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Ballet of the Bolshoi Theatre

Title: Ballet of the Bolshoi Theatre [videorecording] / filmed and presented by Dwight L. Grell and William P. Merriman.
Publication: 1976.

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Description

3 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (129 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

Unedited footage of the Bolshoi Ballet in classes, rehearsals, and performances.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Dwight Grell.

Uniform Title

Giselle (Choreographic work : Petipa after Coralli and Perrot)
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Vaĭnonen)
Spartacus (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Petipa, M)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Originally filmed in 8 mm.

Performer (note)

Danced by the Bolshoi Ballet.

Event (note)

Filmed at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, in winter 1976.

Contents

Cassette 1. Introduction by Dwight L. Grell.
Class of Asaf Messerer (ca. 52 min.) / filmed on two different days ; principal artists in attendance, Maya Plisetskaya, Nadezhda Pavlova, Irina Lazereva, Vladimir Vasiliev, Alexander Godunov, Vyacheslav Gordeyev, Yuri Vladimirov.
Cassette 2. Giselle [excerpts] (ca. 41 min.) / filmed in studio rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, on two different days ; choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Adolphe Adam ; rehearsal directed by Marina Semyonova ; danced by Nadezhda Pavlova (Giselle), Vyacheslav Gordeyev (Albrecht), unidentified female dancer (Myrtha).
The nutcracker: Grand pas de deux (ca. 10 min.) / filmed in performance at the Bolshoi Theater ; choreography, Vassily Vainonen ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by Nadezhda Pavlova (Sugarplum fairy) and Vyacheslav Gordeyev (her cavalier).
Cassette 3. Spartacus [excerpts] (ca. 12 min.) / filmed in performance at the Bolshoi Theater ; choreography, Yuri Grigorovich ; music, Aram Khachaturian ; danced by Vladimir Vasiliev, Ludmilla Semenyaka, Boris Akimov, Svetlana Adyrkhaieva, and others.
The sleeping beauty: Grand pas de deux and Finale (ca. 11 min.) / filmed in performance at the Bolshoi Theater ; choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by Nina Sorokina (Princess Aurora), Vladimir Vasiliev (Prince Désiré), and others.

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-4982

OCLC

NYPY96-F197

Title

Ballet of the Bolshoi Theatre [videorecording] / filmed and presented by Dwight L. Grell and William P. Merriman.

Imprint

1976.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.S.R.

Performer

Danced by the Bolshoi Ballet.

Event

Filmed at the Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow, in winter 1976.

Local Subject

Ballet class.

Added Author

Messerer, Asaf, 1903- Teacher

Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015, dancer.

Pavlova, Nadezhda (Nadezhda Vasil'evna), dancer.

Vasilʹev, Vladimir, 1940- dancer.

Godunov, Alexander, dancer.

Gordeev, V︠i︡acheslav, dancer.

Vladimirov, ︠I︡Uriĭ, dancer.

Semenova, Marina Timofeevna, dancer.

Semen︠i︡aka, L︠i︡udmila, 1952- dancer.

Akimov, B. S., dancer.

Adyrkhaeva, Svetlana, dancer.

Sorokina, Nina, dancer.

Grell, Dwight. Cinematographer. Commentator

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.

Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856. Composer

Vaĭnonen, V., choreographer.

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer

Grigorovich, ︠I︡Uriĭ Nikolaevich, 1927- choreographer.

Khachaturi︠a︡n, Aram, 1903-1978. Composer

Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet

DHCA.

Added Title

Giselle (Choreographic work : Petipa after Coralli and Perrot)

Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Vaĭnonen)

Spartacus (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Petipa, M)

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-4982

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