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Degas and the dance

Title
Degas and the dance [videorecording] / Great Performances ; a co-production of Thirteen/WNET, New York, Idéale Audience, Scorer Associates Ltd., BBC, ARTE France, Opéra National de Paris, and NHK ; written and directed by Mischa Scorer ; produced by Margaret Smilow and Junko Tsunashima ; based on research by Jill DeVonyar and Richard Kendall.
Publication
New York, N.Y. : Thirteen/WNET, c2003.

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Additional Authors
  • Scorer, Mischa.
  • Smilow, Margaret.
  • Tsunashima, Junko.
  • DeVonyar, Jill.
  • Kendall, Richard.
  • Aukema, Dewald.
  • Lefèvre, Brigitte.
  • Kahane, Martine.
  • Pingeot, Anne.
  • Langella, Frank
  • Bedford, Brian, 1935-2016
  • Badger, Peter
  • WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
  • Dance Films Association.
  • Dance on Camera Film Festival.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (54 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Entrant in the Dance Films Association's 32nd annual Dance on Camera Festival 2004. Documentary on French artist Edgar Degas (1834-1917) and his focus on dance as a theme for art, created in conjunction with the exhibition Degas and the dance at the Detroit Institute of Arts and the Philadelphia Museum of Art. The program explores not only his use of dance as a vehicle for his artistic experiments in composition, subject matter, and materials, but recognizes his close involvement with and knowledge of the ballet of his time, the dancers' offstage lives and milieu, and ballet technique. In addition to the many reproductions of his works that illustrate the program, dramatic re-creations bring to life aspects of his creative process, including his experiments in painting, printmaking, photography, and sculpture. Performance excerpts from La sylphide (re-created from Filippo Taglioni's original by Pierre Lacotte) and La bayadère (restaged by Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa) suggest the stage pictures he saw. The modern-day counterparts of his dancers are seen in footage of ballet classes in the Paris Opéra's famous circular studio, and Martine Kahane guides the viewer on a tour behind the scenes at the Palais Garnier, the Opéra's present home.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Dance Films Association.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Documentaries and factual films and programs.
  • Dance.
Note
  • Identified on original container as [Dance on Camera] Festival version; letterbox format. A slightly longer version of this program was commercially released.
Credits (note)
  • Director of photography, Dewald Aukema ; additional photography, Mead Hunt ; editing, Andrew Findlay ; original music, David Poore.
Performer (note)
  • Narrator: Frank Langella.
  • Commentators: Richard Kendall, exhibition co-curator; Jill De Vonyar, exhibition co-curator; Brigitte Lefèvre, director of the dance, Paris Opéra; Martine Kahane, director of cultural service, Paris Opéra; Anne Pingeot, curator of sculptures, Musée d'Orsay.
Language (note)
  • Includes some commentaries in French with English subtitles.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7647
OCLC
NYPY04-F357
Title
Degas and the dance [videorecording] / Great Performances ; a co-production of Thirteen/WNET, New York, Idéale Audience, Scorer Associates Ltd., BBC, ARTE France, Opéra National de Paris, and NHK ; written and directed by Mischa Scorer ; produced by Margaret Smilow and Junko Tsunashima ; based on research by Jill DeVonyar and Richard Kendall.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Thirteen/WNET, c2003.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Credits
Director of photography, Dewald Aukema ; additional photography, Mead Hunt ; editing, Andrew Findlay ; original music, David Poore.
Performer
Narrator: Frank Langella.
Performed by Brian Bedford (voice of Degas); Peter Badger (Degas).
Commentators: Richard Kendall, exhibition co-curator; Jill De Vonyar, exhibition co-curator; Brigitte Lefèvre, director of the dance, Paris Opéra; Martine Kahane, director of cultural service, Paris Opéra; Anne Pingeot, curator of sculptures, Musée d'Orsay.
Language
Includes some commentaries in French with English subtitles.
Added Author
Scorer, Mischa. Director. Author
Smilow, Margaret. Producer
Tsunashima, Junko. Producer
DeVonyar, Jill. Researcher. Commentator
Kendall, Richard. Researcher. Commentator
Aukema, Dewald. Cinematographer
Lefèvre, Brigitte. Commentator
Kahane, Martine. Commentator
Pingeot, Anne. Commentator
Langella, Frank, narrator.
Bedford, Brian, 1935-2016, actor.
Badger, Peter, actor.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Dance Films Association.
Dance on Camera Film Festival.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7647
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