Research Catalog

Title

Crossroads of culture: Ballet in Europe today (Videotape)

Publication

1985.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Cragun, Richard
• Haydée, Marcia
• Manen, Hans van, 1932-
• Neumeier, John, 1939-
• Hoffmann, Reinhild

Description

1 cassette. 30 min. : sd. color NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Uniform Title

• Callas (Choreographic work : Hoffmann)
• Streetcar named desire (Choreographic work : Neumeier)

Alternative Title

Dancers and the dance: Ballet in Europe today.

Note

• Produced by Deutsche Welle in Cologne in cooperation with Richard Cragun and the Stuttgart Ballet. U.S. distribution by Oregon Public Broadcasting. Producer: Hans Vetter. Narrated by Richard Cragun.
• Title in final credits: Dancers and the dance: Ballet in Europe today.

Contents

CONTENTS. - A survey of the contemporary ballet scene in Europe. Includes scenes of Hans Van Manen rehearsing members of the Essen Ballet in his work Songs without words, and in excerpts from Three pieces. - Van Manen discusses the art of choreography. - Excerpts from Reinhild Hoffmann's Callas, and comments on the work by the choreographer. - Scenes from John Neumeier's Streetcar named Desire, with Richard Cragun and Marcia Haydée. Neumeier discusses the challenge of creating this ballet.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-309

OCLC

NYPY877037993-F

Title

Crossroads of culture: Ballet in Europe today (Videotape)

Imprint

1985.

Local Subject

Ballet in television. Crossroads of culture: Ballet in Europe today.

Ballet -- Germany -- 1970-1979.

Added Author

Cragun, Richard, narrator.

Cragun, Richard, dancer.

Haydée, Marcia, dancer.

Manen, Hans van, 1932- choreographer.

Neumeier, John, 1939- choreographer.

Hoffmann, Reinhild, choreographer.

Added Title

Callas (Choreographic work : Hoffmann)

Streetcar named desire (Choreographic work : Neumeier)

Dancers and the dance: Ballet in Europe today.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-309