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Mime matters

Title
Mime matters [videorecording] / produced and directed by Ross MacGibon ; edited by James Bicknell.
Publication
[England] : Landseer Films Production for Royal Academy of Dance, 2002.

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Additional Authors
  • MacGibbon, Ross.
  • Bicknell, James.
  • Sibley, Antoinette.
  • Sibley, Antoinette
  • Roche, Henry.
  • Crisp, Clement.
  • Wright, Peter, 1926-
  • Bintley, David.
  • Bintley, David
  • Dowell, Anthony.
  • Dowell, Anthony
  • May, Pamela, 1917-2005.
  • Fewster, Barbara.
  • Mason, Monica.
  • Mason, Monica
  • Bergsma, Deanne.
  • Royal Academy of Dance (Great Britain)
  • Landseer Film & Television Productions.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (87 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
This program focuses on the importance of mime in ballet, its origins, how it has been passed down, and its future. Features commentary by dancers and choreogaphers, excerpts from ballets (Swan lake, Giselle, Le carnaval, Coppelia, Sleeping beauty, La fille mal gardée) and a complete vocabulary of classical ballet mime gestures demonstrated by Barbara Fewster, Pamela May and Monica Mason.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-8247
OCLC
51267427
Title
Mime matters [videorecording] / produced and directed by Ross MacGibon ; edited by James Bicknell.
Imprint
[England] : Landseer Films Production for Royal Academy of Dance, 2002.
Performer
Presented by Antoinette Sibley ; piano, Henry Roche. Interviewees include Sibley, Clement Crisp, Sir Peter Wright, David Bintley, Anthony Dowell, Pamela May, Barbara Fewster, Monica Mason, Anya Linden, Deanne Bergsma.
Dancers include Antoinette Sibley, David Bintley, Alina Cojacaru, Sandra Conley, Anthony Dowell, Luke Heydon, Johan Kobborg, Mayuko Maeda, Naomi Reynolds, Monica Mason, Genesia Rosato, Anya Sainsbury, Jenny Tattersall, Sara Wildor.
Added Author
MacGibbon, Ross. Director
Bicknell, James. Film editor
Sibley, Antoinette. Interviewee
Sibley, Antoinette, dancer.
Roche, Henry. Instrumentalist
Crisp, Clement. Interviewee
Wright, Peter, 1926- Interviewee
Bintley, David. Interviewee
Bintley, David, dancer.
Dowell, Anthony. Interviewee
Dowell, Anthony, dancer.
May, Pamela, 1917-2005. Interviewee
Fewster, Barbara. Interviewee
Mason, Monica. Interviewee
Mason, Monica, dancer.
Bergsma, Deanne. Interviewee
Royal Academy of Dance (Great Britain)
Landseer Film & Television Productions.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-8247
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