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Washington Square

Title: Washington Square [videorecording] / [presented by] the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; choreography by Rudolf Nureyev ; music by Charles Ives.
Publication: 1986.

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Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	reel 4	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIA 4-4324 RNC reel 4	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	reel 3	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIA 4-4324 RNC reel 3	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	reel 2	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIA 4-4324 RNC reel 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance
Request Appointment Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	reel 1	Moving image	Use in library	*MGZIA 4-4324 RNC reel 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Description

4 videocassettes (VHS, NTSC) (72 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Recording of the ballet (in its entirety or nearly so), with scenes out of sequence.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Douce François-Freitas.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Uniform Title

Washington Square (Choreographic work : Nureyev)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Accompanied by data sheet.

Credits (note)

Scenario, Rudolf Nureyev and Jean-Claude Carrière after the novel by Henry James ; scenery, Antoni Taulé ; costumes, Nicholas Georgiadis ; lighting, Jean-Loup de Sauverzac, Claude Tissier.

Performer (note)

Rudolf Nureyev (the father), Laurent Hilaire (?) (Morris), others.

Event (note)

Videotaped in performance at the Palais Garnier, Paris, on February 6, 1986; video commissioned by Douce François.

Contents

Cassette 1. Scenes 1-3 (ca. 17 min.) -- Scene 7 excerpt (ca. 2 min.) (Morris's solo; very dark) -- Bows at the end of the ballet. The beginning and end of this cassette also contain a few min. of an unrelated interview with a man.
Cassette 2. Scene 4 (ca. 11 min.) -- Scene 7 excerpt (ca. 11 min.), from Cathy's argument with her father until her contention with her aunt. The end of this cassette contains a few min. of an unrelated interview with a man in silhouette.
Cassette 3. Scene 5 (ca. 23 min.).
Cassette 4. Scene 6 (ca. 7 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4324 RNC

OCLC

NYPY03-F232

Title

Washington Square [videorecording] / [presented by] the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; choreography by Rudolf Nureyev ; music by Charles Ives.

Imprint

1986.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Palais Garnier, Paris, on February 6, 1986; video commissioned by Douce François.

Credits

Scenario, Rudolf Nureyev and Jean-Claude Carrière after the novel by Henry James ; scenery, Antoni Taulé ; costumes, Nicholas Georgiadis ; lighting, Jean-Loup de Sauverzac, Claude Tissier.

Performer

Danced by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris.

Cast

Rudolf Nureyev (the father), Laurent Hilaire (?) (Morris), others.

Added Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Scenarist

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.

Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. Composer

Carrière, Jean-Claude, 1931-2021. Scenarist

James, Henry, 1843-1916. Washington Square.

Taulé, Antoni, 1945- Set designer

Georgiadis, Nicholas, 1923-2001. Costume designer

Sauverzac, Jean-Loup de. Designer

Tissier, Claude. Designer

François, Douce.

Opéra de Paris. Ballet.

Added Title

Washington Square (Choreographic work : Nureyev)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4324 RNC

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