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Pas de deux

Title

Pas de deux / Royal Opera House ; the Royal Ballet ; Giselle was a BBC production in association with the Royal Opera House ; Alice's adventures in Wonderland was a Royal Opera House/BBC co-production.

Publication

London : Opus Arte, [2018]
©2018

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Description

1 videodisc (approximately 133 min.) : DVD video, sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

"This unique collection celebrates the pas de deux: the 'steps for two' or partner dances so central to ballets both modern and classical. It brings together 16 exceptional pas de deux from the Royal Ballet's unequalled repertory, in outstanding performances by Company dancers past and present. Representing the Royal Ballet's heritage works and recent creations, as well as 19th-century classics, Pas de deux demonstrates the choreographic diversity, technical brilliance, show-stopping spectacle and artistry for which the Royal Ballet is acclaimed around the world"--Container.

Alternative Title

Pas de deux : an exceptional collection of ballet duets

Subjects

Genre/Form

Excerpts.
Filmed ballets.
Televised ballets.

Note

Title from disc label.
Program notes in English by Jenny Gilbert with French and German translations (31 pages : color illustrations) inserted in container.

Credits (note)

Film directors, Margaret Williams, Jonathan Haswell, Ross MacGibbon ; producers, James Whitbourn, Jeremy Wilkinson.

Audience (note)

FSK ab 6 freigegeben.

System Details (note)

DVD-9, all regions, NTSC ; LPCM 2.0, DTS Digital Surround ; 16:9 anamorphic widescreen.

Contents

Frederick Ashton ballets: Voices of spring. Pas de deux / choreography, Frederick Ashton ; music, Johann Strauss II -- La fille mal gardée. Act II. Pas de deux / choreography, Frederick Ashton ; music, Ferdinand Hérold -- Kenneth MacMillan ballets: Manon. Act I, scene 2. Pas de deux / choreography, Kenneth MacMillan ; music, Jules Massenet -- Mayerling. Act II, scene 5. Pas de deux / choreography, Kenneth MacMillan ; music, Franz Liszt -- Elite syncopations. Bethena : (concert waltz) / choreography, Kenneth MacMillan ; music, Scott Joplin -- Concerto. Second movement / choreography, Kenneth MacMillan ; music, Dmitry Shostakovich -- Romeo and Juliet. Act I, scene 6. Pas de deux / choreography, Kenneth MacMillan ; music, Sergey Prokofiev -- Modern Classics: The winter's tale. Act II. Pas de deux / choreography, Christopher Wheeldon ; music, Joby Talbot -- Limen. Pas de deux / choreography, Wayne McGregor ; music, Kaija Saariaho -- Alice's adventures in Wonderland. Act III. Pas de deux / choreography, Christopher Wheeldon ; music, Joby Talbot -- Nineteenth-century classics: Swan Lake. Act II. Pas de deux ; Swan Lake. Act III. Pas de deux / choreography, Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov ; music, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky -- The nutcracker. Act II. Pas de deux / choreography, Peter Wright after Lev Ivanov ; music, Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky -- Don Quixote. Act III. Pas de deux / choreography, Carlos Acosta after Marius Petipa ; music, Ludwig Minkus -- Giselle. Act II. Pas de deux and conclusion / choreography, Marius Petipa after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot ; music, Adolphe Adam.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-8551

LCCN

0809478011187
809478011187

OCLC

1045052371

Title

Publisher

London : Opus Arte, [2018]

Copyright Date

Playing Time

021300

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Physical Medium

4 3/4 in. color

Digital File Characteristics

video file

DVD video

all regions

Performer

Yuhui Choe, Alexander Campbell, Roberta Marquez, Steven McRae, Tamara Rojo, Carlos Acosta, Mara Galeazzi, Edward Watson, Sarah Lamb, Valeri Hristov, Marianela Nuñez, Rupert Pennefather, Lauren Cuthbertson, Federico Bonelli, Eric Underwood, Sergei Polunin, Thiago Soares, Natalia Osipova, Matthew Golding, Miyako Yoshida, Alina Cojocaru, Johan Kobborg, principal dancers ; the Royal Ballet ; Emmanuel Plasson, Barry Wordsworth, Martin Yates, Robert Clark, David Briskin, Valery Ovsyanikov, Boris Gruzin, Koen Kessels, conductors.

Credits

Film directors, Margaret Williams, Jonathan Haswell, Ross MacGibbon ; producers, James Whitbourn, Jeremy Wilkinson.

Event

Recorded live Royal Opera House between January 2006 and March 2015.

System Details

DVD-9, all regions, NTSC ; LPCM 2.0, DTS Digital Surround ; 16:9 anamorphic widescreen.

Audience

FSK ab 6 freigegeben.

Added Author

Choe, Yuhui, dancer.

Campbell, Alexander (Ballet dancer), dancer.

Marquez, Roberta, 1977- dancer.

McRae, Steven, dancer.

Rojo, Tamara, dancer.

Acosta, Carlos, 1973- dancer.

Galeazzi, Mara, dancer.

Watson, Edward, 1976- dancer.

Lamb, Sarah, dancer.

Hristov, Valeri, dancer.

Nuñez, Marianela, dancer.

Pennefather, Rupert, dancer.

Cuthbertson, Lauren, 1984- dancer.

Bonelli, Federico, dancer.

Underwood, Eric (Dancer), dancer.

Polunin, Sergei, dancer.

Soares, Thiago, 1981- dancer.

Osipova, Natalia, 1986- dancer.

Golding, Matthew, dancer.

Yoshida, Miyako, dancer.

Cojocaru, Alina, dancer.

Kobborg, Johan, dancer.

Plasson, Emmanuel, conductor.

Wordsworth, Barry, conductor.

Yates, Martin, 1958- conductor.

Briskin, David, conductor.

Clark, Robert, (Pianist), conductor, instrumentalist.

Ovsyanikov, Valeriy, conductor.

Gruzin, Boris, conductor.

Kessels, Koen, 1961- conductor.

Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899, composer.

Hérold, Ferdinand, 1791-1833, composer.

Massenet, Jules, 1842-1912, composer.

Liszt, Franz, 1811-1886, composer.

Joplin, Scott, 1868-1917, composer.

Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975, composer.

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953, composer.

Talbot, Joby, composer.

Saariaho, Kaija, composer.

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893, composer.

Minkus, L., 1826-1917, composer.

Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856, composer.

Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.

MacMillan, Kenneth, choreographer.

Wheeldon, Christopher, choreographer.

McGregor, Wayne, choreographer.

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.

Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901, choreographer.

Wright, Peter, 1926- choreographer.

Acosta, Carlos, 1973- choreographer.

Williams, Margaret (Film director), film director.

Haswell, Jonathan, television director.

MacGibbon, Ross, director.

Whitbourn, James, film producer.

Wilkinson, Jeremy (Producer), film producer.

Royal Ballet, dancer.

Royal Opera House (London, England), production company.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Other Standard Identifier

0809478011187

809478011187

Publisher No.

OA 1118 D Opus Arte

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-8551 Notes on file

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