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Ballet : Where Has It Come From and Where Is It Going, If Anywhere?

Title
Ballet : Where Has It Come From and Where Is It Going, If Anywhere? / created by Jacques D'Amboise.
Publication
1990.

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Christensen, Willam F. (Willam Farr)
  • D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021
Description
1 streaming video file (94 min.) : sound, color.
Summary
Panel discussion with Jacques D'Amboise and Willam F. Christensen; they talk about the history of ballet and where it began; starting schools; the difference between modern and ballet; ballet in Beijing, China; how dance is affected by religion; ballet being the ABC's of all types of movement; hieroglyphics and pyramids; regional ballet companies in U.S. including San Francisco Ballet and Ballet West; Christensen performing in vaudeville; ballet originally being supported by Aristocracy and now being supported by business; dance shouldn't be judged by how popular it is or how many people are in the audience; why D'Amboise turned down directing NYCB; the story behind D'Amboise leaving SUNY Purchase as the Director of Dance; being in gangs as a child in New York; and final thoughts from both participants.
Alternative Title
National Dance Institute Moving Image Archive.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Panel discussions.
  • Filmed dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance.
  • Nonfiction films.
Note
  • Title from original videocassette label and opening video credits.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Source (note)
  • Jacques D'Amboise ;
Call Number
*MGZIDF 3812
OCLC
905723123
Title
Ballet : Where Has It Come From and Where Is It Going, If Anywhere? / created by Jacques D'Amboise.
Production
1990.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Type of Content
two-dimensional moving image
Type of Medium
video
computer
Type of Carrier
online resource
Access
Patrons can access streaming video online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Performer
Panelist, Jacques D'Amboise and Willam Christensen.
Event
Videotaped during panel discussion in Salt Lake City, Utah, 1990 January 31.
Original Version
Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 3/4 in.
Connect to:
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Added Author
Christensen, Willam F. (Willam Farr), speaker.
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, speaker.
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, donor.
Added Title
National Dance Institute Moving Image Archive.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 3812
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