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A conversation with Christopher Wheeldon

Title
A conversation with Christopher Wheeldon [videorecording] / presented by Ann H. Bass, Caroline Cronson and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Publication
2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Wheeldon, Christopher
  • Dalva, Nancy.
  • McBride, Molly.
  • Lorenzo, Riolama
  • Kowroski, Maria
  • Woetzel, Damian
  • Whelan, Wendy
  • Angle, Tyler
  • Benjamin, Leanne, 1964-
  • Cassone, Céline
  • Jacoby, Drew
  • Stix-Brunell, Beatriz, 1993-
  • Hohenstein, Rory
  • Liang, Edward
  • Pronk, Rubinald
  • Watson, Edward
  • Bass, Anne H.
  • Cronson, Caroline.
  • New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
  • Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company.
  • New York City Ballet.
  • Pennsylvania Ballet.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (77 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program highlights the role played by the Jerome Robbins Dance Division of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts in recording and preserving dance and aiding scholars and choreographers. A conversation with Christopher Wheeldon is interspersed with video recordings of Wheeldon's choreographic works. The panelists discuss the ballets excerpted in the clips; Wheeldon speaks about the settings and concepts for Swan lake and Variations sérieuses, the music for Polyphonia, and the scenery and costume design for Commedia. Wheeldon and McBride discuss the mechanics of filming dance, the significance of recording both wide and tight shot versions, the importance of archival footage in restaging ballets, and the experience of choreographing for the camera. Wheeldon speaks about the dynamics of Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company, how as a small pick-up company it differs from larger ballet companies; what he looks for in dancers; his feelings about retiring from dancing; Jerome Robbins' influence on his career; and his future plans.
Uniform Title
  • Swan lake (Choreographic work : Wheeldon after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
  • Variations sérieuses (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
  • Polyphonia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
  • Commedia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Note
  • An exclusive event of the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Credits (note)
  • All choreography by Christopher Wheeldon.
  • All performance footage videotaped by Sathya Productions for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on Oct. 28, 2008.
Funding (note)
  • This recording was made possible by the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Contents
Dance content: Swan lake (excerpts, Act I and Act IV) [2004] / music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; scenery by Adrienne Lobel; costumes by Jean-Marc Puissant; performed by Riolama Lorenzo (Odette/Odile) and dancers of the Pennsylvania Ballet -- Variations sérieuses (excerpt) [2001] / music by Felix Mendelssohn; scenery and costumes by Ian Falconer; danced by Maria Kowroski, Damian Woetzel and dancers of New York City Ballet -- Polyphonia (excerpt) [2008] / music by György Ligeti; performed by Wendy Whelan and Tyler Angle -- Commedia (excerpts) [2008] / music by Igor Stravinsky; scenery by Ruben Toledo; costumes by Isabel Toledo; danced by Leanne Benjamin, Céline Cassone, Drew Jacoby, Beatriz Stix-Brunell, Rory Hohenstein, Edwaard Liang, Rubinald Pronk, Edward Watson.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4733
OCLC
318454675
Title
A conversation with Christopher Wheeldon [videorecording] / presented by Ann H. Bass, Caroline Cronson and the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Imprint
2008.
Credits
All choreography by Christopher Wheeldon.
All performance footage videotaped by Sathya Productions for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image.
Performer
Host, Nancy Dalva. Panelists, Christopher Wheeldon, Molly McBride.
Program introduced by Jacqueline Z. Davis, the Barbara G. and Lawrence A. Fleischman Executive Director for the Library of Performing Arts; David Ferreiro, Andrew W. Mellon Director of Libraries; and Jan Schmidt, curator of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Event
Recorded at the Bruno Walter Auditorium at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on Oct. 28, 2008.
Funding
This recording was made possible by the Friends of the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Local Subject
Dance documentation.
Added Author
Wheeldon, Christopher, interviewee.
Wheeldon, Christopher, choreographer.
Dalva, Nancy. Interviewer
McBride, Molly. Interviewee
Lorenzo, Riolama, dancer.
Kowroski, Maria, dancer.
Woetzel, Damian, dancer.
Whelan, Wendy, dancer.
Angle, Tyler, dancer.
Benjamin, Leanne, 1964- dancer.
Cassone, Céline, dancer.
Jacoby, Drew, dancer.
Stix-Brunell, Beatriz, 1993- dancer.
Hohenstein, Rory, dancer.
Liang, Edward, dancer.
Pronk, Rubinald, dancer.
Watson, Edward, dancer.
Bass, Anne H. Producer
Cronson, Caroline. Producer
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts. Dance Collection.
Morphoses / The Wheeldon Company.
New York City Ballet.
Pennsylvania Ballet.
Added Title
Swan lake (Choreographic work : Wheeldon after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
Variations sérieuses (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
Polyphonia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
Commedia (Choreographic work : Wheeldon)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-4733
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