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Omnibus. The Bolshoi Ballet [excerpt]

Title: Omnibus. The Bolshoi Ballet [excerpt] [videorecording] / a BBC TV production in association with Flickers Productions Ltd. and the Arts and Entertainment Network ; directed by Michael Houldey.
Publication: U.K. : British Broadcasting Corporation, c1986.

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Description

1 videocassette (68 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences PAL; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Last half of a 130-min. documentary on the Bolshoi Ballet, past and present. The most prominent interviewee is Yuri Grigorovich, then the company's artistic director and chief choreographer, who discusses his artistic goals and intentions for the company. A recurring topic among the interviewees, who include leading dancers of the past and present, is the interpretation of dance roles both in contemporary and classical ballets. In discussing his ballets Spartacus and Ivan the Terrible, Grigorovich compares the creators of the title roles (respectively Vladimir Vasiliev and Yuri Vladimirov) to the current interpreter, Irek Mukhamedov. Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova discuss their partnership and the evolution of their roles in the ballet Giselle. Maya Plisetskaya discusses communication and expressiveness in dance with reference to her ballets Anna Karenina and The sea gull, both based on literary sources. The documentary concludes by spotlighting the young stars Nina Ananiashvili and Andris Liepa as they prepare and present their first performance in the leading roles in Giselle on April 2, 1986.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Douce François-Freitas.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Uniform Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work). Black swan pas de deux.
Spartacus (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)
Ivan the Terrible (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)
Raymonda (Choreographic work : Petipa, M)
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Grigorovich after Ivanov)
Giselle (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ after Coralli and Perrot)
Laurencia (Choreographic work : Chabukiani)
Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Zakharov, Monakhov and Goleizovski after Gorski)
Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)
Anna Karenina (Choreographic work : Plise︠t︡ska︠i︡a)
Sea gull (Choreographic work : Plise︠t︡ska︠i︡a)

Alternative Title

Bolshoi Ballet [excerpt]

Subject

Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet > History
Ballet > Russia > History > 20th century
Ballet > Soviet Union

Genre/Form

Dance.
Documentaries and factual films and programs.
Video.

Credits (note)

For Flickers Productions Ltd.: producers, Martin Proctor, Neil Zeiger ; executive producers, Alan Yentob, Leslie Megahey.

Performer (note)

Commentary read by Leslie Megahey.
Interviewees: Yuri Grigorovich, Irek Mukhamedov, Natalia Bessmertnova, Ludmila Semenyaka, Vladimir Vasiliev, Ekaterina Maximova, Maya Plisetskaya, Galina Ulanova, Nina Ananiashvili, Andris Liepa, Raisa Struchkova, Mikhail Lavrovsky.

Event (note)

Telecast in the U.K. on the series Omnibus by BBC 1 on August 28, 1986.

Contents

Dance excerpts: Black swan pas de deux. Coda / danced by Aleksei Fadeechev and Alla Mikhalchenko -- Spartacus / filmed in 1975 ; choreography, Grigorovich ; danced by Vladimir Vasiliev and Maris Liepa -- Spartacus / danced by Irek Mukhamedov and Natalya Bessmertnova -- Rehearsal of Spartacus / danced by Mukhamedov and Bessmertnova, directed by Grigorovich -- Ivan the Terrible / filmed in 1976 ; choreography, Grigorovich ; danced by Yuri Vladimirov, Bessmertnova, and others -- Rehearsal of Ivan the Terrible / danced by Mukhamedov and Bessmertnova, directed by Grigorovich -- Rehearsal of Raymonda / two variations danced by Ludmila Semenyaka -- The nutcracker. Grand pas de deux, coda / filmed in 1978 ; choreography, Grigorovich ; danced by Vasiliev and Ekaterina Maximova -- Giselle / filmed in 1958 ; choreography, Lavrovsky after Coralli and Perrot ; danced by Maximova -- Rehearsal of Giselle / danced by Maximova and Vasiliev, directed by Galina Ulanova -- Laurencia / choreography, Chabukiani ; danced by Vasiliev -- Giselle / filmed in 1969 ; danced by Maximova and Vasiliev -- Rehearsal of Giselle / filmed in 1986 ; danced by Maximova and Vasiliev, directed by Asaf Messerer -- Giselle / filmed in 1986 ; danced by Maximova and Vasiliev -- Don Quixote / filmed in 1965 ; danced by Maya Plisetskaya and ensemble -- The dying swan / filmed in 1965 ; choreography, Michel Fokine ; danced by Plisetskaya.
Dance excerpts, continued: Anna Karenina / filmed in 1972 ; choreography, Plisetskaya ; danced by Plisetskaya and others -- The sea gull / filmed in 1986 ; choreography, Plisetskaya ; danced by Plisetskaya -- Giselle / filmed in 1965 ; danced by Bessmertnova and others -- Rehearsal of Giselle / filmed in 1986 ; danced by Nina Ananiashvili and Andris Liepa, directed by Raisa Struchkova -- Giselle / danced by Maris Liepa -- Giselle / filmed in 1959 ; danced by Struchkova and others -- Giselle / filmed on April 2, 1986 ; danced by Ananiashvili, Liepa, and others.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4258 RNC

OCLC

NYPY02-F525

Title

Omnibus. The Bolshoi Ballet [excerpt] [videorecording] / a BBC TV production in association with Flickers Productions Ltd. and the Arts and Entertainment Network ; directed by Michael Houldey.

Imprint

U.K. : British Broadcasting Corporation, c1986.

Country of Producing Entity

U.K.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Event

Telecast in the U.K. on the series Omnibus by BBC 1 on August 28, 1986.

Credits

For Flickers Productions Ltd.: producers, Martin Proctor, Neil Zeiger ; executive producers, Alan Yentob, Leslie Megahey.

Performer

Commentary read by Leslie Megahey.

Interviewees: Yuri Grigorovich, Irek Mukhamedov, Natalia Bessmertnova, Ludmila Semenyaka, Vladimir Vasiliev, Ekaterina Maximova, Maya Plisetskaya, Galina Ulanova, Nina Ananiashvili, Andris Liepa, Raisa Struchkova, Mikhail Lavrovsky.

Danced by the Bolshoi Ballet.

Local Subject

Interpretation in dance performance.

Added Author

Grigorovich, ︠I︡Uriĭ Nikolaevich, 1927- ive, choreographer.

Mukhamedov, Irek, 1960- dancer.

Mukhamedov, Irek, 1960- interviewee.

Bessmertnova, Natalia, 1941- ive, dancer.

Semen︠i︡aka, L︠i︡udmila, 1952- ive, dancer.

Vasilʹev, Vladimir, 1940- ive, dancer.

Maksimova, Ekaterina. ive, dancer.

Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015. ive, dancer, choreographer.

Ulanova, Galina Sergeevna, 1910-1998. Interviewee

Ananiashvili, Nina. ive, dancer.

Liepa, Andris. ive, dancer.

Struchkova, Raisa. ive, dancer.

Lavrovskiĭ, Mikhail. Interviewee

Fadeechev, Alekseĭ, dancer.

Mikhal'chenko, Alla, dancer.

Liepa, Maris, 1936-1989, dancer.

Vladimirov, ︠I︡Uriĭ, dancer.

Messerer, Asaf, 1903- Director

Houldey, Michael. Director

Megahey, Leslie. Producer. Commentator

Yentob, Alan, television producer.

Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet.

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

Arts and Entertainment Network.

Added Title

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

Spartacus (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)

Ivan the Terrible (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)

Raymonda (Choreographic work : Petipa, M)

Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Grigorovich after Ivanov)

Giselle (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ after Coralli and Perrot)

Laurencia (Choreographic work : Chabukiani)

Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Zakharov, Monakhov and Goleizovski after Gorski)

Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Anna Karenina (Choreographic work : Plise︠t︡ska︠i︡a)

Sea gull (Choreographic work : Plise︠t︡ska︠i︡a)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4258 RNC

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