Research Catalog

Title

Romeo and Juliet [videorecording] : [excerpts] / [presented by] the Joffrey Ballet ; choreography by Oscar Araiz ; music by Sergei Prokofiev.

Publication

[1977]

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Details

Additional Authors

• McKenzie, Kevin
• Fraley, Ingrid
• Jackson, Denise
• Huffman, Gregory
• Chryst, Gary
• Araiz, Oscar
• Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Joffrey Ballet.
• DHCA.

Description

3 videodiscs (NTSC) (65 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Excerpts from the evening-length ballet based on William Shakespeare's play.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Joffrey Ballet.

Series Statement

Joffrey Ballet Collection.

Uniform Title

Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Araiz)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• Title from original containers.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano and tape accompaniment, at City Center, New York, ca. 1977.

Funding (note)

• This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Contents

• Disc 1 (ca. 26 min.): Prologue: Opening dance, The quarrel, The fight, Death and lament -- Act I, scene I, Juliet's awakening -- Act I, scene II, The ball [beginning].
• Disc 2 (ca. 26 min.): Act I, scene II, The ball [continued], including Juliet's dance and the duet for Mercutio and Tybalt. Does not include complete scene -- Act I, scene III, Balcony scene -- Act II, scene I, Fights, Lady Capulet's lament. The opening section, Folk dances, does not appear on this recording. Romeo is danced by Gregory Huffman in this scene -- Act III, scene I, The bedroom scene [beginning] / danced by Kevin McKenzie and Denise Jackson.
• Disc 3 (ca. 13 min.): Act III, scene I, The bedroom [continued] -- Act III, scene I, Conflicts, Juliet defeated / danced by Denise Jackson, Kevin McKenzie, Gary Chryst, and others.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2602

OCLC

NYPY98-F2791

Title

Romeo and Juliet [videorecording] : [excerpts] / [presented by] the Joffrey Ballet ; choreography by Oscar Araiz ; music by Sergei Prokofiev.

Imprint

[1977]

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Series

Joffrey Ballet Collection.

Performer

Danced by the Joffrey Ballet, including Kevin McKenzie (Romeo), with Lisa Slagle (?), Ingrid Fraley, and Denise Jackson as the three Juliets, Gary Chryst (Tybalt), and Gregory Huffman (alternate cast Romeo).

Event

Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano and tape accompaniment, at City Center, New York, ca. 1977.

Funding

This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System Details

DVD.

Local Note

Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-5370.

Local Subject

Drama and dance.

Added Author

McKenzie, Kevin, dancer.

Fraley, Ingrid, dancer.

Jackson, Denise, dancer.

Huffman, Gregory, dancer.

Chryst, Gary, dancer.

Araiz, Oscar, choreographer.

Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Romeo and Juliet.

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Romeo and Juliet.

Joffrey Ballet.

DHCA.

Added Title

Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Araiz)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2602