Research Catalog

Title

American Ballet Theatre [videorecording] / WNET ; Great Performances ; Live from Lincoln Center ; directed by Kirk Browning ; produced by Emile Ardolino.

Publication

New York, N.Y. : WNET, c1978.

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Details

Additional Authors

• D'Antuono, Eleanor
• Wright, Rebecca, 1947-2006
• Tcherkassky, Marianna
• Nagy, Ivan, 1943-2014
• Bujones, Fernando, 1955-2005
• Makarova, Natalia, 1940-
• Kirkland, Gelsey
• Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
• Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986.
• Meehan, John, 1950-
• Gregory, Cynthia
• Browne, Leslie
• Paredes, Marcos
• Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
• Balanchine, George
• Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
• Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
• Minkus, L., 1826-1917.
• Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
• Ardolino, Emile.
• Tobias, Tobi.
• Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
• Newton, Christopher, 1936 June 24-
• Browning, Kirk, 1921-2008
• Schwarz, Robert.
• MacNeil, Robert, 1931-2024.
• Bookspan, Martin.
• Endō, Akira.
• Goberman, John.
• Cavett, Dick
• Balanchine, George.
• American Ballet Theatre.
• WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
• Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Description

3 videocassettes (VHS, NTSC) (179 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of PBS and Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Inc.

Series Statement

Live from Lincoln Center

Uniform Title

• Live from Lincoln Center (Television program). Show 014.
• Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)
• Don Quixote (Choreographic work). Pas de deux.
• Firebird (Choreographic work : Fokin)

Alternative Title

ABT: Live from Lincoln Center

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Television.
• Video.

Note

• Formerly cataloged under the title ABT: Live from Lincoln Center.

Credits (note)

• Executive producer, John Goberman ; intermission director, Robert Schwartz ; writer, Tobi Tobias.

Performer (note)

• Commentator: Martin Bookspan.
• Host/interviewer: Robert MacNeil.
• Conductor: Akira Endo.

Event (note)

• Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, N.Y., and telecast live by WNET-TV as part of its series Great Performances: Live from Lincoln Center, on May 17, 1978.

Contents

• Cassette 1 (ca. 72 min. total). Les sylphides (ca. 36 min.) / choreography, Michel Fokine; music, Frédéric Chopin, orchestrated by Benjamin Britten; scenery, Alexandre Benois; lighting, Nananne Porcher; danced by Eleanor D'Antuono, Rebecca Wright, Marianna Tcherkassky, Ivan Nagy, and corps de ballet.
• Grand pas de deux from Don Quixote (ca. 15 min.) / choreography after Marius Petipa; music, Leon Minkus; lighting, Nananne Porcher; danced by Natalia Makarova, and Fernando Bujones.
• Backstage interviews (ca. 17 min.) with Natalia Makarova, Fernando Bujones, and Erik Bruhn.
• Cassette 2 (ca. 93 min. total). Theme and variations (ca. 24 min.) / choreography, George Balanchine; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; costumes, Desmond Heeley; lighting, Jennifer Tipton; danced by Gelsey Kirkland, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and others.
• Backstage interviews (ca. 17 min.) with Gelsey Kirkland and Erik Bruhn.
• The firebird (ca. 46 min.) / choreography, Michel Fokine, restaged by Christopher Newton; music, Igor Stravinsky; scenery and costumes, Nathalie Gontcharova; lighting, Nananne Porcher; danced by Cynthia Gregory (the Firebird), John Meehan (Prince Ivan), Marcos Paredes (the immortal Kostchei), Leslie Browne (the Princess), and others.
• Cassette 3. Backstage with Live from Lincoln Center [interview with Mikhail Baryshnikov] (c1977; ca. 14 min.) / taped and telecast on June 2, 1977, after a performance of Giselle. Director, Robert Schwarz; producer, John Goberman; interviewer and new introduction: Dick Cavett.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7276

OCLC

NYPY807024839-F

Title

American Ballet Theatre [videorecording] / WNET ; Great Performances ; Live from Lincoln Center ; directed by Kirk Browning ; produced by Emile Ardolino.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : WNET, c1978.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Live from Lincoln Center

Event

Recorded at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, N.Y., and telecast live by WNET-TV as part of its series Great Performances: Live from Lincoln Center, on May 17, 1978.

Credits

Executive producer, John Goberman ; intermission director, Robert Schwartz ; writer, Tobi Tobias.

Performer

Danced by American Ballet Theatre.

Commentator: Martin Bookspan.

Host/interviewer: Robert MacNeil.

Conductor: Akira Endo.

Local Subject

Ballet in television. ABT: Live from Lincoln Center.

Ballet in television. Les sylphides.

Ballet in television. Don Quixote.

Ballet in television. Theme and variations.

Ballet in television. Firebird.

Television. Live from Lincoln Center.

Added Author

D'Antuono, Eleanor, dancer.

Wright, Rebecca, 1947-2006, dancer.

Tcherkassky, Marianna, dancer.

Nagy, Ivan, 1943-2014, dancer.

Bujones, Fernando, 1955-2005, dancer. Interviewee

Makarova, Natalia, 1940- dancer. Interviewee

Kirkland, Gelsey, dancer. Interviewee

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- dancer.

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- interviewee.

Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986. Interviewee

Meehan, John, 1950- dancer.

Gregory, Cynthia, dancer.

Browne, Leslie, dancer.

Paredes, Marcos, dancer.

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Composer

Minkus, L., 1826-1917. Composer

Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer

Ardolino, Emile. Producer

Tobias, Tobi. Author

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer

Newton, Christopher, 1936 June 24- Restager

Browning, Kirk, 1921-2008, television director.

Schwarz, Robert. Director

MacNeil, Robert, 1931-2024. Host. Interviewer

Bookspan, Martin. Commentator

Endō, Akira. Conductor

Goberman, John. Producer

Cavett, Dick, interviewer.

American Ballet Theatre.

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

Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts.

Balanchine, George. Theme and variations

Added Title

Live from Lincoln Center (Television program). Show 014.

Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)

Don Quixote (Choreographic work). Pas de deux.

Firebird (Choreographic work : Fokin)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-7276