Research Catalog

Title

[Ballett des Staatstheaters Kassel] [videorecording] / choreography by Joel Schnee.

Publication

1978-1979.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schnee, Joel
• Coffee, Geneviève
• Scott, John
• Watson, Elbert Lee
• Macoun, Stephanie
• Pegliasco, René
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767.
• Staatstheater Kassel. Ballet.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (104 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Joel Schnee.

Uniform Title

• Firebird (Choreographic work : Schnee)
• Baiser de la fée (Choreographic work : Schnee)
• Wasserspiele (Choreographic work : Schnee)
• Mini-Strawinni (Choreographic work : Schnee)
• Dracula und andere Vampire (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at the Staatstheater Kassel, Germany.

Contents

• Der Feuervogel (The firebird) (excerpts) (ca. 21 min.) / recorded in 1978; music, Igor Stravinsky; design, Walter Perdacher; danced by Geneviève Coffee (the Firebird), John Scott (Prince Ivan), and others. Includes the Firebird's solo and pas de deux with Prince Ivan; the dance of the princesses; Ivan's dance with the princesses; berceuse (excerpt); grand finale (excerpt).
• Der Kuss der Fee (The fairy's kiss; also called Le baiser de la fée) (excerpts) (ca. 10 min.) / recorded in 1980; music, Igor Stravinsky; design, Walter Perdacher; danced by Elbert Lee Watson and others. This segment begins with the grand pas de deux and continues to end of ballet.
• Wasserspiele, ein Hofballett (Watergames) (complete) (ca. 23 min.) / recorded in March 1978; music, Georg Philipp Telemann (from Wassermusik, Suite no. 6, and Suite for two horns and strings); design, Walter Perdacher; danced by René Pegliasco (the Count), Stephanie Macoun (the Countess), Stephen Jenkins (the Chamberlain), Maryjo Hartenberger (the Page), with Janetta Betzold, Mehmet Bilgin, Geneviève Coffie, Lindsey Jones, Philip Ezra Mollet, Christine Murad, Franco Pistritto, Linda Reifsnyder, John Scott, José Suarez, Barry Wilkinson.
• Mini-Strawinni (excerpts) (ca. 5 min.) / recorded in Apr. 1977; music, Igor Stravinsky; scenery and costumes, Walter Perdacher; danced by René Pegliasco and others.
• Der Kuss der Fee (The fairy's kiss; also called Le baiser de la fée) (excerpts) (ca. 31 min.) / recorded in 1980; music, Igor Stravinsky; design, Walter Perdacher; danced by Elbert Lee Watson, Stephanie Macoun, and others. This segment starts at the beginning of the ballet.
• Dracula und andere Vampire (Dracula and other vampires) (excerpts) (ca. 14 min.) / recorded in 1979; music, Aleksandr Scriabin, Jean Sibelius, William Bolcom, Hans Werner Henze, Joel Schnee, Michael Rosewell; scenery, Adolf Müller, Joel Schnee; costumes, Ruth-Karin Beerwirth, Joel Schnee; danced by Elbert Lee Watson (Dracula), Geneviève Coffee, Stephanie Macoun (the choreographer [role also includes speaking]), and others. Semi-autobiographical piece on the tribulations of a choreographer and the difficulty of the artistic process.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7604

OCLC

NYPY04-F314

Title

[Ballett des Staatstheaters Kassel] [videorecording] / choreography by Joel Schnee.

Imprint

1978-1979.

Country of Producing Entity

Germany.

Event

Videotaped in performance at the Staatstheater Kassel, Germany.

Performer

Danced by the Ballett des Staatstheaters Kassel.

Added Author

Schnee, Joel, choreographer. Composer. Designer

Coffee, Geneviève, dancer.

Scott, John, dancer.

Watson, Elbert Lee, dancer.

Macoun, Stephanie, dancer.

Pegliasco, René, dancer.

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer

Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767. Composer

Staatstheater Kassel. Ballet.

Added Title

Firebird (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Baiser de la fée (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Wasserspiele (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Mini-Strawinni (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Dracula und andere Vampire (Choreographic work : Schnee)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7604