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
• Slagle, Lisa
• Fraley, Ingrid
• Jackson, Denise
• Rodriguez, Beatriz
• Sultzbach, Russell
• Chryst, Gary
• De Angelo, Ann Marie
• Araiz, Oscar
• Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Joffrey Ballet.
• DHCA.

Description

3 videodiscs (NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Excerpts from the evening-length ballet based on William Shakespeare's play. The ballet's three acts are fragmented and performed out of sequence, and individual characters or the ensemble are sometimes missing. Some of the ensemble choreography has been broken down, so that small groups or individuals are recorded separately in parts intended to be danced simultaneously. This recording lacks Act I, scene III, Balcony scene; Act II, scene I, Lady Capulet's lament; most of Act III, scene II, The crypt, and Romeo defeated; and the epilogue.

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 and date from original containers.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, at City Center, New York, on Nov. 9, 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. 32 min.): Prologue: Opening dance, The quarrel [beginning broken down into groups of three dancers], The fight, Death and lament [men's parts broken down] -- Act I, scene I, Juliet's awakening. Ending only -- Act I, scene II, The ball [excerpts].
• Disc 2 (ca. 32 min.): Act I, scene II, The ball : [excerpts] -- Act II, scene I, Folk dances, including mandolin pas de deux and pas d'action of Romeo and Mercutio -- Act III, scene II, Romeo defeated [excerpt] -- Act I, scene II, The ball [excerpts] -- Act I, scene I, Juliet's awakening -- Act I, scene II, The ball : [excerpts].
• Disc 3 (ca. 26 min.). Act I, scene II, The ball : [excerpts] -- Act III, scene I, Conflicts, and Juliet defeated -- Act II, scene I, Fights.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2600

OCLC

NYPY98-F2789

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, Beatriz Rodriguez (Lady Capulet), Russell Sultzbach (Mercutio), Gary Chryst (Tybalt), Ann Marie de Angelo and partner (mandolin pas de deux), and others.

Event

Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, at City Center, New York, on Nov. 9, 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 9-5368.

Local Subject

Drama and dance.

Added Author

McKenzie, Kevin, dancer.

Slagle, Lisa, dancer.

Fraley, Ingrid, dancer.

Jackson, Denise, dancer.

Rodriguez, Beatriz, dancer.

Sultzbach, Russell, dancer.

Chryst, Gary, dancer.

De Angelo, Ann Marie, 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 5-2600