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The best of the Bolshoi, pt. 2

Title: The best of the Bolshoi, pt. 2 [videorecording] / presented by Eastern Airlines in association with S. Hurok ; directed by Charles S. Dubin ; produced by Ted Mills.
Publication: 1959.

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Description

1 videocassette (90 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Arnold A. Saltzman.

Uniform Title

Swan princess (Choreographic work : Varkovi︠t︡skiĭ and Vlasov)
Élégie (Choreographic work : Goleĭzovskiĭ)
We Stalingraders (Choreographic work : Varkovitskǐi)
Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)
Spring waters (Choreographic work : Messerer)
Romance (Choreographic work : Lapauri)
Stone flower (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)
Spartacus (Choreographic work : Moiseev)
Mélodie (Choreographic work : Messerer)
Giselle (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ after Coralli and Perrot)

Subject

Ballet in television. Best of the Bolshoi

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Performer (note)

Narrator: Agnes de Mille.

Event (note)

Filmed in Los Angeles in 1959. Telecast in February and March, 1965 on WABC-TV.

Contents

Gayne: Sabre dance (ca. 2 1/2 min.) / choreography, Anisimova ; music, Khachaturian ; danced by Susanna Zvyagina and Nikolai Simachev.
Swan queen (ca. 5 min.) / choreography, Varkovitski and Vlasov ; music, Tchaikovsky ; danced by Lyudmila Bogomolova and Stanislav Vlasov.
Élégie (ca. 5 1/2 min.) / choreography, Kasyan Goleizovski ; music, Rachmaninoff ; danced by Galina Ulanova and Yuri Zhdanov.
We Stalingraders (ca. 3 min.) / choreography, Vladimir Varkovitski ; music, K. Potapov ; danced by men's group.
Romeo and Juliet: love duet (ca. 7 min.) / choreography, Leonid Lavrovski ; music, Prokofiev ; danced by Galina Ulanova and Yuri Zhdanov.
Spring waters (ca. 2 min.) / choreography, Asaf Messerer ; music, Rachmaninoff ; danced by Lyudmila Bogomolova and Stanislav Vlasov.
Red poppy: Dance of the Chinese acrobats (ca. 3 min.) / choreography, Leonid Lavrovski ; music, Gliere ; danced by Esfandiyar Kashani and group.
Romance (ca. 4 min.) / choreography, Alexander Lapauri ; music, Gliere ; danced by Raissa Struchkova and Alexander Lapauri.
Stone flower: pas de deux (ca. 6 min.) / choreography, Yuri Grigorovich ; music, Prokofiev ; danced by Maya Plisetskaya and Vladimir Vasiliev.
Spartacus: Warriors' dance (ca. 2 min.) / choreography, Igor Moiseev ; music, Khachaturian ; danced by Esfandiyar Kashani, Shamil Yagudin, and Lev Evdokimov.
Sleeping beauty: Rose adagio (ca. 6 min.) / choreography, Asaf Messerer ; music, Tchaikovsky ; danced by Nina Timofeeva, with Yuri Zhdanov, Yuri Zakharov, Victor Smernov, and Petr Khomutov.
Mélodie (ca. 4 1/2 min.) / choreography, Asaf Messerer ; music, Gluck ; danced by Marina Kondratieva and Yuri Zhdanov.
Giselle: Act II (complete) (ca. 33 min.) / choreography, Leonid Lavrovski after Coralli, Perrot, and Petipa ; music, Adam ; danced by Nina Chistova, Maya Samokhvalova, Nicolai Fadeyechev, Raissa Struchkova, Vladimir Levashev, Lidia Ivanova, and corps de ballet.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3777

OCLC

NYPY857017620-F

Title

The best of the Bolshoi, pt. 2 [videorecording] / presented by Eastern Airlines in association with S. Hurok ; directed by Charles S. Dubin ; produced by Ted Mills.

Imprint

1959.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Filmed in Los Angeles in 1959. Telecast in February and March, 1965 on WABC-TV.

Performer

Performed by members of the Bolshoi Ballet.

Narrator: Agnes de Mille.

Local Subject

Ballet in television. Best of the Bolshoi.

Added Author

Zv︠i︡agina, Susanna N., dancer.

Simachev, Nikolai, dancer.

Bogomolova, L︠i︡udmila, dancer.

Vlasov, Stanislav, choreographer, dancer.

Ulanova, Galina Sergeevna, 1910-1998, dancer.

Zhdanov, ︠I︡Uriĭ Timofeevich, 1925-1986, dancer.

Kashani, Esfandi︠i︡ar, dancer.

Struchkova, Raisa, dancer.

Lapauri, Aleksandr Aleksandrovich, 1926- choreographer, dancer.

Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015, dancer.

Vasilʹev, Vladimir, 1940- dancer.

Evdokimov, Lev, dancer.

︠I︡Agudin, Shamil', dancer.

Timofeeva, Nina Vladimirovna, 1935- dancer.

Zakharov, ︠I︡Uriĭ, dancer.

Smirnov-Golovanov, Viktor, dancer.

Khomutov, Petr, dancer.

Kondratʹeva, Marina, dancer.

Chistova, Nina, dancer.

Samokhvalova, Maĭ︠i︡a, dancer.

Fadeechev, Nikolaĭ Borisovich, 1933-2020, dancer.

Levashev, Vladimir, 1923- dancer.

Ivanova, Lidi︠i︡a, dancer.

De Mille, Agnes, narrator.

Anisimova, Nina Aleksandrovna, 1909- choreographer.

Varkovi︠t︡skiĭ, Vladimir Aleksandrovich, 1916-1974, choreographer.

Goleĭzovskiĭ, K. (Kasʹ︠i︡an), 1892-1970, choreographer.

Lavrovskiĭ, Leonid Mikhaĭlovich, 1905-1967, choreographer.

Messerer, Asaf, 1903-1992, choreographer.

Grigorovich, I︠U︡riĭ Nikolaevich, 1927-2025, choreographer.

Moiseev, Igorʹ, 1906- choreographer.

Gabovich, Mikhail Markovich, 1905- choreographer.

Dubin, Charles. Director

Mills, Ted. Producer

Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet.

ABC Television Network.

DHCA.

Container of (work): Anisimova, Nina Aleksandrovna, 1909-1979. Gai︠a︡nė.

Container of (work): Messerer, Asaf, 1903-1992. Spi︠a︡shchai︠a︡ krasavit︠s︡a (1952)

Container of (work): Lavrovskiĭ, Leonid Mikhaĭlovich, 1905-1967. Krasnyĭ mak.

Added Title

Container of (work): Swan princess (Choreographic work : Varkovi︠t︡skiĭ and Vlasov)

Container of (work): Élégie (Choreographic work : Goleĭzovskiĭ)

Container of (work): We Stalingraders (Choreographic work : Varkovitskǐi)

Container of (work): Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ)

Container of (work): Spring waters (Choreographic work : Messerer)

Container of (work): Romance (Choreographic work : Lapauri)

Container of (work): Stone flower (Choreographic work : Grigorovich)

Container of (work): Spartacus (Choreographic work : Moiseev)

Container of (work): Mélodie (Choreographic work : Messerer)

Container of (work): Giselle (Choreographic work : Lavrovskiĭ after Coralli and Perrot)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3777

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