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Allegra Kent coaching excerpts from La sonnambula

Title
Allegra Kent coaching excerpts from La sonnambula [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Vittorio Rieti (based on themes from operas by Vincenzo Bellini)
Publication
New York, N.Y. : George Balanchine Foundation, c2001.

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZIA 4-7191Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Kent, Allegra
  • Balanchine, George
  • Rieti, Vittorio, 1898-1994.
  • Boal, Peter
  • Oosthuysen, Janie
  • McDill, Nancy
  • Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023.
  • Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
  • Brooks, Virginia Loring
  • Dryden, Richard
  • Otterson, William
  • Balanchine, George
  • George Balanchine Foundation
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (66 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Allegra Kent coaches Peter Boal and Janie Taylor in choreographic excerpts for the two principal dancers in La sonnambula (originally titled Night shadow in its 1946 premiere by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo), including the Sleepwalker pas de deux and the Death of the Poet. As she works with the dancers, she recalls examples of Balanchine's directions to her when she recreated the role of the Sleepwalker for its 1960 revival by the New York City Ballet. Taylor wears the Sleepwalker's costume executed by Karinska for this revival. In an interview beginning at ca. 58 min. into the tape, Kent discusses her first viewing of La sonnambula as a child; its change of title; the importance of its music; and the dramatic challenges of the role of the Sleepwalker.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of The George Balanchine Foundation.
Series Statement
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Interviews.
  • Video.
Credits (note)
  • Video production, Otterson TV, Inc.; line producer, William Otterson; camera, James Clarke; sound, Robert Matteo; editing, Virginia Brooks; production coordinator, Richard Dryden.
Performer (note)
  • Interviewer, Robert Gottlieb.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped at New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., on October 18, 1999.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7191
OCLC
  • 50513951
  • NYPY03-F554
Title
Allegra Kent coaching excerpts from La sonnambula [videorecording] / The George Balanchine Foundation ; project director, Nancy Reynolds ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Vittorio Rieti (based on themes from operas by Vincenzo Bellini)
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : George Balanchine Foundation, c2001.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive.
Event
Videotaped at New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y., on October 18, 1999.
Credits
Video production, Otterson TV, Inc.; line producer, William Otterson; camera, James Clarke; sound, Robert Matteo; editing, Virginia Brooks; production coordinator, Richard Dryden.
Performer
Danced by Peter Boal and Janie Taylor of New York City Ballet.
Pianist, Nancy McDill.
Interviewer, Robert Gottlieb.
Local Subject
Interpretation in dance performance.
Added Author
Kent, Allegra. Interviewee
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
Rieti, Vittorio, 1898-1994. Composer
Boal, Peter, dancer.
Oosthuysen, Janie, dancer.
McDill, Nancy. Musician
Gottlieb, Robert, 1931-2023. Interviewer
Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
Brooks, Virginia Loring. Film editor
Dryden, Richard.
Otterson, William.
George Balanchine Foundation.
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-7191
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