Research Catalog

Title

Ballet for all, pt. 1 (Motion picture)

Publication

[1970]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Blair, David, 1932-1976.
• Bradshaw, Sven
• Lansley, Jacky
• Tait, Marion
• Molyneux, Anthony
• Howard, Alison
• Brinson, Peter.
• Bournonville, August, 1805-1879
• Paulli, Holger.
• Skeaping, Mary
• Chancy, François de, -1656.
• Noverre, Jean Georges, 1727-1810.
• Ballet for All (Company)

Description

1 reel. 27 1/2 min. 984 ft. : sd. b&w.; 16 mm.

Uniform Title

• Loves of Mars and Venus (Choreographic work : Weaver)
• Return of springtime (Choreographic work : Skeaping)
• Conservatoriet (Choreographic work : Bournonville)
• Petits riens (Choreographic work : Skeaping)

Subjects

• Ballet in television > Ballet for All
• Ballet > History

Note

• Subtitle: How ballet began. Program I of a seven-part series presented January 6 to February 17, 1970 by Thames Television, London. Producer: Marjory Ruse. Director: Nicholas Ferguson. Written by Peter Brinson. Narrated by David Blair. Historical choreographer: Mary Skeaping. Performed by members of the Ballet for All group of the Royal Ballet, London. SUMMARY: An introductory overview of the history of ballet, highlighting the development of its techniques, style, and steps, and illustrated with dance excerpts from each period. Part 1 surveys the origins of ballet until ca. 1840.

Contents

DANCE EXCERPTS. - Sleeping beauty: Grand pas de deux (last part of adagio), danced by Doreen Wells and David Wall. - Concerto: excerpt from duet. Chor: Macmillan. Music: Shostakovich. Danced by Patricia Ruanne and Kerrison Cooke. - Ballet royal de la nuit (1653) Music: Camberfort. Danced by Sven Bradshaw (Louis XIV as the Sun) - John Weaver's The loves of Mars and Venus (1717) Music: Henry Symonds. Cast: Jacqueline Lansley (Venus), Oliver Symons (Vulcan), Sven Bradshaw (Mars), Alison Howard (Hour) - Noverre's Les petits riens (1778) Music: Mozart. Danced by Marion Tait (Shepherdess) - The return of springtime (1818) Libretto: Filippo Taglioni. Music: Cesare Bossi. Danced by Marion Tait (Flora, a nymph) - Conservatoriet (1849) Choreography: Bournonville, staged by Elsa Marianne von Rosen. Music: Holger Paulli. Danced by Anthony Molyneux (Auguste Vestris), Marion Tait, Alison Howard, Sven Bradshaw, and Anthony Rudenko.

Call Number

*MGZHB 12-2165 reel 1

OCLC

NYPY837031397-F

Title

Ballet for all, pt. 1 (Motion picture)

Imprint

[1970]

Local Subject

Ballet in television. Ballet for All.

Added Author

Blair, David, 1932-1976. Narrator

Bradshaw, Sven, dancer.

Lansley, Jacky, dancer.

Tait, Marion, dancer.

Molyneux, Anthony, dancer.

Howard, Alison, dancer.

Brinson, Peter. Author

Bournonville, August, 1805-1879, choreographer.

Paulli, Holger. Composer

Skeaping, Mary, choreographer.

Chancy, François de, -1656. Ballet de la nuit.

Noverre, Jean Georges, 1727-1810. Petits riens.

Ballet for All (Company)

Added Title

Loves of Mars and Venus (Choreographic work : Weaver)

Return of springtime (Choreographic work : Skeaping)

Conservatoriet (Choreographic work : Bournonville)

Petits riens (Choreographic work : Skeaping)

Research Call Number

*MGZHB 12-2165 reel 1