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[Homage to the Queen, excerpt]

Title
[Homage to the Queen, excerpt] [videorecording] / choreography by Frederick Ashton ; music by Malcolm Arnold.
Publication
[1954]

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Additional Authors
  • Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974.
  • Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
  • Somes, Michael, 1917-1994
  • Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
  • Arnold, Malcolm
  • Messel, Oliver, 1904-1978.
  • Sadler's Wells Ballet
Description
  • 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (8 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
  • 1 reel (8 min., 289 ft.) : sd., b&w ;
Summary
In this segment from the Toast of the town show, Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes of the Sadler's Wells Ballet perform the Queen of the air pas de deux from Homage to the Queen. Sullivan introduces the dancers, and during the curtain calls choreographer Frederick Ashton also appears on stage.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Collection
Uniform Title
  • Homage to the Queen (Choreographic work : Ashton)
  • Ed Sullivan show (Television program)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Television.
Credits (note)
  • Costumes by Oliver Messel.
Event (note)
  • Broadcast on the Toast of the town, CBS-TV, on January 24, 1954.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biography (note)
  • Homage to the queen premiered in London on June 2, 1953 as part of celebrations of the coronation of Elizabeth II. The ballet had its American premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on Sept. 18, 1953. The appearance by Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes on the Ed Sullivan show probably occurred during the same tour by the Sadler's Wells Ballet.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6588 JRC
OCLC
NYPT03-F531
Title
[Homage to the Queen, excerpt] [videorecording] / choreography by Frederick Ashton ; music by Malcolm Arnold.
Imprint
[1954]
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Jerome Robbins Collection
Credits
Costumes by Oliver Messel.
Performer
Host: Ed Sullivan. Dance performed by Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes.
Event
Broadcast on the Toast of the town, CBS-TV, on January 24, 1954.
Funding
Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biography
Homage to the queen premiered in London on June 2, 1953 as part of celebrations of the coronation of Elizabeth II. The ballet had its American premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York on Sept. 18, 1953. The appearance by Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes on the Ed Sullivan show probably occurred during the same tour by the Sadler's Wells Ballet.
Added Author
Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974. Host
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.
Somes, Michael, 1917-1994, dancer.
Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.
Arnold, Malcolm. Homage to the Queen.
Messel, Oliver, 1904-1978. Costume designer
Sadler's Wells Ballet.
Added Title
Homage to the Queen (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Ed Sullivan show (Television program)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6588 JRC
*MGZHB 4-2712 JRC
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