Research Catalog

Title

Festival. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet [videorecording] / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced and directed by Eric Till.

Publication

Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1964.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Taverner, Sonia
• Strobel, Fredric
• Washington, Donna Day
• Copping, Kit
• Oved, Yemaiel
• MacKinnon, Sheila
• Young, Marilyn
• Rutherford, Richard
• Mitchell, James, 1920-
• Kenneson, Claude.
• Balanchine, George
• De Mille, Agnes
• Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936.
• Rittman, Trude
• Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988
• Dorn, Rudi.
• Officer, Constance.
• Grozelle, John.
• Spohr, Arnold.
• Clouser, James.
• Till, Eric.
• Royal Winnipeg Ballet.
• Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Description

1 videocassette (65 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Uniform Title

• Pas de dix (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
• Bitter weird (Choreographic work : De Mille)

Alternative Title

• Royal Winnipeg Ballet
• Heure du concert. Le Ballet Royal de Winnipeg

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanied by data sheet.
• Title from handwritten slate on frame and accompanying data sheet. Title also appears on frame as: L'heure du concert. Le Ballet Royal de Winnipeg.
• Additional data from CBC Times, Feb. 1-7, 1964, p. 5.
• This recording of The bitter weird also appears on: *MGZIC 9-3570 and *MGZHB 12-6, both titled The bitter weird.

Credits (note)

• Artistic direction, Arnold Spohr, assisted by Jim Clouser ; scenery, Rudi Dorn ; costumes, Constance Officer ; lighting, John Grozelle.

Performer (note)

• Conductor, Claude Kenneson.

Event (note)

• Recorded on December 13, 1963. Telecast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the series Festival on February 5, 1964.

Language (note)

• In French.

Contents

• Pas de dix (ca. 19 min.) / choreography, George Balanchine ; music, Aleksandr Glazunov ; danced by Sonia Taverner and Fredric Strobel ; variations danced by Donna-Day Washington, Kit Copping, Yemaiel Oved, Sheila Mackinnon. Another recording of the principal male dancer's variation appears at ca. 60 min. into the tape ; the male quartet appears at ca. 62 min., separate from the rest of the ballet.
• The bitter weird (ca. 38 min.) / choreography, Agnes de Mille ; music, Trude Rittman ; excerpts from the musical Brigadoon, Frederick Loewe ; danced by Marilyn Young (the maiden), Richard Rutherford (the rejected suitor), James Mitchell (the bridegroom), and others.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5018

OCLC

NYPY01-F532

Title

Festival. The Royal Winnipeg Ballet [videorecording] / Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced and directed by Eric Till.

Imprint

Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1964.

Event

Recorded on December 13, 1963. Telecast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the series Festival on February 5, 1964.

Credits

Artistic direction, Arnold Spohr, assisted by Jim Clouser ; scenery, Rudi Dorn ; costumes, Constance Officer ; lighting, John Grozelle.

Performer

Danced by the Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

Guest artist: James Mitchell.

Conductor, Claude Kenneson.

Language

In French.

Added Author

Taverner, Sonia, dancer.

Strobel, Fredric, dancer.

Washington, Donna Day, dancer.

Copping, Kit, dancer.

Oved, Yemaiel, dancer.

MacKinnon, Sheila, dancer.

Young, Marilyn, dancer.

Rutherford, Richard, dancer.

Mitchell, James, 1920- dancer.

Kenneson, Claude. Conductor

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

De Mille, Agnes, choreographer.

Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936. Composer

Rittman, Trude, composer.

Loewe, Frederick, 1901-1988, composer.

Dorn, Rudi. Designer

Officer, Constance. Costume designer

Grozelle, John.

Spohr, Arnold. Director

Clouser, James. Director

Till, Eric. Producer. Director

Royal Winnipeg Ballet.

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Added Title

Pas de dix (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Bitter weird (Choreographic work : De Mille)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5018