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Excelsior [excerpts]

Title: Excelsior [excerpts] [videorecording] / presented by La Fondazione Scuola Nazionale di Cinema and Cineteca Nazionale in collaboration with the periodical Chorégraphie ; film directed by Luca Comerio ; film restored and edited by the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema and the Cineteca Nazionale ; choreography by Luigi Manzotti ; music by Romualdo Marenco.
Publication: Italy : Scuola Nazionale di Cinema, Cineteca Nazionale, c1998, 1913.

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Description

1 videocassette (16 min.) : sd., col. PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Restored version of a film, with added piano soundtrack. Originally made in 1913 by director Luca Comerio, the film depicts the first two scenes of Luigi Manzotti's Excelsior, a ballet spectacle first presented at La Scala, Milan, in 1881. According to film reconstructor Maria Amata Calò, the first scene is complete, the second almost complete.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of George Dorris.

Uniform Title

Excelsior (Choreographic work : Manzotti)
Excelsior (Motion picture)

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Motion pictures.

Credits (note)

Mise-en-scène, Enrico Biancifiori ; costumes, Caramba [Luigi Sapelli] ; film reconstruction, Maria Amata Calò ; reconstruction of choreography and synchronization, Flavia Pappacena ; musical arrangement, Vinicio Collela.

Performer (note)

(in order of appearance): Armando Berruccini [principal mime] (L'Oscurantismo [The Spirit of Darkness]) ; Eugenia Villa [principal mime] (La Luce [The Spirit of Light]) ; Vittorina Galimberti [prima ballerina] (La Civiltà [Civilization]) ; and others.

Language (note)

Credits in Italian.

Contents

Scene 1, L'Oscurantismo -- Three movements from Scene 2, La Luce: La Fama, l'entrata della Civiltà, il Risorgimento.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4575

OCLC

45185972
NYPY00-F609

Title

Excelsior [excerpts] [videorecording] / presented by La Fondazione Scuola Nazionale di Cinema and Cineteca Nazionale in collaboration with the periodical Chorégraphie ; film directed by Luca Comerio ; film restored and edited by the Scuola Nazionale di Cinema and the Cineteca Nazionale ; choreography by Luigi Manzotti ; music by Romualdo Marenco.

Imprint

Italy : Scuola Nazionale di Cinema, Cineteca Nazionale, c1998, 1913.

Credits

Mise-en-scène, Enrico Biancifiori ; costumes, Caramba [Luigi Sapelli] ; film reconstruction, Maria Amata Calò ; reconstruction of choreography and synchronization, Flavia Pappacena ; musical arrangement, Vinicio Collela.

Cast

(in order of appearance): Armando Berruccini [principal mime] (L'Oscurantismo [The Spirit of Darkness]) ; Eugenia Villa [principal mime] (La Luce [The Spirit of Light]) ; Vittorina Galimberti [prima ballerina] (La Civiltà [Civilization]) ; and others.

Performer

Pianist: Vinicio Collela.

Language

Credits in Italian.

Local Note

For accompanying texts, see *MGZA 93-2132 Chorégraphie, special issue 1998.

Local Subject

Ballet in motion pictures. Excelsior.

Added Author

Galimberti, Vittorina, dancer.

Manzotti, Luigi, 1835-1905, choreographer.

Marenco, Romualdo, 1841-1907. Composer

Biancifiori, Enrico. Designer

Sapelli, Luigi, 1867-1936. Costume designer

Comerio, Luca, 1878-1940. Director

Pappacena, Flavia.

Calò, Maria Amata.

Scuola nazionale di cinema (Italy)

Centro sperimentale di cinematografia (Italy). Cineteca nazionale.

Added Title

Excelsior (Choreographic work : Manzotti)

Excelsior (Motion picture)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4575

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