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Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

Title: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo [videorecording]
Publication: 1953-1955.

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1 videocassette (54 min.) : si., b&w and col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Performance excerpts from various ballets, mostly very brief.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Marc Austen.

Uniform Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work : after Ivanov)
Coppélia (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Cecchetti, Ivanov and Petipa, M)
Harold in Italy (Choreographic work : Massine)
Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M) Pas de deux.
Madroños (Choreographic work : Cobos)
Beau Danube (Choreographic work : Massine)
Pas de quatre (Choreographic work : Dolin)
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Fedorova-Fokine after Ivanov)
Swan lake (Choreographic work). Black swan pas de deux.
Ballet imperial (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Giselle (Choreographic work : after Coralli and Perrot)
Schéhérazade (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Petipa, M). Bluebird pas de deux.
Cirque de deux (Choreographic work : Boris)
Lady and the unicorn (Choreographic work : Rosen)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Accompanied by data sheet.
Originally filmed on 16mm.

Event (note)

Filmed in performance, various locations and dates; film documentation, Glenn Olson.

Contents

Swan lake. Act II (ca. 2 min.) / choreography, after Ivanov; danced by Maria Tallchief (Odette), Frederic Franklin (Siegfried), Miguel Terekhov or Eugene Slavin (Evil genius), Fernando Schaffenburg (prince's friend), others.
Coppélia (ca. 5 min.) / choreography, Nikolai Sergeev after Cecchetti, Ivanov, and Petipa; danced by Nina Novak (Swanhilda), Leon Danielian/Frederic Franklin (Frantz), others.
Harold in Italy (ca. 2 min.) / filmed ca. 1954; choreography, Leonide Massine; danced by Sally Seven and Raul Roget (deer), Yvonne Chouteau (pilgrim), Frederic Franklin (Harold), Irina Borowska and Alan Howard (happy couple), Victor Moreno (brigand), Nina Novak and Deni Lamont (shepherds).
Les sylphides (ca. 2 min.) / choreography, Michel Fokine; danced by Irina Borowska (waltz), Gertrude Tyven (mazurka), Alan Howard (mazurka), Yvonne Chouteau (prelude). Opens with brief footage of the nocturne; ends with footage of a second man, Joseph Savino, dancing the mazurka.
Don Quixote pas de deux (ca. 2 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa; danced by Maria Tallchief and Leon Danielian.
Madroños (ca. 4 min.) / choreography, Antonia Cobos; danced by Nina Novak, Leon Danielian, Tarry Demari, Salvador Juarez, others.
Le beau Danube (ca. 3 min.) / choreography, Leonide Massine; mazurka danced by Yvonne Chouteau (daughter) and Frederic Franklin (hussar), waltz danced by Irina Borowska (street dancer) and Franklin; Dorothy Daniels and Yvonne Craig also appear in this footage.
Pas de quatre (ca. 5 min.) / choreography, Anton Dolin; danced by Gertrude Tyven (Grisi), Nina Novak (Taglioni), Irina Borowska (Grahn), Yvonne Chouteau (Cerrito).
The nutcracker. Act II, Russian dance (ca. 30 sec.) / choreography, Alexandra Fedorova-Fokine after Ivanov; danced by Eugene Slavin with male ensemble including Glenn Olson.
Black swan pas de deux (ca. 2 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa; danced by Alicia Alonso and Igor Youskevitch. Includes excerpts from the adagio, male variation, and coda, including Alonso's fouettés. Brief footage of Nina Novak and Frederic Franklin at end.
Ballet imperial (ca. 1 min.) / choreography, George Balanchine; danced by Gertrude Tyven, Eugene Slavin, others.
Giselle (ca. 2 min.) / choreography, after Coralli and Perrot; danced by Alicia Alonso (Giselle), Igor Youskevitch (Albrecht), others.
Schéhérazade (ca. 30 sec.) / choreography, Michel Fokine; danced by Miguel Terekhov (Shah), possibly with Irina Borowska or Margery Beddows (Zobeide), others.
Don Quixote pas de deux (ca. 2 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa; danced by Alicia Alonso and Frederic Franklin. Includes adagio, end of female variation, coda.
Swan lake (ca. 1 min.) / choreography, after Ivanov; danced by Igor Youskevitch (Siegfried), others.
[Theater marquee, Elmira, N.Y. (?), followed by very dark footage of the Bluebird pas de deux and Gaité parisienne] (ca. 2 min., col.) / filmed ca. 1953; danced by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Concert Company. During the 1952/1953 and 1953/1954 seasons, the company toured with a single bill consisting of Swan lake, Act II; Cirque de deux; the Bluebird pas de deux; and Gaité parisienne (see also segments below).
Swan lake. Act II (ca. 1 min.) / filmed ca. 1953; choreography, after Ivanov; danced by Anna Istomina (Odette), others. Includes excerpts from the four cygnets' dance, Odette's variation, and a dance by Odette and the ensemble of swans.
Bluebird pas de deux (ca. 1 min.) / filmed ca. 1953; choreography, Marius Petipa; danced by Moscelyne Larkin and Roman Jasinski.
Cirque de deux (ca. 30 sec.) / filmed ca. 1953; choreography, Ruthanna Boris; danced by Anna Istomina and others.
Gaité parisienne. Waltz (ca. 1 min.) / filmed ca. 1953; choreography, Leonide Massine; danced by Moscelyne Larkin (glove seller) and Roman Jasinski (baron).
Don Quixote pas de deux (ca. 4 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa; danced by Nina Novak and Victor Moreno. This segment combines footage from two shoots, and there is some repetition of choreography.
Gaité parisienne (ca. 2 min.) / filmed ca. 1953; choreography, Leonide Massine; danced by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Concert Company: Joseph Busheme, Christine Hennessy, Diana Coon, Joanna Crist, Alice Aycock, Victor Moreno (the Peruvian).
Pas de quatre (ca. 30 sec.) / choreography, Anton Dolin; dancers not identified.
La dame à la licorne (ca. 4 min.) / filmed ca. 1955; choreography, Heinz Rosen; danced by Nina Novak (the unicorn), Frederic Franklin/Igor Youskevitch (the knight), Irina Borowska (the lady), Miguel Terekhov, others.
Pas de quatre (ca. 1 min.) / choreography, Anton Dolin; dancers not identified.
Coppélia. Act III, pas de deux of Swanhilda and Frantz (ca. 1 min.) / choreography, Nikolai Sergeev after Cecchetti, Ivanov and Petipa; dancers not identified, possibly Nina Novak and Frederic Franklin.
In addition to the ballets listed on data sheet, the tape also contains, beginning at 58 min., footage of a visit to a fur farm, a performance of an unidentified ballet in an outdoor theater, and a social gathering.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6701

OCLC

NYPY03-F95

Title

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo [videorecording]

Imprint

1953-1955.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Filmed in performance, various locations and dates; film documentation, Glenn Olson.

Performer

Danced by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.

Added Author

Tallchief, Maria, dancer.

Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013, dancer.

Terekhov, Miguel, dancer.

Slavin, Eugene, dancer.

Schaffenburg, Fernando, dancer.

Novak, Nina, dancer.

Danielian, Leon, 1920-1997, dancer.

Seven, Sally, dancer.

Roget, Raul, dancer.

Chouteau, Yvonne, dancer.

Borowska, Irina, dancer.

Howard, Alan, 1930- dancer.

Moreno, Víctor, dancer.

Lamont, Deni, dancer.

Tyven, Gertrude, -1966, dancer.

Savino, Joseph, dancer.

Demari, Tarry, dancer.

Juárez, Salvador, dancer.

Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, dancer.

Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994, dancer.

Istomina, Anna, 1925- dancer.

Larkin, Moscelyne, dancer.

Jasinski, Roman, 1912-1991, dancer.

Hennessy, Christine, dancer.

Aycock, Alice, dancer.

Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901, choreographer.

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

Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979, choreographer.

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.

Cobos, Antonia, choreographer.

Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983, choreographer.

Fedorova, Alexandra, 1884-1972, choreographer.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Boris, Ruthanna, choreographer.

Rosen, Heinz, choreographer.

Olson, Glenn.

Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, performer.

Added Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work : after Ivanov)

Coppélia (Choreographic work : Sergeev, N after Cecchetti, Ivanov and Petipa, M)

Harold in Italy (Choreographic work : Massine)

Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)

Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M) Pas de deux.

Madroños (Choreographic work : Cobos)

Beau Danube (Choreographic work : Massine)

Pas de quatre (Choreographic work : Dolin)

Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Fedorova-Fokine after Ivanov)

Swan lake (Choreographic work). Black swan pas de deux.

Ballet imperial (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Giselle (Choreographic work : after Coralli and Perrot)

Schéhérazade (Choreographic work : Fokin)

Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Petipa, M). Bluebird pas de deux.

Cirque de deux (Choreographic work : Boris)

Lady and the unicorn (Choreographic work : Rosen)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6701

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