Research Catalog

Title

Jazz calendar : [excerpts] [videorecording] / [presented by] the Joffrey Ballet ; choreography by Frederick Ashton ; directed and staged by Faith Worth from the Benesh notation score ; music by Richard Rodney Bennett.

Publication

1977.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Somes, Michael, 1917-1994.
• Joffrey, Robert.
• Anderson, Cynthia
• McKenzie, Kevin
• Corkle, Francesca
• Chryst, Gary
• Huffman, Gregory
• Slagle, Lisa
• Hanniford, Jan
• De Angelo, Ann Marie
• Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
• Worth, Faith.
• Bennett, Richard Rodney.
• Joffrey Ballet.
• DHCA.

Description

2 videodiscs (NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Rehearsal supervised by Michael Somes of the Royal Ballet. The Wednesday section of the ballet does not appear in this recording. The other six sections of the ballet are performed twice, with alternate casts appearing on cassette 2. Many of the sections are interrupted for corrections and refinement of the choreography. Artistic director Robert Joffrey addresses the cast at the end of disc 2.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Joffrey Ballet.

Series Statement

Joffrey Ballet Collection.

Uniform Title

Jazz calendar (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• Title and date from original containers.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, in New York, on March 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 (32 min.): Monday (ca. 4 min.) / danced by Cynthia Anderson -- Tuesday (ca. 4 min.) / danced by Francesca Corkle, Kevin McKenzie, and an unidentified man -- Thursday (ca. 5 min.) / danced by Gary Chryst and six women -- Friday (ca. 5 min.) / danced by Ingrid Fraley (?) and Gregory Huffman -- Saturday (ca. 7 min.) / danced by nine men -- Sunday (ca. 7 min.) / performed by Lisa Slagle and other cast members, but without the Wednesday section dancers.
• Disc 2 (31 min.): Monday (ca. 4 min.) / danced by Jan Hanniford and other alternate cast members -- Tuesday (ca. 7 min.) / danced by Ann Marie De Angelo, Kevin McKenzie, and unidentified man. This section is not completely performed -- Thursday (ca. 6 min.) / danced by an unidentified man and six women -- Saturday (ca. 4 min.) / danced by nine men -- Sunday (ca. 10 min.) / danced without Wednesday section dancers.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1963

OCLC

NYPY98-F2746

Title

Jazz calendar : [excerpts] [videorecording] / [presented by] the Joffrey Ballet ; choreography by Frederick Ashton ; directed and staged by Faith Worth from the Benesh notation score ; music by Richard Rodney Bennett.

Imprint

1977.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Series

Joffrey Ballet Collection.

Performer

Danced by the Joffrey Ballet.

Event

Videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, in New York, on March 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 9-5324.

Added Author

Somes, Michael, 1917-1994. tcmm

Joffrey, Robert. Speaker

Anderson, Cynthia, dancer.

McKenzie, Kevin, dancer.

Corkle, Francesca, dancer.

Chryst, Gary, dancer.

Huffman, Gregory, dancer.

Slagle, Lisa, dancer.

Hanniford, Jan, dancer.

De Angelo, Ann Marie, dancer.

Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.

Worth, Faith. Director

Worth, Faith. Restager

Bennett, Richard Rodney. Composer

Joffrey Ballet.

DHCA.

Added Title

Jazz calendar (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1963