note
  • For The barre, part two, see *MGZIC 9-4791.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
  • Musical director and pianist, Gordon Boelzner.
Performer (note)
  • Instructors: Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley.
  • Demonstrators: Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, and Rebecca Metzger.
Event (note)
  • Recorded on June 28, 1994.
Contents
Demi-plié -- Grand plié -- Positions of the feet -- Battement tendu -- Rond de jambe à terre -- Sur le cou-de-pied -- Coupé -- Passé -- Pas de cheval.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 9132
OCLC
NYPY96-F97
Title
Balanchine essays. The barre, part one [videorecording] / produced by the George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. in association with Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc. ; artistic directors, conceived and written by Merrill Ashley and Suki Schorer ; executive producer, Barbara Horgan ; producer, Catherine Tatge ; director, Merrill Brockway.
Imprint
New York, NY : George Balanchine Foundation, Inc., c1994.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Instructors: Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley.
Demonstrators: Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, and Rebecca Metzger.
Credits
Musical director and pianist, Gordon Boelzner.
Event
Recorded on June 28, 1994.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4790.
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Added Author
Ashley, Merrill. Conceptor. Teacher
Schorer, Suki. Conceptor. Teacher
Edwards, Jeffrey, dancer.
Fason, Maydelle, dancer.
Metzger, Rebecca, dancer.
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Boelzner, Gordon. Instrumentalist
Horgan, Barbara. Producer
Tatge, Catherine. Producer
Brockway, Merrill. Director
George Balanchine Foundation.
Tatge/Lasseur Productions.
DHCA.
Added Title
Barre.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 9132
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