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American Ballet Theatre, an evening with Frederic Franklin Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
American Ballet Theatre, an evening with Frederic Franklin [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
  • Chapman, Wes
  • Norton, Leslie, 1952-
  • Parkinson, Georgina
  • Kent, Julie
  • Kent, Julie
  • Hallberg, David
  • Saint-Léon, Arthur, 1821-1870
  • Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979
  • Balanchine, George
  • Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.
  • Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880.
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  • Zipprodt, Patricia, 1925-1999
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • American Ballet Theatre
  • American Ballet Theatre Studio Company
  • New York City Ballet
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (77 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program focuses on the long career of dancer Frederic Franklin. Live performances of ballet excerpts re-staged by Franklin and film clips from the documentary Ballets Russes are interspersed with panel discussions featuring Franklin, his biographer Leslie Norton, and Georgina Parkinson and Julie Kent of American Ballet Theatre. The panelists discuss the making of Norton's biography (published 2007); Franklin's early experiences dancing with Josephine Baker in Paris, in musicals and with the Markova-Dolin Ballet in London; his years with the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo and professional relationships with Léonide Massine and Alexandra Danilova; his work as a performer and re-stager at American Ballet Theatre; his reaction to receiving the designation of CBE (Commander of the British Empire); his legendary memory for choreography; and his feelings about performing in Balanchine's works. Franklin coaches dancers onstage in the Friends dance from Coppelia, and a video segment of Franklin coaching Julie Kent and Nikolaj Hübbe in Mozartiana is shown. Georgina Parkinson offers a tribute to Franklin's character and the pleasure of working with him.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Uniform Title
  • Coppélia (Choreographic work : Saint-Léon)
  • Gaîté parisienne (Choreographic work : Massine)
  • Mozartiana (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
  • Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Credits (note)
  • Costumes, Patricia Zipprodt.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 14, 2008.
Contents
Czardas [from Coppelia] / choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon, staged by Franklin; music by Léo Delibes; performed by ABT II -- Discussion -- Gaité Parisienne pas de deux / choreography by Léonide Massine; music by Jacques Offenbach; performed by Kent and Hallberg -- Discussion -- Friends dance [from Coppelia] / choreography by Arthur Saint-Léon, staged by Franklin; music by Léo Delibes; performed by students of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School -- Discussion -- Mozartiana [excerpts] / choreography by George Balanchine; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; performed by Kent and Hallberg.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3644
OCLC
224572341
Title
American Ballet Theatre, an evening with Frederic Franklin [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2008.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
Costumes, Patricia Zipprodt.
Performer
Host, Mary Sharp Cronson.
Moderator, Wes Chapman. Panelists, Frederic Franklin, Julie Kent, Leslie Norton, Georgina Parkinson.
Dance performed by Julie Kent and David Hallberg of American Ballet Theatre; Kaia Annika, April Giangeruso, Joseph Gorak, Ty Gurfein, Isaac Hernandez, Jaime Hickey, Isadora Loyola, Sae-Eun Park, Calvin Roal, Jose Sebastian of ABT II; Larissa Baseman, Kathryn Boran, Skylar Brandt, Elly Dembo, Daphne Fernberger, Alexandra McGlade, Elise Miller, Amber Neff, Alison Stroming of the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 14, 2008.
Local Note
For a complete recording of the film Ballets Russes, see *MGZIDVD 5-2756.
Added Author
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Interviewee
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Restager
Chapman, Wes. Moderator
Norton, Leslie, 1952- Interviewee
Parkinson, Georgina. Interviewee
Kent, Julie. Interviewee
Kent, Julie, dancer.
Hallberg, David, dancer.
Saint-Léon, Arthur, 1821-1870, choreographer.
Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979, choreographer.
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Coppélia.
Offenbach, Jacques, 1819-1880. Composer
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
Zipprodt, Patricia, 1925-1999, costume designer.
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
American Ballet Theatre.
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company.
New York City Ballet.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Added Title
Coppélia (Choreographic work : Saint-Léon)
Gaîté parisienne (Choreographic work : Massine)
Mozartiana (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3644
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