Research Catalog

Title

[Ballet Arts studio onstage] [and] [Lute song, excerpt] [videorecording].

Publication

1959-1963.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Nimura, Yeichi, 1897-1979
• Dokoudovsky, Vladimir
• Crane, Dean
• Crane, Dean.
• Mlakar, Veronika
• Paaz, Nira
• Stroganova, Nina
• Collins, Eugene
• Ballet Arts (New York, N.Y.)

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (6 min.) : si., col. and b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Bequest of the Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura.

Series Statement

Yeichi and Lisan Kay Nimura Collection

Uniform Title

Tropic étude (Choreographic work : Nimura)

Alternative Title

[Lute song, excerpt]

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Titles supplied by cataloger.

Funding (note)

• Processing and cataloging made possible by the Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura.

System Details (note)

• DVD, transferred from 16mm film.

Source (note)

• Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura;

Biography (note)

• Yeichi Nimura, 1897-1979, was born in Suwa, Japan, and came to the United States in 1918. He studied dance at the Denishawn school, and also trained in ballet, ballroom, and Spanish dancing. He first danced onstage in 1927 in a revue choreographed by his compatriot Michio Ito, and presented his first recital in 1930. He performed throughout the 1930s in works created by himself and others on the concert stage, in musical theater, and on American and foreign tours with his wife Lisan Kay. Retiring from the stage while still in his prime, he focused on teaching, coaching, and choreographing. He choreographed the musical Lute song both on Broadway in 1946 and at City Center in 1959. He was a founder of the Ballet Arts school at "61" Carnegie Hall, and created works for his students. In recognition of his contributions to international cultural understanding, the Japanese government awarded him an Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1969. In 1973 he established the Nimura Dance Award in Japan in order to assist young dancers and recognize achievement.

Contents

• Ballet Arts studio onstage (3 min., col.) / recorded at the Arts and Design Auditorium, New York City, in May 1963. Brief excerpts of three ballets presented by choreographers and dancers of the Ballet Arts studio, 61 Carnegie Hall. Pas de deux [later titled Ondine] and Tropic etude were probably filmed in dress rehearsal; the Swan lake footage appears to be a performance. Pas de deux [Ondine] (18 sec.), choreography by Yeichi Nimura, costumes by Dean Crane, danced by Crane and Veronika Mlakar -- Tropic etude (1:46 min.), choreography by Nimura, costumes by Crane, danced by Crane (the Yin), Nira Paaz (the Yang), and others -- Swan lake (42 sec.), staged by Vladimir Dokoudovsky after Lev Ivanov, danced by Nina Stroganova (Queen of the swans), Eugene Collins (Prince Siegfried), and others. Included in this brief footage are the Swan Queen's lakeside mime scene with the Prince, and a glimpse of the Little Swans quartet.
• Lute song [excerpt] (1 min., b&w) / recorded in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, at City Center, New York City, in 1959 ; choreography, Yeichi Nimura. Dance from Act II, scene 6, Genie music. A male ensemble first dances with a male-female couple, then practices a movement sequence without them. A rehearsal pianist plays on a platform behind the dancers. Nimura had choreographed the original production of Lute song, which ran from 1945 to 1946, and was re-engaged to choreograph the 1959 revival.
• Candid footage (2 min., b&w) of the corridor outside the Ballet Arts studio in Carnegie Hall, and the exterior of Carnegie Hall.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5706

OCLC

706826161

Title

[Ballet Arts studio onstage] [and] [Lute song, excerpt] [videorecording].

Imprint

1959-1963.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Yeichi and Lisan Kay Nimura Collection

System Details

DVD, transferred from 16mm film.

Funding

Processing and cataloging made possible by the Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura.

Biography

Yeichi Nimura, 1897-1979, was born in Suwa, Japan, and came to the United States in 1918. He studied dance at the Denishawn school, and also trained in ballet, ballroom, and Spanish dancing. He first danced onstage in 1927 in a revue choreographed by his compatriot Michio Ito, and presented his first recital in 1930. He performed throughout the 1930s in works created by himself and others on the concert stage, in musical theater, and on American and foreign tours with his wife Lisan Kay. Retiring from the stage while still in his prime, he focused on teaching, coaching, and choreographing. He choreographed the musical Lute song both on Broadway in 1946 and at City Center in 1959. He was a founder of the Ballet Arts school at "61" Carnegie Hall, and created works for his students. In recognition of his contributions to international cultural understanding, the Japanese government awarded him an Order of the Sacred Treasure in 1969. In 1973 he established the Nimura Dance Award in Japan in order to assist young dancers and recognize achievement.

Source

Gift; Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura; Sept. 2007. NN-PD

Added Author

Nimura, Yeichi, 1897-1979, choreographer.

Dokoudovsky, Vladimir, choreographer.

Crane, Dean, dancer.

Crane, Dean. Costume designer

Mlakar, Veronika, dancer.

Paaz, Nira, dancer.

Stroganova, Nina, dancer.

Collins, Eugene, dancer.

Ballet Arts (New York, N.Y.)

Added Title

Tropic étude (Choreographic work : Nimura)

[Lute song, excerpt]

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-5706