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Title

La bayadère [videorecording] / [presented by] the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; choreography and mise-en-scène by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa ; music by Ludwig Minkus, orchestrated by John Lanchbery.

Publication

1992.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
• Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
• Minkus, L., 1826-1917.
• Lanchbery, John.
• Frigerio, Ezio.
• Guérin, Isabelle, 1961-
• Hilaire, Laurent
• Platel, Elisabeth
• François, Douce.
• Opéra de Paris. Ballet.

Description

2 videocassettes (VHS, NTSC) (130 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Run-through of the ballet, recorded a few days prior to its premiere on October 8, 1992. There are occasional pauses and gaps in the recording, and sections of the choreography are sometimes marked rather than danced full-out. The dancer performing the Bronze Idol in Act II does not appear, although his music is played. The women's ensemble dance with fans in Act II is repeated, and Elisabeth Platel, playing Gamzatti, marks her turns the second time. Patricia Ruanne (in white rehearsal clothes), who assisted Rudolf Nureyev in the choreography and staging of the ballet, watches from a position downstage, and occasionally moves among the dancers. At the end of the recording Nureyev is briefly glimpsed in the auditorium, accompanied by Gloria Venturi, Marie-Suzanne Soubi, Ninel Kurgapkina, and Barry Joule.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Douce François-Freitas.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection

Uniform Title

Bayadère (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• Accompanied by data sheet.
• Originally recorded on Hi8mm.

Credits (note)

• Scenario, Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov; scenery, Ezio Frigerio.

Performer (note)

• Isabelle Guérin (Nikiya); Laurent Hilaire (Solor); Elisabeth Platel (Gamzatti); others.

Event (note)

• Filmed in rehearsal onstage, with scenery, under work lights, with the orchestra, at the Palais Garnier, Opéra de Paris, on October 2, 1992; film documentation, Douce François. Most of the dancers are in rehearsal clothes. The three principal dancers wear costumes in Acts I and II, but Solor and Nikiya are in rehearsal clothes in Act II.

Contents

Cassette 1. Act I (ca. 45 min.) -- Act II (ca. 43 min.) -- Cassette 2. Act III (ca. 42 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4323 RNC

OCLC

NYPY03-F226

Title

La bayadère [videorecording] / [presented by] the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; choreography and mise-en-scène by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa ; music by Ludwig Minkus, orchestrated by John Lanchbery.

Imprint

1992.

Country of Producing Entity

France.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection

Event

Filmed in rehearsal onstage, with scenery, under work lights, with the orchestra, at the Palais Garnier, Opéra de Paris, on October 2, 1992; film documentation, Douce François. Most of the dancers are in rehearsal clothes. The three principal dancers wear costumes in Acts I and II, but Solor and Nikiya are in rehearsal clothes in Act II.

Credits

Scenario, Marius Petipa and Sergei Khudekov; scenery, Ezio Frigerio.

Performer

Danced by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris.

Cast

Isabelle Guérin (Nikiya); Laurent Hilaire (Solor); Elisabeth Platel (Gamzatti); others.

Added Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.

Minkus, L., 1826-1917. Composer

Lanchbery, John. Arranger

Frigerio, Ezio. Designer

Guérin, Isabelle, 1961- dancer.

Hilaire, Laurent, dancer.

Platel, Elisabeth, dancer.

François, Douce.

Opéra de Paris. Ballet.

Added Title

Bayadère (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4323 RNC