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Royal Ballet

Title: Royal Ballet [electronic resource] / photographed by Michael Truppin.
Publication: 1963-1965, c1995.

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Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (42 min.) : si., col.

Donor/Sponsor

Donated in memory of Michael Truppin.

Series Statement

Through the lens of Michael Truppin.

Uniform Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ashton and Sergeev, N after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
Giselle (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Coralli and Perrot)
Laurencia (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Chabukiani). Pas de six.
Bayadère (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M). Act IV.

Genre/Form

Dance.
Motion pictures.

Note

Title from information provided by donor.
Silent films originally photographed in 1963 and 1965 ; compiled and transferred to videotape with titles added in 1995 by the Dance Collection.
Accompanied by house programs for Giselle and La bayadère.

Access (note)

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

Event (note)

Filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 1963 and 1965 (see below).

Funding (note)

Preservation of these films photographed by Dr. Michael Truppin was made possible through the cooperation of Andrea Truppin, Nicola Truppin, Dr. Ada Truppin, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library, with the support of Paul Lepercq.
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Contents

Swan lake: Act I [excerpts] (ca. 2 min.) / filmed in performance in spring 1963 ; choreography, Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, produced by Nikolai Sergeev, revised by Ninette de Valois, [with additional choreography by] Frederick Ashton, to music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; scenery and costumes, Leslie Hurry ; lighting, John Sullivan ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev (Prince Siegfried) with Georgina Parkinson, Merle Park, and the company. Preceded by ca. 3 min. of still photographs of Nureyev in various roles.
Giselle: Act I [excerpts] (ca. 14 min.) / filmed in performance on April 24, 1965 ; choreography, Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, revised by Nikolai Sergeev, to music by Adolphe Adam ; production supervised and additional choreography by Frederick Ashton in collaboration with Tamara Karsavina ; scenario, Théophile Gautier, based on a theme of Heinrich Heine ; scenery and costumes, James Bailey ; danced by Margot Fonteyn (Giselle), Rudolf Nureyev (Count Albrecht), Antoinette Sibley and Brian Shaw (pas de deux), and the company.
Laurentia pas de six [excerpts] (ca. 7 min.) / filmed in performance in spring 1965 ; choreography, Rudolf Nureyev after Vakhtang Chabukiani, to music by Aleksandr Krein ; scenery and costumes, Nicholas Georgiadis ; danced by Svetlana Beriosova, Rudolf Nureyev, Merle Park, Brian Shaw, Antoinette Sibley, and Graham Usher.
La bayadère: Kingdom of the shades [excerpts] (ca. 10 min.) / filmed in stage rehearsal, partly in costume and partly in rehearsal clothes, in spring 1965 ; choreography, Marius Petipa, revised and produced by Rudolf Nureyev, to music by Ludwig Minkus ; costumes, Philip Prowse ; lighting, William Bundy ; danced by Margot Fonteyn (Nikiya), Rudolf Nureyev (Solor), and corps de ballet.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 9397

OCLC

NYPY96-F82

Title

Royal Ballet [electronic resource] / photographed by Michael Truppin.

Imprint

1963-1965, c1995.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Through the lens of Michael Truppin.

Performer

Danced by the Royal Ballet.

Event

Filmed at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 1963 and 1965 (see below).

Funding

Preservation of these films photographed by Dr. Michael Truppin was made possible through the cooperation of Andrea Truppin, Nicola Truppin, Dr. Ada Truppin, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library, with the support of Paul Lepercq.

Restricted Access

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

Funding

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIC 9-5023.

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Added Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer, choreographer.

Parkinson, Georgina, dancer.

Park, Merle, dancer.

Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.

Sibley, Antoinette, dancer.

Shaw, Brian, 1928-1992, dancer.

Beriosova, Svetlana, 1932- dancer.

Usher, Graham, dancer.

Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.

Sergeev, Nikolaĭ Grigor'evich, 1876-1951, choreographer.

De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001, restager.

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.

Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901, choreographer.

Hurry, Leslie, 1909- designer, costume designer.

Sullivan, John, lighting designer.

Coralli, Eugène, 1779-1854, choreographer.

Perrot, Jules, 1810-1892, choreographer.

Karsavina, Tamara, restager.

Gautier, Théophile, 1811-1872, scenarist.

Bailey, James, designer, costume designer.

Chabukiani, Vakhtang Mikhaĭlovich, 1910-1992, choreographer.

Georgiadis, Nicholas, 1923-2001, designer, costume designer.

Prowse, Philip, costume designer.

Bundy, William, ligting designer.

Truppin, Michael, cinematographer.

Lepercq, Paul Adolphe, 1922-

Royal Ballet, performer.

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

DHCA.

Added Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work : Ashton and Sergeev, N after Ivanov and Petipa, M)

Giselle (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Coralli and Perrot)

Laurencia (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Chabukiani). Pas de six.

Bayadère (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M). Act IV.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 9397

*MGZIC 9-5023 (former)

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