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Jewels

Title

Jewels / choreography by George Balanchine ; a coproduction Opéra national de Paris, Telmondis ; in association with France 2, Thirteen/WNET New York, Opus Arte.

Publication

Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, [2006]
[London] : distributed worldwide by Poorhouse International.
©2006

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Description

1 videodisc (approximately 152 min.) : sound, color; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

"George Balanchine and the Paris Opéra always enjoyed a special relationship, after Jacques Roché, the then administrator, offered the young choreographer the post of ballet master in 1929. Balanchine declined the job, but he created several ballets for the company and came to the Palais Garnier regularly to oversee his works. In 2000, seventeen years after his death, a rare a precious ballet arrived at the Opéra national de Paris: Jewels, a work first performed by the New York City Ballet in 1967. This alluring, abstract ballet, a triptych in which each piece sparkles with the brilliance of a precious stone, is a lyric tribute to women and to the capital cities of the great dance schools. Couturier, painter and craftsman Christian Lacroix created the glorious costumes and sets which, together with the outstanding performances of the dancers and the sensitive musical direction of Paul Connelly, results in a celebration of sumptuous splendor"--Container.

Uniform Title

Jewels (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Alternative Title

Joyaux
George Balanchine forever.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Filmed ballets.
Televised ballets.
Documentary films.

Note

Wide screen.
Ballet in 3 parts.
Extra feature: George Balanchine forever / a film by Reiner E. Moritz ; an RM Creative production for Telemondis (approximately 59 min. ; 2006).
Program notes by Reiner E. Moritz in English, German and French (25 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.

Credits (note)

Set and costume designer, Christian Lacroix ; lighting designer, Jennifer Tipson ; TV director, Pierre Cavassilas ; TV producer, Josette Affergan ; TV executive producers, Denis Morlière, Antoine Perset.

System Details (note)

Disc characteristics: DVD-9.

Language (note)

Documentary in English and French; with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, or Italian.

Contents

Emeralds / music, Gabriel Fauré (extracts from Pelléas et Mélisande and Shylock) -- Rubies / music, Igor Stravinsky (Capriccio for piano and orchestra) -- Diamonds / music, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (extracts from Symphony no. 3 in D major, op. 29 ('Polish'), movements 2, 3, 4 & 5).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-8200

LCCN

809478009511
809478010685

OCLC

70912823

Title

Jewels / choreography by George Balanchine ; a coproduction Opéra national de Paris, Telmondis ; in association with France 2, Thirteen/WNET New York, Opus Arte.

Publisher

Waldron, Heathfield, East Sussex : Opus Arte, [2006]

Distributor

[London] : distributed worldwide by Poorhouse International.

Copyright Date

Country of Producing Entity

Great Britain naf

Playing Time

023200

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

Type of Carrier

videodisc

Physical Medium

4 3/4 in. rda

Digital File Characteristics

video file DVD video all regions

System Details

Disc characteristics: DVD-9.

Performer

Clairemarie Osta, Laëtitia Pujol, Kader Belarbi, Mathieu Ganio, principal dancers (Emeralds) ; Aurélie Dupont, Alessio Carbone, Marie-Agnès Gillot, principal dancers (Rubies) ; Agnès Letestu, Jean-Guillaume Bart, Isabelle Ciaravola, Emilie Cozette, principal dancers (Diamonds) ; Ballet of the Opéra national de Paris ; Orchestra of the Opéra national de Paris ; Paul Connelly, musical director.

Credits

Set and costume designer, Christian Lacroix ; lighting designer, Jennifer Tipson ; TV director, Pierre Cavassilas ; TV producer, Josette Affergan ; TV executive producers, Denis Morlière, Antoine Perset.

Event

Recorded live 2005 October-November Opéra national de Paris. naf

Language

Documentary in English and French; with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Spanish, or Italian.

Added Author

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Osta, Clairemarie, dancer.

Pujol, Laetitia, dancer.

Belarbi, Kader, dancer.

Ganio, Mathieu, dancer.

Dupont, Aurélie, dancer.

Gillot, Marie-Agnès, dancer.

Carbone, Alessio, dancer.

Letestu, Agnès, dancer.

Bart, Jean-Guillaume, dancer.

Ciaravola, Isabelle, dancer.

Cozette, Emilie, dancer.

Lacroix, Christian, 1951- set designer, costume designer.

Tipton, Jennifer, lighting designer.

Cavassilas, Pierre, television director.

Affergan, Josette, television producer.

Morlière, Denis, television producer.

Perset, Antoine, 1956- television producer.

Connelly, Paul (Conductor), conductor.

Moritz, Reiner E., 1938- filmmaker.

Container of (work) Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Pelléas et Mélisande. Selections.

Container of (work) Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924. Shylock. Selections.

Container of (work) Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Capriccio, piano, orchestra.

Container of (work) Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Symphonies, no. 3, op. 29, D major. Selections.

Opéra de Paris. Ballet, dancer.

Opéra de Paris. Orchestre, instrumentalist.

Opéra national de Paris, producer.

Telmondis (Firm), production company.

France 2, production company.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.), production company.

Opus Arte (Firm), production company, publisher.

RM Creative Fernseh- und Film-GmbH, production company.

Added Title

Container of (work): Jewels (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

George Balanchine forever.

Other Standard Identifier

809478009511

809478010685 (6 DVD set)

Publisher No.

OA 0951 D Opus Arte

OA 1068B D Opus Arte (6 DVD set)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-8200 Notes on file

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