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Title

Explorations. An introduction to ballet [videorecording] / a CBC Television production ; produced by Daryl Duke.

Publication

Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1959.

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Additional Authors

• Franca, Celia, 1921-2007
• Smith, Lois
• Adams, David
• Jarvis, Lilian
• Kraul, Earl
• Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
• Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901
• Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987
• Cranko, John
• Strate, Grant, 1927-
• Crum, George, 1926-
• Duke, Daryl.
• Kelly, Tom.
• Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910.
• National Ballet of Canada.

Description

1 videocassette (29 min.) : sd., b&w NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

Lecture-demonstration on classical ballet, including a brief history, demonstration of its basic movement vocabulary, and discussion of its special characteristics (pointe work, turnout). Examples of classical and contemporary choreography demonstrate the versatility and expressive potential of this technique.

Uniform Title

• Swan lake (Choreographic work : Franca after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
• Dark elegies (Choreographic work : Tudor)
• Pineapple Poll (Choreographic work : Cranko)
• Ballade (Choreographic work : Strate)

Alternative Title

Introduction to ballet

Subjects

• Dance
• Educational/cultural films and programs
• Video
• Ballet dancing

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Educational/cultural films and programs.
• Video.

Note

• Accompanying data sheet gives telecast date as November 18, 1959.

Credits (note)

• Musical direction, George Crum ; sets, Charles Playfair ; lighting, Tom Kelly.

Performer (note)

• Speaker: Celia Franca, artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada.

Event (note)

• Telecast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the series Explorations on October 24 or November 18, 1959.

Contents

Dance excerpts (performed in rehearsal clothes): The sleeping beauty. Act III, grand pas de deux, adagio / choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, Peter Tchaikovsky ; danced by Lois Smith and David Adams -- Swan lake. Act III, Hungarian dance / music, Tchaikovsky ; danced by Lilian Jarvis and Earl Kraul -- Dark elegies / choreography, Antony Tudor ; music, Gustav Mahler ; danced by Lois Smith and David Adams -- Pineapple Poll / choreography, John Cranko ; music, Arthur Sullivan ; danced by Lilian Jarvis -- Ballad / choreography, Grant Strate ; music, Harry Somers ; danced by Lois Smith with Lilian Jarvis and Earl Kraul -- Swan lake. Act II pas de deux / danced under closing credits ; choreography after Lev Ivanov ; music, Tchaikovsky ; danced by Lois Smith and David Adams, and Lilian Jarvis and Earl Kraul.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5022

OCLC

NYPY01-F531

Title

Explorations. An introduction to ballet [videorecording] / a CBC Television production ; produced by Daryl Duke.

Imprint

Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, 1959.

Event

Telecast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the series Explorations on October 24 or November 18, 1959.

Credits

Musical direction, George Crum ; sets, Charles Playfair ; lighting, Tom Kelly.

Performer

Speaker: Celia Franca, artistic director of the National Ballet of Canada.

Danced by members of the National Ballet of Canada: Lois Smith, David Adams, Lilian Jarvis, Earl Kraul.

Added Author

Franca, Celia, 1921-2007, speaker.

Smith, Lois, dancer.

Adams, David, dancer.

Jarvis, Lilian, dancer.

Kraul, Earl, dancer.

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.

Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901, choreographer.

Tudor, Antony, 1909-1987, choreographer.

Cranko, John, choreographer.

Strate, Grant, 1927- choreographer.

Crum, George, 1926- Conductor

Duke, Daryl. Producer

Kelly, Tom.

National Ballet of Canada.

Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910. Spi︠a︡shchai︠a︡ krasavit︠s︡a.

Added Title

Swan lake (Choreographic work : Franca after Ivanov and Petipa, M)

Dark elegies (Choreographic work : Tudor)

Pineapple Poll (Choreographic work : Cranko)

Ballade (Choreographic work : Strate)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-5022