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American Ballet Theatre: The Versatile Dancer : Works & Process at the Guggenheim

Title
American Ballet Theatre: The Versatile Dancer : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson.
Publication
2013.

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Additional Authors
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp
  • Meehan, John, 1950-
  • Scott, Arron
  • Abrera, Stella
  • Jones, Susan
  • Lukens, Raymond
  • Seo, Hee
  • Stearns, Cory
  • Boylston, Isabella
  • Hammoudi, Alexandre
  • Whiteside, James
  • Davis, Gray
  • Gorak, Joseph
  • American Ballet Theatre Studio Company.
  • American Ballet Theatre.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (approximately 87 min.) sound, color; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Panel discussion 1: Video excerpt of Kevin McKenzie talking about what he believes an American Ballet Theatre (ABT) dancer should be, Aaron Scott discusses his dance background and training, and what it is like to dance varied roles. Panel discussion 2: Stella Abrera talks about her dance background and the number of years she has performed with ABT, what it is like performing classical roles immediately after a modern role and the challenge of working in pointe shoes after dancing in barefeet or shoes, how the back is used differently for modern and classical works, rehearsing a classical variation, performing Martha Graham's Diversion of Angels and the process of learning Graham technique, working in many different styles and how they inform each other. Panel discussion 3: Franko DeVita talks about the varied curriculum at the Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School. Panel discussions 4, 5 & 6: Susan Jones discusses how she sustains dancers once they enter the company, being at ABT for over 40 years and how dancers have changed over the years, what she looks for and likes in dancers, and how the school has changed her need to teach young dancers in the corps that use to come from various backgrounds, former and current versatile dancers include Kathleen Moore, Marcelo Gomez, and Stella Abrera, how less touring has changed the number of roles dancers perform now, and the upcoming ABT performances with Alexei Ratmansky's Shostakovich evening.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Uniform Title
  • Drink to me only with thine eyes (Choreographic work : Morris)
  • Leaves are fading (Choreographic work : Tudor)
  • Swan lake (Choreographic work : McKenzie, after Ivanov and Petipa)
  • Blomsterfesten i Genzano (Choreographic work : Bournonville)
  • Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M)
  • Month in the country (Choreographic work : Ashton)
  • Moor's pavane (Choreographic work : Limón)
  • Carnaval des animaux (Choreographic work : Ratmanskiĭ)
  • Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Alternative Title
Works & Process, ABT
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Filmed performances.
  • Panel discussions.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Widescreen.
  • Title and credits taken from house program and DVD label.
  • "This Sunday evening performance will be livestreamed online at www.ustream.tv/worksandprocess." -- Works & Process program notes.
  • American Ballet Theatre performs at Metropolitan Opera House, May 13-July 6, 2013. -- Works & Process program notes.
Source (note)
  • Mary Sharp Cronson.
Contents
  • Introduction (2 min.) / by John Meehan.
  • Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes (excerpt) (4 min.) / Choreography by Mark Morris ; staged by Tina Fehlandt ; music by Virgil Thomson ; costumes by Santo Loquasto ; performed by Joseph Gorak, James Whiteside, Arron Scott, Isabella Boylston.
  • Panel discussion 1 (7 min.) / panelist, Aaron Scott (dancer) ; John Meehan (moderator).
  • Leaves are Fading (Third Pas de Deux) (4 min.) / choreography by Antony Tudor ; staged by Amanda McKerrow and John Gardner ; music by Antonin Dvorák ; costumes by Patricia Zipprodt ; performed by Stella Abrera, Gray Davis.
  • Panel discussion 2 (11 min.) / panelist, Stella Abrera (dancer) ; John Meehan (moderator).
  • Swan Lake (Act II excerpt) (4 min.) / choreography by Kevin McKenzie after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov ; music by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky ; costumes by Zack Brown ; performed by Hee Seo, Alexandre Hammoudi.
  • Panel discussion 3 (2 min.) / panelist, Franko De Vita (Principal, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School) ; John Meehan (moderator).
  • ABT Curriculum Demonstration (18 min.) / Raymond Lukens with the ABT Studio Company.
  • Panel discussion 4 (6 min.) / panelist, Susan Jones (ABT Ballet Mistress) ; John Meehan (moderator).
  • Flower Festival in Genzano (excerpt) (1 min.) / choreography by August Bournonville ; music by Edvard Helsted ; costumes by Santo Loquasto ; performed by Joseph Gorak.
  • Don Quixote (Kitri Act I Solo) (1 min.) / choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky ; music by Ludwig Minkus ; costumes by Santo Loquasto ; performed by Isabella Boylston.
  • A Month in the Country (excerpt) (2 min.) / choreography by Frederick Ashton ; staged by Anthony Dowell and Grant Coyle ; music by Frederic Chopin ; arranged by John Lanchberry ; performed by Arron Scott.
  • Panel discussion 5 (4 min.) / panelist, Susan Jones (ABT Ballet Mistress) ; John Meehan (moderator).
  • Moor's Pavane (excerpt) (12 min.) / choreography by José Limon ; music by Henry Purcell ; arrangement by Simon Sadoff ; directon and reconstruction by Clay Taliaferro ; costumes by Pauline Laurence ; performed by Alexandre Hammoudi (The Moor), Cory Stearns (His Friend), Stella Abrera (His Friend's Wife), Hee Seo (The Moor's Wife).
  • Panel discussion 6 (2 min.) / panelist, Susan Jones (ABT Ballet Mistress) ; John Meehan (moderator).
  • Carnaval des Animaux (excerpts) (10 min.) / choreography by Alexei Ratmansky ; staged by Tatiana Ratmansky ; music by Camille Saint-Saëns ; performed by Hannah Marshall (Swan), Carolyn Lippert (Elephant), Katerina Eng (Kangaroo) with Lauren Bonfiglio, Camila Ferrera, Emily Hayes, Lindsay Karchin, Alexandra Pullen, Juan Jose Carazo Arranz, Pascal Knopp, Alex Larson, Skyler Maxey-Wert, Xavier Nunez, Kyle Torres-Hiyoshi, Jun Xia.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-7876
OCLC
858877234
Title
American Ballet Theatre: The Versatile Dancer : Works & Process at the Guggenheim / performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson.
Production
2013.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
Type of Carrier
videodisc
Digital File Characteristics
video file DVD video
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Original Version
Original format: 1 DV cassette.
Performer
Panel: Arron Scott (ABT Corps de Ballet), Stella Abrera (ABT Soloist), Franco De Vita (Principal, Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis School, Raymond Lukens (Director, National Training Curriculum), Susan Jones (ABT Ballet Mistress) ; John Meehan (Moderator, Professor of Dance, Vassar College).
ABT performers: Hee Seo (principal), Cory Stearns (principal), Stella Abrera (soloist), Alexandre Hammoudi (soloist), James Whiteside (soloist), Gray Davis (corps de ballet), Thomas Forster (corps de ballet), Joseph Gorak (corps de Ballet), Arron Scott (corps de ballet).
ABT Studio Company (in alphabetical order): Juan Jose Carazo Arranz, Hanna Bass, Lauren Bonfiglio, Isabel Deyo, Katerina Eng, Camila Ferrera, Emily Hayes, Lindsay Karchin, Pascal Knopp, Alex Larson, Carolyn Lippert, Tyler Maloney, Hannah Marshall, Skyler Maxey-Wert, Xavier Nunez, Oliver Oguma, Alexandra Pullen, Raphael Spyker, Kyle Torres-Hiyoshi, Jun Xia.
Pianists, Michael Cherry, Emily Wong.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & Process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York on 2013 April 22 (7:30 pm).
Local Note
For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].
Source
Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD
Added Author
Cronson, Mary Sharp, producer.
Meehan, John, 1950- moderator.
Scott, Arron, dancer.
Scott, Arron, interviewee.
Abrera, Stella, dancer.
Abrera, Stella, interviewee.
Jones, Susan, interviewee.
Lukens, Raymond, teacher.
Seo, Hee, dancer.
Stearns, Cory, dancer.
Boylston, Isabella, dancer.
Hammoudi, Alexandre, dancer.
Whiteside, James, dancer.
Davis, Gray, dancer.
Gorak, Joseph, dancer.
American Ballet Theatre Studio Company.
American Ballet Theatre.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Cronson, Mary Sharp, donor.
Added Title
Drink to me only with thine eyes (Choreographic work : Morris)
Leaves are fading (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Swan lake (Choreographic work : McKenzie, after Ivanov and Petipa)
Blomsterfesten i Genzano (Choreographic work : Bournonville)
Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M)
Month in the country (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Moor's pavane (Choreographic work : Limón)
Carnaval des animaux (Choreographic work : Ratmanskiĭ)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-7876
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