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Richard Thomas: teaching at the New Ballet School: adagio

Title
Richard Thomas: teaching at the New Ballet School: adagio [electronic resource]
Publication
1991.

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Additional Authors
  • Thomas, Richard, 1926-
  • Alvarado, Rachel
  • Davis, Naima
  • Tuthill, Patricia
  • Yu, Ha-Chi
  • Jordan, Jason
  • Luk, Sam
  • Virolas, Jassen
  • Walton, Jesse
  • Cherry, Michael.
  • Millard, Jay.
  • New Ballet School (New York, N.Y.)
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (96 min.) : sd., col.
Summary
Second of a series of six videotapes made as a record of Richard Thomas's method of teaching classical ballet. The first four tapes (barre, *MGZIC 9-3394; adagio, *MGZIC 9-3395; pirouettes, *MGZIC 9-3396; and allegro, *MGZIC 9-3397) focus on specific areas of the class and were specially arranged for videotaping. The fifth tape (class, *MGZIC 9-3398) follows a standard class sequence. Thomas frequently pauses to explain the principles underlying the movements he is teaching, and to reminisce about his own teachers (who included Bronislava Nijinska, Vincenzo Celli, Anatole Oboukhoff, and Anatole Vilzak) and notable dancers. In the sixth tape (*MGZIC 9-3399), Thomas is interviewed by Eliot Feld.
Donor/Sponsor
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Note
  • Videotaped by Jay Millard for the Jerome Robbins Archive at the New Ballet School, New York, on November 12, 1991, with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
  • Teacher: Richard Thomas. Students: Rachel Alvarado, Naima Davis, Patricia Tuthill, Ha-Chi Yu, Jason Jordan, Sam Luk, Jassen Virolas, and Jesse Walton. Pianist: Michael Cherry.
  • Last 15 minutes of video is blank.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Contents
CONTENTS: Six adagio exercises for center floor, usually taught on different days of the week.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 2274
OCLC
NYPY936005897-F
Title
Richard Thomas: teaching at the New Ballet School: adagio [electronic resource]
Imprint
1991.
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3395.
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Local Subject
Ballet technique.
Ballet in television. Richard Thomas: Teaching at the New Ballet School.
Ballet class.
Added Author
Thomas, Richard, 1926- Teacher. Commentator
Alvarado, Rachel, dancer.
Davis, Naima, dancer.
Tuthill, Patricia, dancer.
Yu, Ha-Chi, dancer.
Jordan, Jason, dancer.
Luk, Sam, dancer.
Virolas, Jassen, dancer.
Walton, Jesse, dancer.
Cherry, Michael. Instrumentalist
Millard, Jay. Videographer
New Ballet School (New York, N.Y.)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 2274
*MGZIC 9-3395 (former)
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