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Footnotes - the classics of ballet.

Title: Footnotes - the classics of ballet. Cinderella [and] Coppélia [videorecording] / produced by Sound Venture Productions and Frank Augustyn Productions ; directed by Derek Diorio ; produced by Neil Bregman ; co-producer, Frank Augustyn.
Publication: West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, c1996.

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Description

1 videocassette (54 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Compilation of two programs from the series, which draws upon the perceptions and opinions of dancers, artistic directors, critics and others in dance-related professions.

Series Statement

Footnotes - the classics of ballet ; Volume 5.

Uniform Title

Cinderella (Choreographic work : Zakharov)
Cinderella (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Coppelia (Choreographic work)

Alternative Title

Footnotes - the classics of ballet. Coppélia

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.

Note

Volume number from wrapper and original container.
Running time given as 60 min. on wrapper and original container.
For a complete recording of the Bolshoi Ballet performance of Cinderella seen on this tape, see *MGZIA 4-2639 ; for the Ballet de San Juan performance of Coppélia, see *MGZIA 4-2634.

Credits (note)

Produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada in association with Bravo! and Saskatchewan Communications Network ; executive producer, Neil Bregman ; writer, Dan Lalande ; director of photography, Scott Plante ; set and props, Marie Christine Férand [Féraud?].

Performer (note)

Host: Frank Augustyn.

Contents

Cinderella (ca. 27 min.) / interviewees, Evelyn Hart, William Littler, Celia Franca, Bruce Marks, Dame Ninette de Valois, Darcey Bussell, Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell ; principal dancers in Bolshoi Ballet performance, Raisa Struchkova (Cinderella), Gennady Lediakh (the prince) ; dancers in Royal Ballet performance excerpts, Robert Helpmann and Frederick Ashton (ugly stepsisters), Antoinette Sibley (Cinderella). Topics discussed include the ballet's lack of critical approval despite its popular appeal ; the success of Frederick Ashton's version in England ; the technical and dramatic demands of the roles of Cinderella and the prince ; and Ashton's use of men en travesti in the roles of the stepsisters.
Coppélia (ca. 27 min.) / interviewees, Celia Franca, Veronica Tennant, Monica Mason, Kevin McKenzie, William Littler, Claude Bessy, Fernando Bujones, Charles Kirby, Darcey Bussell, Charles Jude, Antoinette Sibley, Anthony Dowell, Bruce Marks, Deirdre Kelly, Martine Van Hamel, Cynthia Gregory ; dancer, Kimberly Glasco ; principal dancers in Ballet de San Juan performance footage, Fernando Bujones (Franz), Ana María Castañón (Swanhilda). Discussion of comedy in ballet, the difficulty of performing comic roles, the use of mime as a means of expression and its viability in present-day productions, the complexity of the characters of Swanhilda and Dr. Coppelius, and the adult implications of Coppelia that co-exist with its appeal for children.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3506

ISBN

1561278440

OCLC

78189421
NYPY99-F871

Title

Footnotes - the classics of ballet. Cinderella [and] Coppélia [videorecording] / produced by Sound Venture Productions and Frank Augustyn Productions ; directed by Derek Diorio ; produced by Neil Bregman ; co-producer, Frank Augustyn.

Imprint

West Long Branch, N.J. : Kultur, c1996.

Country of Producing Entity

Canada.

Series

Footnotes - the classics of ballet ; Volume 5.

Credits

Produced with the participation of Telefilm Canada in association with Bravo! and Saskatchewan Communications Network ; executive producer, Neil Bregman ; writer, Dan Lalande ; director of photography, Scott Plante ; set and props, Marie Christine Férand [Féraud?].

Performer

Host: Frank Augustyn.

Pre-recorded performance footage danced by the Bolshoi Ballet and the Ballet de San Juan.

Local Subject

Interpretation in dance performance.

Comedy in dance.

Dancers en travesti.

Added Author

Augustyn, Frank. Producer. Host

Hart, Evelyn, 1956- Interviewee

Littler, William. Interviewee

Franca, Celia, 1921-2007, interviewee.

Marks, Bruce, 1937- Interviewee

De Valois, Ninette, 1898-2001. Interviewee

Bussell, Darcey. Interviewee

Sibley, Antoinette. ive, dancer.

Dowell, Anthony. Interviewee

Struchkova, Raisa, dancer.

Lediakh, Gennadi, 1928- dancer.

Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer, dancer.

Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986, dancer.

Tennant, Veronica. Interviewee

Mason, Monica. Interviewee

McKenzie, Kevin. Interviewee

Bessy, Claude. Interviewee

Bujones, Fernando, 1955-2005. ive, dancer.

Kirby, Charles. Interviewee

Jude, Charles, 1953- Interviewee

Kelly, Deirdre Mary. Interviewee

Van Hamel, Martine, 1945- Interviewee

Gregory, Cynthia. Interviewee

Glasco, Kimberly, dancer.

Castañón, Ana María, dancer.

Bregman, Neil. Producer

Diorio, Derek. Director

Lalande, Dan. Author

Bolʹshoĭ teatr Rossii. Balet

Royal Ballet.

Ballets de San Juan (Company)

Sound Venture Productions (Firm)

Kultur International Films.

DHCA.

Added Title

Cinderella (Choreographic work : Zakharov)

Cinderella (Choreographic work : Ashton)

Coppelia (Choreographic work)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-3506

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