Research Catalog

Title

Gloria Contreras [electronic resource] : What I learned from Balanchine / series producer, Alan J. Pally ; presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Publication

c2009.

Details

Additional Authors

• Contreras, Gloria.
• Mesavage, Marlene (Dancer)
• Freeman, Judi (Dancer)
• Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946-
• Beltran, Ruben, speaker.
• Donneaud, Gerardo.
• Pally, Alan J.
• Brooks, Virginia.
• Taller Coreográfico de la UNAM.
• New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Description

1 streaming video file (62 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

Gloria Contreras reads excerpts from her book, What I learned from Balanchine, including her first encounter with Balanchine, how her style changed due to Balanchines influence, how she implemented what she learned from Balanchine after leaving the School of American Ballet, how Balanchine's legacy has been transformed in Mexico and how his ideas inspired this movement, and she concludes by donating her collection to the Dance Division. Judi Freeman Coopersmith and Marlene Mesavage DeSavino briefly talk about their experiences working with Gloria Contreras.

Subjects

• Filmed panel discussions
• School of American Ballet
• Filmed dance
• Filmed performances
• Dance
• Balanchine, George
• Contreras, Gloria
• Video
• Choreography > New York (State) > New York

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Filmed dance.
• Filmed performances.
• Panel discussions.
• Nonfiction films.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

• Taped during the program by Virginia Brooks.

Event (note)

• Videotaped during panel discussion at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on May 18, 2009.

System Details (note)

• Streaming video.

Source (note)

• Virginia Brooks;

Contents

Introduction (17 min.) / speakers, Alan Pally, Jacqueline Z. Davis, Ruben Beltran and Gloria Contreras' son -- Panel discussion (32 min.) / panelists: Gloria Contreras, Marlene Mesavage DeSavino, Judi Freeman Coopersmith and Gloria Contreras' son -- Taller Coreografico de la UNAM Film (2008) (10 min.) / written and directed by Gerardo Donneaud -- Donating collection to the Dance Division (3 min.) / donor, Gloria Contreras ; recipient, Jan Schmidt.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7133

OCLC

794777656

Title

Gloria Contreras [electronic resource] : What I learned from Balanchine / series producer, Alan J. Pally ; presented by The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Imprint

c2009.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

Streaming video.

Original Version

Original format: 1 videocassette (DVCAM).

Event

Videotaped during panel discussion at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, N.Y. on May 18, 2009.

Credits

Taped during the program by Virginia Brooks.

Performer

Panelists: Gloria Contreras, Marlene Mesavage DeSavino, Judi Freeman Coppersmith.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Contreras, Gloria. Director

Contreras, Gloria. Speaker

Mesavage, Marlene (Dancer) Speaker

Freeman, Judi (Dancer) Speaker

Davis, Jacqueline Z. (Jacqueline Zurat), 1946- speaker.

Beltran, Ruben, speaker. Speaker

Donneaud, Gerardo. Director

Pally, Alan J., producer.

Pally, Alan J., speaker.

Brooks, Virginia. Videographer

Taller Coreográfico de la UNAM.

New York Public Library for the Performing Arts.

Brooks, Virginia. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7133