Research Catalog

Title

Aureole ; [and] Firebird [videorecording] / presented for BBC TV by Jann Parry and Julia Matheson.

Publication

U.K. : BBC TV, c1980.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
• Flindt, Vivi
• Kloborg, Eva
• Sonnerup, Anne
• Eliasen, Johnny
• Donn, Jorge
• Ek, Niklas
• Haitink, Bernard, 1929-2021.
• Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018
• Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759.
• Grimm, Thomas.
• Béjart, Maurice
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• Kufner, Rudolf.
• Parry, Jann.
• Matheson, Julia.
• Kongelige Danske ballet.
• Ballet du XXe siècle (Belgium)
• Concertgebouworkest.
• Danmarks radio.
• Hessischer Rundfunk.
• British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videocassette (48 min.) : sd., col. PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Television adaptations of two dance works originally produced onstage. Presented as part of Invitation to the dance, a six-part series featuring works by contemporary choreographers from different countries, introduced by Rudolf Nureyev. Nureyev dances only in the first work, Aureole.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.

Series Statement

• Invitation to the dance ; Episodes 1, 2
• Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Uniform Title

• Aureole (Choreographic work : Taylor, P)
• Firebird (Choreographic work : Béjart)

Alternative Title

Firebird

Subject

• Modern dance > Denmark
• Ballet > Belgium

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by data sheet.

Performer (note)

• Introduced by Rudolf Nureyev.

Event (note)

• Telecast by BBC1 in autumn 1980.

Contents

• Aureole (ca. 24 min.) / a Danmarks Radio production ; directed by Thomas Grimm ; choreography, Paul Taylor ; music, George Frideric Handel ; design, Curt Hviid ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev and members of the Royal Danish Ballet: Vivi Flindt, Eva Kloborg, Anne Sonnerup, Johnny Eliasen ; music played by the Radio Orchestra, conducted by Russell Harris. This recording also appears on *MGZIA 4-4014 RNC [Rudolf Nureyev], and on *MGZIC 9-172 Aureole.
• Firebird (ca. 24 min.) / a Hessischer Rundfunk/RTB/BRT Artium Summa co-production ; directed by Rudolf Küfner ; choreography, Maurice Béjart ; music, Igor Stravinsky ; danced by the Ballet of the Twentieth Century: Jorge Donn (the firebird), Niklas Ek (the phoenix), and others ; music played by the Concertgebouw Orchestra Amsterdam, conducted by Bernard Haitink.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4058 RNC

OCLC

NYPY00-F773

Title

Aureole ; [and] Firebird [videorecording] / presented for BBC TV by Jann Parry and Julia Matheson.

Imprint

U.K. : BBC TV, c1980.

Series

Invitation to the dance ; Episodes 1, 2

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Event

Telecast by BBC1 in autumn 1980.

Performer

Introduced by Rudolf Nureyev.

Local Subject

Ballet in television. Invitation to the dance.

Added Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.

Flindt, Vivi, dancer.

Kloborg, Eva, dancer.

Sonnerup, Anne, dancer.

Eliasen, Johnny, dancer.

Donn, Jorge, dancer.

Ek, Niklas, dancer.

Haitink, Bernard, 1929-2021. Conductor

Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018, choreographer.

Handel, George Frideric, 1685-1759. Composer

Grimm, Thomas. Director

Béjart, Maurice, choreographer.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer

Kufner, Rudolf. Director

Parry, Jann. Producer

Matheson, Julia. Producer

Kongelige Danske ballet.

Ballet du XXe siècle (Belgium)

Concertgebouworkest.

Danmarks radio.

Hessischer Rundfunk.

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

DHCA.

Added Title

Aureole (Choreographic work : Taylor, P)

Firebird (Choreographic work : Béjart)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4058 RNC