Research Catalog

Title

Joffrey Ballet [videorecording].

Publication

1976.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Corkle, Francesca
• McKenzie, Kevin
• Colton, Richard, 1951-
• Arthur, Charthel
• Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988.
• Hart, John, 1921 July 4-
• Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847.
• Lanchbery, John.
• Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616.
• Cranko, John
• Franca, Celia, 1921-2007
• Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900.
• Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010
• Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911.
• Joffrey Ballet.
• DHCA.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (32 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Joffrey Ballet.

Series Statement

Joffrey Ballet Collection

Uniform Title

• Dream (Choreographic work : Ashton)
• Pineapple Poll (Choreographic work : Cranko)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• Date and contents from original container.
• Scenario for The dream adapted from William Shakespeare's play A midsummer night's dream.
• Scenario for Pineapple Poll freely adapted from W.S. Gilbert's Bab ballad "The bumboat woman's story".
• Rehearsal footage for The dream is from the beginning of the ballet up to but not including the rustics' dance. Continued, with some material missing, on *MGZIC 9-5303 The dream [excerpts].

Event (note)

• The dream videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York, on Dec. 18, 1976.
• Pineapple Poll videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, and supervised by Celia Franca, in New York, probably in Dec. 1976.

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

The dream : [excerpts] (18 min.) / choreography, Frederick Ashton ; directed and staged by John Hart ; music, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy ; arranged by John Lanchbery ; danced by Francesca Corkle (Titania), Kevin McKenzie (Oberon), Richard Colton (?) (Puck), and others -- Pineapple Poll : [excerpts] (14 min.) / choreography, John Cranko ; restaged by Celia Franca ; music by Arthur Sullivan ; arranged by Charles Mackerras ; danced by Charthel Arthur (?) (Poll), and others.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1550

OCLC

NYPY98-F2724

Title

Joffrey Ballet [videorecording].

Imprint

1976.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Series

Joffrey Ballet Collection

Performer

Danced by the Joffrey Ballet.

Event

The dream videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York, on Dec. 18, 1976.

Pineapple Poll videotaped in studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, and supervised by Celia Franca, in New York, probably in Dec. 1976.

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 9-5302.

Local Subject

Drama and dance.

Literature and dance.

Added Author

Corkle, Francesca, dancer.

McKenzie, Kevin, dancer.

Colton, Richard, 1951- dancer.

Arthur, Charthel, dancer.

Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988. Composer

Hart, John, 1921 July 4- Restager. Director

Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847. Composer

Lanchbery, John. Arranger

Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Midsummer night's dream.

Cranko, John, choreographer.

Franca, Celia, 1921-2007, restager.

Sullivan, Arthur, 1842-1900. Composer

Mackerras, Charles, 1925-2010, arranger of music.

Gilbert, W. S. (William Schwenck), 1836-1911. Bab ballad. Bumboat woman's story

Joffrey Ballet.

DHCA.

Added Title

Dream (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Pineapple Poll (Choreographic work : Cranko)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-1550