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An evening of opera-ballet

Title: An evening of opera-ballet [electronic resource] / presented by the French Institute/Alliance Française.
Publication: 1993.

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Description

2 streaming video files (NTSC) (92 min.) : sd., col.

Uniform Title

Danse et ses plaisirs (Choreographic work : Turocy)
Pygmalion (Choreographic work : Turocy)

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Performer (note)

Music performed by Concert Royal; artistic director, James Richman.
Danced by the New York Baroque Dance Company; artistic director, Catherine Turocy.

Event (note)

Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image in performance at Florence Gould Hall, New York, on October 8, 1993, by Penny Ward.

Funding (note)

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Contents

Cassette 1 (ca. 45 min.). La danse et ses plaisirs / choreography, Catherine Turocy ; music, Jean-Joseph Cassanéa de Mondonville (Pièces de clavecin en sonates no. 4 in C major) ; costumes, Marie Anne Chiment ; lighting, Stephen Cowles ; cast: Allegro, danced by Diane Epstein and Catherine Turocy ; Aria, danced by Turocy; Giga, danced by Epstein, Rachel List, Carlos Fittante, Keith Michael, and Turocy.
L'Espagne (from L'Europe galante) / choreography, Guillaume Louis Pecour, reconstructed by Catherine Turocy ; music, André Campra ; costumes, Marie Anne Chiment and Marilyn Skow ; lighting, Stephen Cowles ; sung by Jeffrey Thomas (Dom Pedro), Kevin Deas (Dom Carlos), Christine Brandes (une espagnole), Robert Etherington (un espagnol), and Tamara Crout, Susanne Peck, and Bruce Rameker ; danced by Rachel List, Carlos Fittante, Alan Tjaarda Jones, Patricia Beaman, and Keith Michael.
Cassette 2 (ca. 45 min.). Pygmalion: acte de ballet / choreography, Catherine Turocy ; stage direction, John Haber ; music, Jean-Philippe Rameau ; libretto, Houdard de la Motte ; scenery, Meredith George ; costumes, Marilyn Skow and Marie Anne Chiment ; masks, Jane Stein and Stanley Allan Sherman ; lighting, Steven Rosen ; sung by Jeffrey Thomas (Pygmalion, a sculptor), Tamara Crout (Céphise, in love with Pygmalion), Susanne Peck (la statue, his creation), Christine Brandes (Amour), and Tamara Crout, Robert Etherington, and Bruce Rameker (le peuple) ; danced by Andra Corvino, Diane Epstein, Catherine Turocy (les Graces) ; Patricia Beaman and Carlos Fittante (les jeux et les ris) ; Rachel List, Keith Michael, and Alan Tjaarda Jones (le peuple).

Call Number

*MGZIDF 2308

OCLC

NYPY946013721-F

Title

An evening of opera-ballet [electronic resource] / presented by the French Institute/Alliance Française.

Imprint

1993.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Music performed by Concert Royal; artistic director, James Richman.

Danced by the New York Baroque Dance Company; artistic director, Catherine Turocy.

Event

Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image in performance at Florence Gould Hall, New York, on October 8, 1993, by Penny Ward.

Funding

Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

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 9-4077.

Additional Copy 1: 2 3/4" videocassettes, copied from A.O., 12/93; in Princeton ReCAP Regular Storage.

Additional Copy 2: 2 3/4" videocassettes, copied from A.O., 12/93; in Princeton ReCAP Regular Storage; was vid. viewing copy until 4/2017.

Local Subject

Television. Evening of opera-ballet.

Baroque dancing.

Opera ballet -- France.

Choreography -- Reconstruction.

Opera ballet. L'Europe galante.

Opera ballet. Pygmalion.

Added Author

Epstein, Diane, dancer.

Turocy, Catherine. Director

Turocy, Catherine, choreographer.

Turocy, Catherine. Restager

Turocy, Catherine, dancer.

List, Rachel, dancer.

Fittante, Carlos, dancer.

Michael, Keith, dancer.

Beaman, Patricia, dancer.

Corvino, Andra, dancer.

Jones, Alan Tjaarda, dancer.

Brandes, Christine. Singer

Matthews, Tamara. Singer

Peck, Suzanne. Singer

Thomas, Jeffrey (Tenor) Singer

Deas, Kevin. Singer

Etherington, Robert. Singer

Richman, James. Conductor

Skow, Marilyn. Costume designer

Haber, John. Director

Stein, Jane Alois. Costume designer

Sherman, Stanley Allan. Costume designer

George, Meredith. Designer

Rosen, Steven, lighting designer.

Ward, Penny, videographer.

Mondonville, Jean Joseph Cassanea de, 1711-1772. Composer

Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729, choreographer.

Campra, André, 1660-1744. Composer

La Motte, M. de (Antoine Houdar), 1672-1731. Librettist

Chiment, Marie Anne. Costume designer

Cowles, Stephen. Lighting designer

New York Baroque Dance Company.

Concert Royal (Musical group : U.S.)

French Institute/Alliance Française (U.S.)

New York Public Library. Dance Collection.

DHCA.

Added Title

Danse et ses plaisirs (Choreographic work : Turocy)

Pygmalion (Choreographic work : Turocy)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 2308

*MGZIC 9-4077 (former)

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