Research Catalog

Title

Let's dance [videorecording]

Publication

1980.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
• Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts.

Description

1 videocassette (18 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Scenes from "Let's dance," a black-tie "celebrity ball" given by Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts with Rudolf Nureyev as the guest of honor. Accompanying Nureyev is Suzanne Morgan, organizer of the ball. Presentations at the ball included a classical ballet to Brahms's Hungarian dances ; a speech by the mayor of Philadelphia, William J. Green, who lauds Nureyev as "the greatest dancer in the world" ; and the conferring of an honorary doctorate on Nureyev by Joseph Castaldo, the president of Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts. Nureyev is subsequently seen on the dance floor with Suzanne Morgan. Robert Tracy, his companion, also appears briefly in this tape.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Dance Foundation.

Series Statement

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Special event coverage and commentary.
• Video.

Note

• Title from original container and from an undated press release from Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts.

Performer (note)

• Master of ceremonies: Thomas Neil Crater.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at the Union League, Philadelphia, Pa., on April 27, 1980 ; videography, Link Harper and James Rabiolo of Media Services International, Philadelphia.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4123 RNC

OCLC

NYPY01-F97

Title

Let's dance [videorecording]

Imprint

1980.

Series

Rudolf Nureyev Collection.

Event

Videotaped at the Union League, Philadelphia, Pa., on April 27, 1980 ; videography, Link Harper and James Rabiolo of Media Services International, Philadelphia.

Performer

Master of ceremonies: Thomas Neil Crater.

Added Author

Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.

Philadelphia College of the Performing Arts.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-4123 RNC