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Le baiser de la fée: Bride's solo

Title
Le baiser de la fée: Bride's solo [electronic resource]
Publication
1990.

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972
  • Nijinska, Irina.
  • Youshkevitch, Nina.
  • Somogyi, Jennie
  • Anderson, Jack, 1935-2023.
  • Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971.
  • Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875.
  • Ward, Penny
  • Dance Critics Association (U.S.)
  • New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (39 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
Lecture-demonstration about the bride's solo from Bronislava Nijinska's ballet Le baiser de la fée, first performed in 1928. Dance critic Jack Anderson opens the session with a historical overview of the ballet, then moderates a panel discussion with Nijinska's daughter Irina Nijinska and Nina Youshkevitch, who danced the role of the bride in 1934. The solo is performed twice in the course of the lecture-demonstration.
Donor/Sponsor
nys.
Uniform Title
Baiser de la fée (Choreographic work : Nijinska)
Alternative Title
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation.
Subjects
Note
  • Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive at the Bruno Walter Auditorium of the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, New York, on November 10, 1990, by Penny Ward/Video, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts, during the seminar Bronislava Nijinska: Choreographer, dancer, teacher, presented by the Dance Critics Association and the Dance Collection of the New York Public Library.
  • Choreography: Bronislava Nijinska, reconstructed by Irina Nijinska with Nina Youshkevitch. Music: Igor Stravinsky.
  • Performed by Jennie Somogyi, accompanied by pianist Michael McFrederick.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2238
OCLC
NYPY916037650-F
Title
Le baiser de la fée: Bride's solo [electronic resource]
Imprint
1990.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-2500
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Local Subject
Ballet in television. Le baiser de la fée.
Added Author
Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972, choreographer.
Nijinska, Irina. Commentator. Restager
Youshkevitch, Nina. Commentator. Restager
Somogyi, Jennie, dancer.
Anderson, Jack, 1935-2023. Commentator. Moderator
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971. Composer
Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875. Author
Ward, Penny, videographer.
Dance Critics Association (U.S.)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
Added Title
Baiser de la fée (Choreographic work : Nijinska)
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation.
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 2238
*MGZIC 9-2500 (former)
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