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The Bolshoi : Bolshoi ballet

Title: The Bolshoi : Bolshoi ballet / a BBC TV production in association with Flicker[s] Productions LTD and the Arts & Entertainment Network ; Omnibus (series).

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Mikhail Baryshnikov archive, 1960-2010.

Description

1 streaming video file (114 min.) : sound, color.

Summary

Comments by choreographers, ballet coaches and ballet dancers intermingle with excerpts from recordings of dance rehearsals and performances. Topics include: life stories and careers of famous dancers and choreographers, the history of the Bolshoĭ Theater, creation of new ballets, Soviet choreographic school, its budget and structure, the essence of choreography, and classical ballet training. The host speaks about the history of the theater and the famous dancers and choreographers of the past who contributed to its progress and fame and, details of the theater's operation. This recording contains the only recorded speech made by Lunacharsky, the first Soviet People's Commissar of Enlightenment responsible for culture and education, who argued for the protection of arts after the Bolshevik Party came to power.

Series Statement

Omnibus

Uniform Title

Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Gorski after Petipa, M)
Spring waters (Choreographic work : Messerer)
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)
Swan lake (Choreographic work : Grigorovich after Gorski, Ivanov and Petipa, M)
Spartacus (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)
Ivan the Terrible (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)
Raymonda (Choreographic work : Grigorovich after Gorski and Petipa, M)
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Grigorovich, after Ivanov)
Giselle (Choreographic work : after Petipa, M)
Laurencia (Choreographic work : Chabukiani)
Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)
Anna Karenina (Choreographic work : Plise︠t︡ska︠i︡a)
Omnibus (Television program : 1967-2003)

Alternative Title

Bolshoi ballet
Mikhail Baryshnikov archive. Moving image materials.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Filmed dance.
Filmed performances.
Dance rehearsals.

Note

Title transcribed from printed label on container.
"Soviet Union film"-- on screen.

Access (note)

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

Credits (note)

Stanislav Lushin, director ; chief choreographer and artistic director, Yuri (︠I︡Uriĭ) Grigorovich ; performance conductor, Alexander Lavreniuk (Lavreniuk) ; Martin Proctor, Neil Zeiger, producers ; film editor, Stephen Evans ; directed by Michael Houldey.

Source (note)

Mikhail Baryshnikov

Language (note)

In English; translation voiced over or subtitled.

Linking Entry (note)

Forms part of the Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive, 1960-2010.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 327

OCLC

879875390

Title

The Bolshoi : Bolshoi ballet / a BBC TV production in association with Flicker[s] Productions LTD and the Arts & Entertainment Network ; Omnibus (series).

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Series

Omnibus

Restricted Access

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

Credits

Stanislav Lushin, director ; chief choreographer and artistic director, Yuri (︠I︡Uriĭ) Grigorovich ; performance conductor, Alexander Lavreniuk (Lavreniuk) ; Martin Proctor, Neil Zeiger, producers ; film editor, Stephen Evans ; directed by Michael Houldey.

Performer

Olivia Lichtenstein, Richard Collins, English voices ; commentary read by Leslie Megahey ; Sophia Golovkina, Nina Ananiashvili, Raisa Struchkova, Andris Liepa, Boris Akimov, Asaf Messerer, Mikhail Lavrovskiĭ, Galina Ulanova, ︠I︡Uriĭ Grigorovich, Irek Mukhamedov, Natalia Bessmertnova, Lyudmila Semenyaka, Vladimir Vassiliev (Vasilʹev), Yekaterina Maximova (Ekaterina Maksimova), Maya Plisetskaya (Maĭ︠i︡a Plise︠t︡ska︠i︡a), performers and commentators ; Aleksandr Lavreniuk, conductor ; Anatoly Vasilievich Lunacharsky, speaker.

Event

Broadcast on Arts & Entertainment Network 1986 September 9; Originally broadcast on BBC television in England 1986.

Original Version

Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.

Language

In English; translation voiced over or subtitled.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Mikhail Baryshnikov Archive, 1960-2010.

Source

Gift; Mikhail Baryshnikov, 2011.

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Added Author

Lushin, S. (Stanislav), director.

Houldey, Michael, director.

Grigorovich, ︠I︡Uriĭ Nikolaevich, 1927- commentator.

Lavreniuk, Aleksandr, 1939- conductor.

Golovkina, Sofʹi︠a︡ Nikolaevna, 1915-2004, commentator.

Ananiashvili, Nina, commentator.

Ananiashvili, Nina, performer.

Struchkova, Raisa, commentator.

Liepa, Andris, commentator.

Liepa, Andris, performer.

Lunacharsky, Anatoly Vasilievich, 1875-1933, speaker.

Akimov, B. S., commentator.

Messerer, Asaf, 1903-1992, commentator.

Lavrovskiĭ, Mikhail, commentator.

Ulanova, Galina Sergeevna, 1910-1998, commentator.

Mukhamedov, Irek, 1960- commentator.

Bessmertnova, Natalia, 1941-2008, commentator.

Semen︠i︡aka, L︠i︡udmila, 1952- commentator.

Vasilʹev, Vladimir, 1940- commentator.

Maksimova, Ekaterina, commentator.

Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015, commentator.

Proctor, Martin, television producer.

Zeiger, Neil, television producer.

Megahey, Leslie, host.

Lichtenstein, Olivia, narrator.

Collins, Richard, 1947-2013, narrator.

Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet, performer.

Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR.

British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service.

Flicker Productions.

Arts and Entertainment Network.

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- donor.

Added Title

Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Gorski after Petipa, M)

Spring waters (Choreographic work : Messerer)

Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)

Swan lake (Choreographic work : Grigorovich after Gorski, Ivanov and Petipa, M)

Spartacus (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)

Ivan the Terrible (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)

Raymonda (Choreographic work : Grigorovich after Gorski and Petipa, M)

Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Grigorovich, after Ivanov)

Giselle (Choreographic work : after Petipa, M)

Laurencia (Choreographic work : Chabukiani)

Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Anna Karenina (Choreographic work : Plise︠t︡ska︠i︡a)

Omnibus (Television program : 1967-2003)

Mikhail Baryshnikov archive. Moving image materials.

Found In:

Mikhail Baryshnikov archive, 1960-2010.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 327

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