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Harkness Ballet at the Broadway Theater

Title: Harkness Ballet at the Broadway Theater [videorecording]
Publication: 1967.

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Description

1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (31 min.) : si., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

Compilation of excerpts, usually very brief, from various ballets; in some instances only a final pose and curtain calls are shown. The most substantial dance excerpts are those of Firebird, Sebastian, Golden age, Requiem for Jimmy Dean, Night song, and the two unidentified ballets at the end. Preceded by approx. 45 sec. of footage showing the marquee of the Broadway Theater.

Donor/Sponsor

Cecil Todd Film Collection.

Uniform Title

Firebird (Choreographic work : Macdonald)
Requiem for Jimmy Dean (Choreographic work : Cole)
Feast of ashes (Choreographic work : Ailey)
Sebastian (Choreographic work : Butler)
Zealous variations (Choreographic work : Macdonald)
Time out of mind (Choreographic work : Macdonald)
Night song (Choreographic work : Walker)

Note

Recorded in performance at the Broadway Theater, New York, during the Harkness Ballet's season in November 1967, by Cecil Todd.

Contents

CONTENTS: Firebird (approx. 9 min.). Choreography: Brian Macdonald. Scenery/costumes: Rouben Ter-Arutunian. Lighting: Jennifer Tipton. -- Requiem for Jimmy Dean (approx. 2 min.). Choreography: Jack Cole. -- Feast of ashes (approx. 1 min.). Choreography: Alvin Ailey. Costumes: Jac Venza. Mostly curtain calls. -- Abyss (?) (approx. 40 sec.). Choreography: Stuart Hodes. Mostly curtain calls. -- Unidentified work (approx. 2 min.). Very dark. -- Sebastian (approx. 1 min.). Choreography: John Butler. Scenery/costumes: Jacques Noel. Very dark. -- Zealous variations (approx. 30 sec.). Choreography: Macdonald. Danced by Helgi Tomasson and two women. -- Abyss (?) (approx. 1 min.). Curtain calls. -- Time out of mind (approx. 40 sec.). Choreography: Macdonald. Scenery: Ter-Arutunian. Mostly curtain calls. -- Night song (approx. 1 min.). Choreography: Norman Walker. Among the cast are Tomasson and Finis Jhung. -- Sebastian (approx. 2-1/2 min.). Very dark. -- Time out of mind (approx. 1 min.). Danced by Lawrence Rhodes and others. Mostly curtain calls. -- Golden age (approx. 3 min.). Choreography: Agnes de Mille. Scenery/costumes: William and Jean Eckart. -- Time out of mind (approx. 40 sec.). Very dark. -- Unidentified ballet on sporting themes (skiing, tennis) (approx. 2 min.). -- Unidentified ballet danced in Russian peasant costume (approx. 2 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIC 9-2024

OCLC

NYPY916031850-F

Title

Harkness Ballet at the Broadway Theater [videorecording]

Imprint

1967.

Local Subject

Ballet in television. Harkness Ballet at the Broadway Theater.

Added Author

Helgi Tómasson, 1942- dancer.

Jhung, Finis, dancer.

Rhodes, Lawrence, dancer.

Cole, Jack, 1911-1974, choreographer.

Ailey, Alvin, choreographer.

Butler, John, 1920-1993, choreographer.

Walker, Norman, choreographer.

De Mille, Agnes, choreographer.

Tipton, Jennifer. Lighting designer

Venza, Jac. Costume designer

Noël, Jacques. Designer. Costume designer

Eckart, Jean. Set designer

Eckart, Jean. Costume designer

Eckart, William. Set designer

Eckart, William. Costume designer

Todd, Cecil. Cinematographer

MacDonald, Brian, choreographer.

Ter-Arutunian, Rouben, 1920-1992. Designer. Costume designer

Harkness Ballet.

De Mille, Agnes. Golden age.

Added Title

Firebird (Choreographic work : Macdonald)

Requiem for Jimmy Dean (Choreographic work : Cole)

Feast of ashes (Choreographic work : Ailey)

Sebastian (Choreographic work : Butler)

Zealous variations (Choreographic work : Macdonald)

Time out of mind (Choreographic work : Macdonald)

Night song (Choreographic work : Walker)

Research Call Number

*MGZIC 9-2024

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