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Hearing the dance adding music to dance on silent film

Title
Hearing the dance [videorecording] : adding music to dance on silent film / presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts as part of the series Speaking out: the performing arts forum ; series producer, Ellen B. Rudolph.
Publication
c1995.

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Additional Authors
  • Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023.
  • Honsa, Ron
  • Nichols, Madeleine M.
  • Villella, Edward, 1936-
  • Marx, Robert
  • Le Clercq, Tanaquil
  • Magallanes, Nicholas
  • Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016
  • Chilgren, Dianne
  • Balanchine, George
  • Rudolph, Ellen B.
  • Balanchine, George
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
  • Character Generators/Video
  • Speaking out (1995 : New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
  • DHCA.
Description
2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (89 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 3/4 in.
Summary
Panel discussion on the making of the videotape From silence to sound: synchronizing original music to master silent films; George Balanchine's choreography, La valse and La source. Robert Gottlieb describes how he and dance critic Arlene Croce originated the project, for which Madeleine Nichols of the Dance Collection served as project director and Ron Honsa as producer and director. Edward Villella, who danced in La source on the tape, discusses how archival recordings aid in restagings of ballets, especially where many versions of the choreography exist. Nichols describes how pianist Dianne Chilgren synchronized her playing of the score with the visual image, and Honsa talks about technical aspects of transferring film to videotape and recording the score. The recording From silence to sound is screened in full, in addition to a silent version of the excerpts from La valse and a brief tape of Chilgren and Violette Verdy working in the recording studio. In the closing question-and-answer session, issues of rights, piracy, and preservation of films and videos are discussed by the audience and the panelists.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Barbara Cohen-Stratyner/Exhibitions Program, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Uniform Title
Source (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • For the videotape From silence to sound: synchronizing original music to master silent films. George Balanchine's choreography, La valse and La source, see *MGZIC 9-4978.
Credits (note)
  • Choreography, George Balanchine.
Performer (note)
  • Panelists: Robert Gottlieb, editor ; Ron Honsa, producer/director, Pensa Communications ; Madeleine Nichols (moderator), curator, Dance Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; Edward Villella, artistic director, Miami City Ballet.
  • Introduction by Robert Marx, executive director of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on April 6, 1995, by Character Generators, Inc.
Contents
Dance contents: La valse [excerpts] (b&w) / music, Maurice Ravel ; danced by Tanaquil Le Clercq and Nicholas Magallanes -- La source [excerpts] (col.) / music, Léo Delibes ; danced by Violette Verdy and Edward Villella.
Call Number
*MGZIC 9-4917
OCLC
NYPY96-F304
Title
Hearing the dance [videorecording] : adding music to dance on silent film / presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts as part of the series Speaking out: the performing arts forum ; series producer, Ellen B. Rudolph.
Imprint
c1995.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Performer
Panelists: Robert Gottlieb, editor ; Ron Honsa, producer/director, Pensa Communications ; Madeleine Nichols (moderator), curator, Dance Collection, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts ; Edward Villella, artistic director, Miami City Ballet.
Introduction by Robert Marx, executive director of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits
Choreography, George Balanchine.
Event
Videotaped at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on April 6, 1995, by Character Generators, Inc.
Added Author
Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023. Speaker
Honsa, Ron. Speaker
Nichols, Madeleine M. Speaker
Villella, Edward, 1936- speaker.
Villella, Edward, 1936- dancer.
Marx, Robert, speaker.
Le Clercq, Tanaquil, dancer.
Magallanes, Nicholas, dancer.
Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016, dancer.
Chilgren, Dianne. Instrumentalist
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Rudolph, Ellen B., producer.
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.
Character Generators/Video.
Speaking out (1995 : New York Public Library for the Performing Arts)
DHCA.
Balanchine, George. Valse
Added Title
Source (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Research Call Number
*MGZIC 9-4917
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