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Balanchine's men

Title
Balanchine's men [videorecording] / [presented by] New York City Ballet.
Publication
2004.

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Additional Authors
  • Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016.
  • Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-
  • Villella, Edward, 1936-
  • Quatrano, Joan.
  • New York City Ballet.
Description
2 videodiscs (NTSC) (111 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Three former principal dancers of the New York City Ballet reminisce about the company's founder and artistic director, George Balanchine. Arthur Mitchell and Edward Villella begin by discussing the current activities of the ballet companies they currently serve as artistic directors. Each then describes his early dance training and entry into the New York City Ballet. Moderator Violette Verdy contributes to their recollections of Balanchine's qualities: his ability to discern a dancer's special gifts and to enhance these gifts through the choreography he made for them; how his classes at the School of American Ballet provided a foundation for his experimental choreography, and how his choreography in turn served as a teaching tool; his knack of communicating the heart of a role through pithy sayings and analogies; his emphasis on the reciprocal nature of partnering, which belies his often-quoted statement that "ballet is woman"; his ability to create ballets that had passion without requiring histrionics from the performer. Also discussed are choreographer Jerome Robbins and his work with the New York City Ballet, and Stanley Williams, a teacher at the School of American Ballet noted for his ability to elucidate Balanchine's technique. A brief question-and-answer session with the audience follows the discussion.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title from accompanying program.
Event (note)
  • Recorded at New York State Theater, New York , N.Y., as part of the Winter Season 2004 Seminar Series, on February 23, 2004.
System Details (note)
  • DVD.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5976
OCLC
701107816
Title
Balanchine's men [videorecording] / [presented by] New York City Ballet.
Imprint
2004.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
System Details
DVD.
Performer
Moderator: Violette Verdy, professor of music, Indiana University.
Panelists: Arthur Mitchell, artistic director, Dance Theatre of Harlem; Edward Villella, artistic director, Miami City Ballet.
Welcome by Joan Quatrano, director of volunteer and program resources, New York City Ballet.
Event
Recorded at New York State Theater, New York , N.Y., as part of the Winter Season 2004 Seminar Series, on February 23, 2004.
Added Author
Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016. Moderator
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- Interviewee
Villella, Edward, 1936- Interviewee
Quatrano, Joan. Associated name
New York City Ballet.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5976
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