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Dance history and criticism course.

Title: Dance history and criticism course. Romantic ballet: La sylphide, [July 1975] [sound recording].
Author: Schwartz, Jane D.

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

Description

1 sound cassette (ca. 94 min.)

Summary

Side A (ca. 48 min.). [Begins abruptly.] Jane D. Schwartz speaks about the romantic ballet, in particular La sylphide. Schwartz speaks about the ballet of the nuns in Act III of Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera Robert le diable; the original production of the ballet La sylphide, choroegraphed by Fillippo Taglioni with a libretto by Adolphe Nourrit, including the story of the ballet; expression of the ballet's themes in the choreography and costumes; Marie Taglioni's performance as the sylph; August Bournonville's background and career; Bournonville's choreograping of La sylphide with the original libretto and a new score, by Hermann Løwenskjold; Lucile Grahn; the dual aspects of love in La sylphide; reads aloud comments by Erik Bruhn on the character James; the use of stage tricks in the original Bournonville version; more on the Bournonville's choreography [break]; more on the partnering in La sylphide; the Løwenskjold score, including its orchestration by John Lanchbery for the American Ballet Theatre version [choreographed by Bruhn after Bournonville]; more on the story of the ballet [ends abruptly].
Side B (ca. 46 min.). Jane D. Schwartz continues to describe the story of the ballet La sylphide; speaks briefly about Cynthia Gregory in the role of the sylph, Ivan Nagy as James, and Erik Bruhn as Madge. Questions and answers, including regarding dance notation systems, in particular Labonotation.

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Note

Lecture on the romantic ballet La sylphide, given by Jane D. Schwartz at the New School for Social Research, in New York City, in July, 1975. This is cassette 12 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 good, but it is marred by extraneous noise.

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. 12

OCLC

NYPY06-R52

Author

Schwartz, Jane D. Speaker

Title

Dance history and criticism course. Romantic ballet: La sylphide, [July 1975] [sound recording].

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. 12

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 10-1405 no. 12, labelled reels 19-20.

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. 12 [sound cassette]

*MGZTC 3-1405 no. 12