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Melissa Hayden coaching Donizetti variations

Title
Melissa Hayden coaching Donizetti variations [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Gaetano Donizetti (from Dom Sébastien, produced 1843)
Publication
New York, N.Y. : George Balanchine Foundation, c2001.

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Additional Authors
  • Hayden, Melissa.
  • Balanchine, George
  • Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
  • Boal, Peter
  • Murphy, Gillian
  • Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
  • Brooks, Virginia Loring.
  • Dryden, Richard.
  • Otterson, William.
  • George Balanchine Foundation.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (69 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Melissa Hayden, who created the ballerina role in Donizetti variations in its premiere in 1960, coaches Peter Boal and Gillian Murphy in the choreography performed by the two principal dancers, including their first entrance, their pas de deux (adagio, ballerina variation, and coda), and the ballerina variation danced with three men (who do not appear on this recording). The male variation in the pas de deux and a second male variation (intended to be danced with six women) are performed without coaching from Hayden. To illustrate her point that Donizetti's music provides less support for the dancing than is usual in Balanchine's ballets, Hayden has the dancers perform their entrance first to the Donizetti score, then to Tchaikovsky's music for the Black swan pas de deux from Swan lake. In an interview beginning at ca. 57 min. into the tape, she discusses various aspects of the ballet: its change of costumes, which altered its character; the influence of August Bournonville's choreography; the interpretation she developed with her partner Jacques d'Amboise; and the ballet's technical challenges. She also discusses Balanchine's use of off-balance movement and his concept of the plié, and remembers him as partner and performer.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of The George Balanchine Foundation.
Series Statement
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.
Uniform Title
Donizetti variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Alternative Title
Melissa Hayden coaching excerpts from Donizetti variations
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title given on website of The George Balanchine Foundation (www.balanchine.org) as Melissa Hayden coaching excerpts from Donizetti variations.
Credits (note)
  • Video production, Otterson TV, Inc.; line producer, William Otterson; camera, James Clarke; sound, Robert Matteo; editing, Virginia Brooks; production coordinator, Richard Dryden.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewer, Nancy Reynolds.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at City Center studios, New York, N.Y., on November 22 and 23, 1999.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7188
OCLC
  • 50528948
  • NYPY03-F552
Title
Melissa Hayden coaching Donizetti variations [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Gaetano Donizetti (from Dom Sébastien, produced 1843)
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : George Balanchine Foundation, c2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.
Event
Videotaped at City Center studios, New York, N.Y., on November 22 and 23, 1999.
Credits
Video production, Otterson TV, Inc.; line producer, William Otterson; camera, James Clarke; sound, Robert Matteo; editing, Virginia Brooks; production coordinator, Richard Dryden.
Performer
Danced by Peter Boal, New York City Ballet; and Gillian Murphy, American Ballet Theatre.
Pianist, Steven Mitchell.
Interviewer, Nancy Reynolds.
Local Subject
Interpretation in dance performance.
Partnering in dance.
Added Author
Hayden, Melissa. Interviewee
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
Boal, Peter, dancer.
Murphy, Gillian, dancer.
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- Interviewer
Brooks, Virginia Loring. Film editor
Dryden, Richard.
Otterson, William.
George Balanchine Foundation.
Added Title
Donizetti variations (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7188
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