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Balanchine Celebration

Title: Balanchine Celebration, part one [electronic resource] / produced by Thirteen/WNET in association with New York City Ballet, NVC Arts, and NOS Television ; directed by Matthew Diamond ; produced by Judy Kinberg ; choreography by George Balanchine.
Publication: New York, N.Y. : Thirteen/WNET, c1993.

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Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (89 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequence.

Summary

First part of the closing night program of the New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration. For the second part of this telecast, see: *MGZIC 9-4132. In addition to performance footage, this telecast includes comments by ballet master in chief Peter Martins, archival footage of George Balanchine, and reminiscences by dancers Darci Kistler, Heléne Alexopoulos, Jeffrey Edwards, and Lourdes Lopez.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Dance in America.
Gift of Marilyn Dean Schwalm, additional copy.

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Special event coverage and commentary.
Video.

Access (note)

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

Credits (note)

Executive producer, Jac Venza; writer, Holly Brubach; lighting, Mark Stanley.

Performer (note)

Host: Robert MacNeil.

Event (note)

Performance recorded at New York State Theater, New York, on June 27, 1993. Telecast by Thirteen/WNET on the Great Performances: Dance in America series.

Funding (note)

Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Contents

(ca. 60 min.). Theme and variations: selections / music, Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky; scenery and costumes, Nicolas Benois; danced by Darci Kistler, Igor Zelensky, and ensemble.
Apollo: selections / music, Igor Stravinsky; danced by Zhanna Ayupova (Kirov Ballet) (Calliope), Patricia Barker (Pacific Northwest Ballet) (Polyhymnia), Isabelle Guérin (Paris Opéra Ballet) (Terpsichore), and Nilas Martins.
Scherzo à la russe / music, Igor Stravinsky; costumes, Karinska; danced by Heléne Alexopoulos, Diana White, and ensemble.
Union Jack: Royal Navy / music, Hershy Kay, adapted from traditional British music; scenery and costumes, Rouben Ter-Arutunian; danced by Michael Byars, Yvonne Borree, Jeffrey Edwards, Damian Woetzel, Katrina Killian, Tom Gold, Roma Sosenko, Leonid Kozlov, Maria Calegari, and ensemble.
Square dance: selection / music, Arcangelo Corelli; danced by Manuel Legris (Paris Opéra Ballet).
(ca. 27 min.). Walpurgisnacht ballet: selections / music, Charles Gounod (Faust); danced by Kyra Nichols, Ben Huys, Nichol Hlinka, and ensemble.
Vienna Waltzes: Der Rosenkavalier / music, Richard Strauss; scenery, Rouben Ter-Arutunian; costumes, Karinska; danced by Stephanie Saland, Adam Lüders, Kyra Nichols, Lindsay Fischer, Heather Watts, Jock Soto, Simone Schumacher, Alexandre Proia, Maria Calegari, Erlends Zieminch, and ensemble.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 9443

OCLC

NYPY946050553-F

Title

Balanchine Celebration, part one [electronic resource] / produced by Thirteen/WNET in association with New York City Ballet, NVC Arts, and NOS Television ; directed by Matthew Diamond ; produced by Judy Kinberg ; choreography by George Balanchine.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : Thirteen/WNET, c1993.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Event

Performance recorded at New York State Theater, New York, on June 27, 1993. Telecast by Thirteen/WNET on the Great Performances: Dance in America series.

Credits

Executive producer, Jac Venza; writer, Holly Brubach; lighting, Mark Stanley.

Performer

Host: Robert MacNeil.

Performed by New York City Ballet with guest artists.

Conductors: Hugo Fiorato, Gordon Boelzner, and Donald York.

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 9-4138.

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Local Subject

Ballet in television. Balanchine Celebration.

Television. Dance in America.

Added Author

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Martins, Peter, 1946- speaker.

Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer, interviewee.

Zelensky, Igor, dancer.

Ayupova, Zhanna, dancer.

Barker, Patricia, active 1988, dancer.

Guérin, Isabelle, 1961- dancer.

Martins, Nilas, dancer.

Alexopoulos, Helene, dancer, interviewee.

White, Diana (Ballet dancer), dancer.

Byars, Michael, dancer.

Borree, Yvonne, dancer.

Edwards, Jeffrey, dancer, interviewee.

Woetzel, Damian, dancer.

Killian, Katrina, dancer.

Gold, Tom, dancer.

Sosenko, Roma, dancer.

Kozlov, Leonid, 1947- dancer.

Calegari, Maria, dancer.

Legris, Manuel, dancer.

Nichols, Kyra, dancer.

Huys, Ben, dancer.

Hlinka, Nichol, dancer.

Lopez, Lourdes, dancer, interviewee.

Saland, Stephanie, dancer.

Lüders, Adam, dancer.

Fischer, Lindsay, dancer.

Watts, Heather, dancer.

Soto, Jock, dancer.

Schumacher, Simone, dancer.

Proia, Alexandre, dancer.

Zieminch, Erlends, dancer.

MacNeil, Robert, 1931-2024, host.

Fiorato, Hugo. Conductor

Boelzner, Gordon. Conductor

York, Donald. Conductor

Kinberg, Judy. Producer

Diamond, Matthew, 1951- director.

Venza, Jac, television producer.

Brubach, Holly. Author

Stanley, Mark. Lighting designer

Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)

New York City Ballet.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

DHCA.

Balanchine, George. Walpurgisnacht ballet.

Balanchine, George. Apollo.

Balanchine, George. Vienna waltzes.

Balanchine, George. Square dance.

Balanchine, George. Union Jack.

Balanchine, George. Scherzo à la russe.

Balanchine, George. Theme and variations

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 9443

*MGZIC 9-4138 (former)

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