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Swan lake [excerpts]
- Title
- Swan lake [excerpts] [videorecording] / [presented by] the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; choreography by Rudolf Nureyev ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
- Publication
- 1987?
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (132 min.) : sd., col. ; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Rehearsals of various sections of Rudolf Nureyev's version of Swan lake. In the first 14 min. of the tape, female dancers rehearse the swans' ensemble dance in Act IV. This rehearsal apparently focuses on floor patterns and spacing; most of the women dance on demi-pointe rather than on pointe, and much of the choreography is marked rather than danced full-out. Male dancers then rehearse an ensemble dance from Act I. After a brief glimpse of Odette and the swans in an excerpt from Act IV, a run-through of most of Acts I and II begins at ca. 33 min. into the tape. Alternate casts rehearse simultaneously in a few sections. Nureyev occasionally appears on camera, most notably to demonstrate a movement phrase in the second female variation of the Act I pas de trois. Footage from a run-through of Act IV begins at ca. 105 min. Rehearsals of the Act III mazurka and Neapolitan dance begin respectively at ca. 121 min. and ca. 130 min.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of Douce François-Freitas.
- Series Statement
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection
- Uniform Title
- Swan lake (Choreographic work : Nureyev)
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Dance rehearsals.
- Note
- Accompanied by data sheet.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, probably in Paris, in September 1987 (?); video documentation, Douce François.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4311 RNC
- OCLC
- NYPY03-F218
- Title
- Swan lake [excerpts] [videorecording] / [presented by] the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris ; choreography by Rudolf Nureyev ; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
- Imprint
- 1987?
- Country of Producing Entity
- France.
- Series
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection
- Event
- Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, probably in Paris, in September 1987 (?); video documentation, Douce François.
- Performer
- Danced by the Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris.
- Added Author
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, choreographer.Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. ComposerFrançois, Douce.Opéra de Paris. Ballet.
- Added Title
- Swan lake (Choreographic work : Nureyev)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4311 RNC