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Skyline. Nureyev on Nijinsky

Title: Skyline. Nureyev on Nijinsky [electronic resource] / WNET, New York ; produced and directed by David Heeley.
Publication: New York, N.Y. : WNET, c1979.

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Description

1 streaming video file (NTSC) (29 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

In an interview interspersed with rehearsal footage taped in the studios of City Center, Rudolf Nureyev discusses the reconstruction and performance of three ballets originally danced by Vaslav Nijinsky, to be presented by Nureyev and the Joffrey Ballet on a program commemorating the 50th anniversary of Serge Diaghilev's death. Nureyev had previously danced the title roles in Michel Fokine's Spectre de la rose and Petrouchka, but was performing Nijinsky's choreography for L'après-midi d'un faune for the first time. He describes sources he drew upon for each ballet, among them Nijinsky's photographs in the roles, and the expertise of individuals (Nicholas Beriosoff and André Eglevsky, via Mikhail Baryshnikov, for Spectre; Serge Grigoriev and Lubov Tchernicheva for Petrouchka). He also discusses Nijinsky as a performer and choreographer, and his relationship with Diaghilev, which he likens to that of Petrouchka and the Charlatan. Nureyev is seen in a brief performance excerpt from Le spectre de la rose, and in longer rehearsal sequences, in practice clothes, from L'après-midi d'un faune (with Charlene Gehm as the leader of the nymphs) and Petrouchka (with Denise Jackson as the ballerina and Christian Holder as the blackamoor).

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Uniform Title

Skyline (Television program)

Alternative Title

Nureyev on Nijinsky

Subjects

Genre/Form

Dance.
Video.
Dance rehearsals.

Note

Accompanied by data sheet.
Another copy of this recording is catalogued under the title Nureyev on Nijinsky (classmark: *MGZIC 9-104).
Skyline episode #214.

Access (note)

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Credits (note)

Executive producer, Patricia Sides.

Performer (note)

Host: Emile Ardolino.
Interviewee: Rudolf Nureyev.

Event (note)

Recorded on March 15, 1979. Telecast by WNET, New York, on the Skyline series on March 20, 1979.

Call Number

*MGZIDF 5363

OCLC

NYPY00-F608

Title

Skyline. Nureyev on Nijinsky [electronic resource] / WNET, New York ; produced and directed by David Heeley.

Imprint

New York, N.Y. : WNET, c1979.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Event

Recorded on March 15, 1979. Telecast by WNET, New York, on the Skyline series on March 20, 1979.

Credits

Executive producer, Patricia Sides.

Performer

Host: Emile Ardolino.

Interviewee: Rudolf Nureyev.

Danced by Rudolf Nureyev and members of the Joffrey Ballet: Charlene Gehm, Denise Jackson, Christian Holder.

Also appearing briefly on camera: Robert Joffrey, Rouben Ter-Arutunian.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local Note

Former call number: *MGZIA 4-4001 RNC.

Additional Copy: None.

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Local Subject

Choreography -- Reconstruction.

Interpretation in dance performance.

Local Subject

Television. Nureyev on Nijinsky.

Television. Skyline.

Added Author

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Interviewee

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.

Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950, choreographer.

Ardolino, Emile. Interviewer

Joffrey, Robert.

Gehm, Charlene, dancer.

Jackson, Denise, dancer.

Holder, Christian, dancer.

Heeley, David. Producer

Heeley, David. Director

Joffrey Ballet.

WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

DHCA.

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942. Spectre de la rose.

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942. Petrouchka.

Nijinsky, Vaslav, 1890-1950. Après-midi d'un faune.

Added Title

Skyline (Television program)

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 5363

*MGZIA 4-4001 RNC (former)

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