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Life & times. Veronica Tennant, Renaissance woman
- Title
- Life & times. Veronica Tennant, Renaissance woman [videorecording] / produced by M.D.I. Productions Inc. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; directed by David Langer ; produced by Peter Gentile.
- Publication
- Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, c2001.
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- Additional Authors
- Tennant, Veronica.
- Bertram, Victoria.
- Franca, Celia, 1921-2007
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
- Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
- Hart, Evelyn, 1956-
- Kudelka, James.
- Harrington, Rex.
- Findley, Timothy.
- Baker, Peggy Smith
- Rolston, Shauna.
- Sutherland, Donald, 1935-2024
- Langer, David.
- Gentile, Peter.
- National Ballet School (Canada)
- M. D. I. Productions.
- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (57 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Profile of Veronica Tennant, for many years a principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada. In interviews and in readings at a recording session, Tennant describes her passionate quest for perfection as a dancer, which enabled her to surmount physical shortcomings and injuries. She recalls her early success as Juliet in John Cranko's Romeo and Juliet; dancing opposite the Russian legends Rudolf Nureyev and Mikhail Baryshnikov; the new approach to performing she developed after the birth of her daughter; and her retirement from performing at the age of 43. Following her retirement, she has pursued a richly rewarding career as a producer and director of television dance specials, and received an Emmy award for her documentary Karen Kain: dancing in the moment. Among the many dance excerpts included in this documentary are excerpts from Tennant's performances in Romeo and Juliet [with Earl Kraul in 1965 and Raymond Smith in 1982], The sleeping beauty (with Nureyev), a rehearsal of La sylphide with Baryshnikov, and the adagio from Le corsaire pas de deux. Tennant is also seen teaching students at Canada's National Ballet School, and directing a dance film featuring dancer Peggy Baker and cellist Shauna Rolston.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Series Statement
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Documentaries and factual films and programs.
- Video.
- Note
- Includes commercial breaks of ca. 4 min. each at 20, 34, and 47 min. into the tape.
- Credits (note)
- Editor, Rick Clarke ; writer, Paul McGrath.
- Performer (note)
- Interviewees: Veronica Tennant, with Doris Tennant, Victoria Bertram, Gillian McClosky, Celia Franca, Dr. John Wright, Evelyn Hart, Roger Vernon, James Kudelka, Rex Harrington, Timothy Findley.
- Narrator: Donald Sutherland.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4369 RNC
- OCLC
- NYPY04-F324
- Title
- Life & times. Veronica Tennant, Renaissance woman [videorecording] / produced by M.D.I. Productions Inc. in association with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; directed by David Langer ; produced by Peter Gentile.
- Imprint
- Canada : Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, c2001.
- Series
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection
- Credits
- Editor, Rick Clarke ; writer, Paul McGrath.
- Performer
- Interviewees: Veronica Tennant, with Doris Tennant, Victoria Bertram, Gillian McClosky, Celia Franca, Dr. John Wright, Evelyn Hart, Roger Vernon, James Kudelka, Rex Harrington, Timothy Findley.Narrator: Donald Sutherland.
- Added Author
- Tennant, Veronica. ive, dancer.Bertram, Victoria. IntervieweeFranca, Celia, 1921-2007, interviewee.Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer, choreographer.Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- dancer.Hart, Evelyn, 1956- IntervieweeKudelka, James. IntervieweeHarrington, Rex. IntervieweeFindley, Timothy. IntervieweeBaker, Peggy Smith, dancer.Rolston, Shauna. InstrumentalistSutherland, Donald, 1935-2024, narrator.Langer, David. DirectorGentile, Peter. ProducerNational Ballet School (Canada)M. D. I. Productions.Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-4369 RNC