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Dance history and criticism course.

Title: Dance history and criticism course. Romantic ballet: La sylphide and Giselle, [July 8, 1974] [sound recording].
Author: Schwartz, Jane D.
Publication: 1974.

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Additional Authors

New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 sound cassette (ca. 74 min.)

Summary

Side A (ca. 49 min.). Jane D. Schwartz leads the class in a discussion of a performance they had just seen of Swan lake (in a version choreographed by David Blair after Ivanov and Petipa), as danced by American Ballet Theatre, with Cynthia Gregory in the role of Odette-Odile and Bruce Marks (?) in the role of Siegfried (ca. 20 min.). Schwartz speaks about the ballet La sylphide, primarily with reference to Auguste Bournonville's version, including the story of the ballet; the score by Hermann Løwenskjold; the conflict between the real and the fantastic, as expressed in the costumes, the lighting, and the choreography; the diabolic element characteristic of romantic ballet; reads aloud Erik Bruhn's remarks on the character of James; the inability to accept reality as characteristic of French romanticism (ca. 45 min.). Schwartz speaks about the ballet Giselle, including the story of the ballet; the relationship of Albrecht and Giselle as illustrating the struggle between reality and fantasy; reads aloud Erik Bruhn's remarks regarding the major difference between the characters of Albrecht and James [ends abruptly].
Side B (ca. 25 min.). Schwartz continues to speak about Giselle, including the background of the first production, in 1841 [choreographed by Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot for the Paris Opera]; Perrot as a dancer; Carlotta Grisi, the first Giselle [break]; the origins of the story; the score by Adolphe Adam, including the two leitmotifs that express Giselle's love of dance and love of Albrecht, respectively [ends abruptly].

Donor/Sponsor

Oral History Archive.
New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Subjects

Note

Discussion of a performance of Swan lake followed by a lecture on the the romantic ballets La sylphide and Giselle given by Jane D. Schwartz at the New School for Social Research, in New York City, probably on July 8, 1974. This is cassette 7 of a series of recordings of classes on dance history and criticism, conducted at the New School for Social Research in New York City, between Feb. 1973 and Dec. 1975, which are cataloged under classmark *MGZTC 3-1405.
The sound quality of this recording is fair. The speaker's voice can be clearly heard, but that of the students can be difficult to understand. The recordings of music excerpts on the tape are highly distorted.

Funding (note)

Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1405 no. 7

OCLC

NYPY06-R46

Author

Schwartz, Jane D. Speaker

Title

Dance history and criticism course. Romantic ballet: La sylphide and Giselle, [July 8, 1974] [sound recording].

Imprint

1974.

Funding

Preservation was funded in part with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, 1999-2000.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-1405 no. 7

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1405 no. 7, labelled reels 10-11

Local Subject

Romanticism in dance.

Audiotapes -- Schwartz, J.

Added Author

New School for Social Research (New York, N.Y.)

Research Call Number

*MGZTC 3-1405 no. 7 [sound cassette]

*MGZTC 3-1405 no. 7

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