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Dansaren the dancer

Title
Dansaren [videorecording] = the dancer / produced by Svenska Filminstitutet, Lisbet Gabrielsson, and Sveriges Television TV2, Gerd Edwards ; directed by Donya Feuer.
Publication
c1994.

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Additional Authors
  • Bjorner, Katya.
  • Alhanko, Anneli
  • Josephson, Erland, 1923-2012.
  • Savina, Valentina
  • Messerer, Mikhail
  • Khmelʹni︠t︡skiĭ, Aleksandr
  • Cohan, Robert.
  • Dantzig, Rudi van
  • Makarova, Natalia, 1940-
  • Farha, Clint
  • Feuer, Donya.
  • Kungliga Baletten (Stockholm, Sweden)
  • Royal Swedish Ballet. Ballet School.
  • Prix de Lausanne.
  • Svenska filminstitutet.
  • Sveriges television.
  • DHCA.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (96 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Documentary covering five years in the life of a young dancer, Katja Björner, first seen as a thirteen-year-old student at the school of the Royal Swedish Ballet in Stockholm. Class, rehearsal, and performance scenes create a varied picture of her work and development during this period. She is seen working in the studio with ballerina Anneli Alhanko, Valentina Savina, and Mikhail Messerer. She and actor Erland Josephson discuss various topics, including two classical variations (from Giselle, Act II, and The sleeping beauty, Act III), which she demonstrates. She and other dancers prepare for the Prix de Lausanne, a competition for young dancers; rehearse Paquita with Savina; and perform in Natalie Conus's version of Swan lake. Other facets of a dancer's life are represented by sequences on the making and fitting of pointe shoes; a children's dance coached by Savina; a men's class taught by Aleksandr Khmelnitski; performance excerpts featuring Alhanko in MacMillan's Manon, and Romeo and Juliet, and Cullberg's Miss Julie; and Alhanko and her partner rehearsing with Rudi van Dantzig. Natalia Makarova appears briefly in a curtain call, watched by Katja; Robert Cohan discusses the dancer's goals. At the close of the film Katja, who leaves Sweden to dance with Het Nationale Ballet in Amsterdam, is seen dancing the pas de deux from van Dantzig's Romeo and Juliet with Clint Farha.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Marilyn Dean Schwalm, additional copy.
Uniform Title
  • Dancer (Motion picture : 1995)
  • Manon (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
  • Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
  • Miss Julie (Choreographic work : Cullberg)
  • Swan lake (Choreographic work : Conus)
  • Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Dantzig)
Subject
  • Björner, Katja
  • Ballet > Sweden > 1980-
  • Dancers > Sweden
  • Child dancers
  • Ballet slippers
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Motion pictures.
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
Note
  • Motion picture originally released in 1994; distributed as a videocassette by First Run/Icarus Films, New York.
Language (note)
  • Credits in Swedish; dialogue in Swedish with English subtitles; some English narration.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2468
OCLC
  • 36940618
  • NYPY97-F63
Title
Dansaren [videorecording] = the dancer / produced by Svenska Filminstitutet, Lisbet Gabrielsson, and Sveriges Television TV2, Gerd Edwards ; directed by Donya Feuer.
Imprint
c1994.
Country of Producing Entity
Sweden.
Performer
Katja Björner, Anneli Alhanko, Erland Josephson, with Valentina Savina, Michael Messerer, Aleksandr Khmelnitski, Robert Cohan, Rudi Van Dantzig, Natalia Makarova, Clint Farha, and others.
Language
Credits in Swedish; dialogue in Swedish with English subtitles; some English narration.
Local Subject
Dancers, Teen-age.
Added Author
Bjorner, Katya. ive, dancer.
Alhanko, Anneli, dancer.
Josephson, Erland, 1923-2012. Interviewee
Savina, Valentina, dancer.
Messerer, Mikhail, dancer.
Khmelʹni︠t︡skiĭ, Aleksandr, dancer.
Cohan, Robert. Commentator
Dantzig, Rudi van, choreographer.
Makarova, Natalia, 1940- dancer.
Farha, Clint, dancer.
Feuer, Donya. Director
Kungliga Baletten (Stockholm, Sweden)
Royal Swedish Ballet. Ballet School.
Prix de Lausanne.
Svenska filminstitutet.
Sveriges television.
DHCA.
Added Title
Dancer (Motion picture : 1995)
Manon (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
Miss Julie (Choreographic work : Cullberg)
Swan lake (Choreographic work : Conus)
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Dantzig)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-2468
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