Research Catalog

Title

Don Quixote [videorecording] : unedited footage / New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine.

Publication

1965.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Balanchine, George
• Farrell, Suzanne, 1945-
• Lamont, Deni
• Stern, Bert
• Fugate, Judith
• O'Brien, Shaun
• Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018
• Sackett, Paul
• Ludlow, Conrad
• Frohlich, Jean Pierre
• Arshansky, Michael
• Magallanes, Nicholas
• Jillana
• Govrin, Gloria
• Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-2018
• Neary, Patricia
• Stowell, Kent
• Schorer, Suki
• Prinz, John
• Leland, Sara, 1941-
• Mazzo, Kay
• Sumner, Carol, 1940-
• Ohman, Frank
• Rodham, Robert, 1939-1988
• Sieveling, Earle
• McBride, Patricia, 1942-
• Neary, Colleen
• Moncion, Francisco
• Morris, Marnee
• Paul, Mimi
• Blum, Anthony, 1938-
• Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903-1978.
• Francés, Esteban
• Irving, Robert, 1913-1991.
• Balanchine, George
• New York City Ballet

Description

5 videodiscs (NTSC) (167 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Unedited footage.

Note

• Corrected sound from new film print, 2007.
• Credits from gala preview printed program, May 27, 1965.
• Unedited wideshot version on discs 1-3 lacks end of Act 3, and filming stops during curtain call.
• Film Preservation Project: Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library; National Film Preservation Foundation partnership grant with Cineric Inc., Chip Wilkinson, Simon Lund; Bluwave Audio, NBC Universal Media Works, Tom Regal, Leon Smith; Trackwise, Full House Production, Fran Bowen; Louis B. Mayer Foundation; Jerome Robbins Foundation.
• Consulting artist, dancer and répétiteur for Don Quixote, Suzanne Farrell.
• The New York Public Library expresses its appreciation to the following for their cooperation with the Jerome Robbins Dance Division Preservation Project: New York State Theater, American Guild of Musical Artists (A.G.M.A.), International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees (I.A.T.S.E.) (Local One), American Federation of Musicians (Local 802).

Credits (note)

• Filmmaker, Bert Stern ; [music by Nicolas Nabokov ; scenery, costumes and lighting by Esteban Francés].

Event (note)

• Originally filmed during gala preview at the New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., on May 27, 1965.

Funding (note)

• Funded in part by a National Film Preservation Foundation Partnership Grant with additional funding from the Louis B. Mayer Foundation and the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Source (note)

• New York City Ballet.

Contents

• Disc 1: Prologue, Act 1 (ca. 33 min.) -- Disc 2: Act 2 (ca. 34 min.) -- Disc 3: Act 3 (scene II, sene III incomplete) (ca. 34 min.) -- Disc 4: Out of sequence segments and conclusion of Act 3 (ca. 34 min.) -- Disc 5: Out of sequence close shots (ca. 34 min.).
• Disc 1: Prologue, Don Quixote's study / dancers: George Balanchine (Don Quixote); Suzanne Farrell (Dulcinea); Judith Fugate, Peter Alner, George D'Amboise, Alexander Foster, Peter Haig, Timothy Maduro (Fantasies).
• Act 1, scene I: La mancha / dancers: Deni Lamont (Sancho Panza); Shaun O'Brien (peasant); Steven Guagenti (boy); George Diaz, Richard Lichter, Frances Sackett, Bojan Spassoff, Edgar Valdez, Stephen Varjan (slaves); Robert Maiorano, Larry O'Brien (two guards).
• Act 1, scene II: A village square / dancers: Ericca Goodman, Karen Morell, Virginia Stuart (market vendors); Gail Kachadurian, Margaret Wood (waitresses); Shaun O'Brien (café proprietor); Karin Von Aroldingen, Karen Batizi, Diane Bradshaw, Marjorie Bresler, Elaine Comsudi, Gail Crisa, Suzanne Erlon, Penelope Gates, Janet Greschler, Susan Hendl, Lise Kenniff, Ruth Ann King, Delia Peters, Susan Pillersdorf, Lynne Stetson, Bettijane Sills, Anthony Blum, Truman Finney, John Prinz, David Richardson, Robert Rodham, Earle Sieveling, Michael Steele, Kent Stowell (townspeople); Paul Sackett (dead poet); Conrad Ludlow (his friend); Edgar Valdez, Stephen Varjan (pall bearers); Suzanne Farrell (Marcela); Roger Peterson, Roger Pietrucha (policemen); Robert Maiorano (organ grinder); Michael Arshansky (puppeteer); Alexander Stetson, Melissa McFarlane, Susan Linfield, Jann-Meri Trambert, Ellen Weisbarth (puppets/Saracens); Judith Fugate (puppet/Christian girl); Jean-Pierre Froelich [i.e. Frohlich] (puppet/Christian boy); George Diaz, Richard Lichter, Frances Sackett, Bojan Spassoff (palace guards); Leslie Ruchala, Ellen Shire (ladies in waiting); Roland Vazquez, William Weslow (gentlemen in waiting); Nicholas Magallanes (the duke); Jillana (the duchess).
• Disc 2: Act 2, The palace / dancers: Michael Arshansky (Major Domo); Nicholas Magallanes (the duke); Jillana (the duchess); Leslie Ruchala, Ellen Shire (ladies in waiting); Roland Vazquez, William Weslow (gentlemen in waiting); Marjorie Bresler, Elaine Comsudi, Penelope Gates, Gail Kachadurian, Lise Kenniff, Ruth Ann King, Teena McConnell, Lynne Statson, Truman Finney, Robert Maiorano, Larry O'Brien, Shaun O'Brien, Roger Peterson, Roger Pietrucha, David Richardson, Michael Steele (ladies and gentlemen of the court) -- Court dance: Saraband / ladies and gentlemen of the court -- Divertissements: Gloria Govrin, Arthur Mitchell (Rigaudon Flamenco); Patricia Neary, Conrad Ludlow, Kent Stowell (Danza della cassia); Suki Schorer, John Prinz (Pas de deux Mauresque); Sara Leland, Kay Mazzo, Carol Sumner, Frank Ohman, Robert Rodham, Earle Sieveling (Courante Sicilienne); Patricia McBride with Colleen Neary (Ritornel); Francisco Moncion (Merlin); Suzanne Farrell (Dulcinea).
• Disc 3: Act 3, scene I: A garden of the palace. Pas d'action / dancers: Suzanne Farrell (Dulcinea); Conrad Ludlow (knight of the silver moon); Marnee Morris, Mimi Paul and Karen Batizi, Diane Bradshaw, Marjorie Bresler, Gail Crisa, Rosemary Dunleavy, Suzanne Erlon, Ericca Goodman, Janet Greschler, Susan Hendl, Ruth Ann King, Kay Mazzo, Karen Morell, Delia Peters, Susan Pillersdorf, Lynne Stetson, Margaret Wood (maidens); Anthony Blum, Frank Ohman (cavaliers); Mimi Paul (Variation I); Marnee Morris (Variation II); Anthony Blum (Variation III); Suzanne Farrell (Variation IV); Francisco Moncion (Merlin); Gloria Govrin (night spirit).
• Act 3, scene II / dancers: Larry O'Brien, Shaun O'Brien, David Richardson, Michael Steele (bearers).
• Act 3, scene III, Don Quixote's study (incomplete) / dancers: Karin Von Aroldingen (housekeeper); Michael Arshansky (priest); entire company.
• Disc 4: Out of sequence segments and end of Act 3. Prologue -- Act 3 (scene I) -- Act 3 conculsion, beginning with Scene 1 (Variation III)
• Disc 5: Out of sequence close shots. Act 2 -- Prologue -- Act 1 (scene I) -- Act 1 (scene II)

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2996

OCLC

172987534

Title

Don Quixote [videorecording] : unedited footage / New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine.

Imprint

1965.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

System Details

DVD.

Event

Originally filmed during gala preview at the New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., on May 27, 1965.

Credits

Filmmaker, Bert Stern ; [music by Nicolas Nabokov ; scenery, costumes and lighting by Esteban Francés].

Performer

Danced by New York City Ballet.

Funding

Funded in part by a National Film Preservation Foundation Partnership Grant with additional funding from the Louis B. Mayer Foundation and the Jerome Robbins Foundation.

Local Note

For edited version see *MGZIDVD 5-2997.

*MGZHB 12-2699, Additional copy (5 reels, 16mm, 1200 feet each). This print is stored for preservation off-site. Use *MGZIDVD 5-2996 instead.

Source

Gift; New York City Ballet. NN-PD

Added Author

Balanchine, George, choreographer.

Balanchine, George, dancer.

Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- dancer.

Lamont, Deni, dancer.

Stern, Bert. Videographer

Fugate, Judith, dancer.

O'Brien, Shaun, dancer.

Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018, dancer.

Sackett, Paul, dancer.

Ludlow, Conrad, dancer.

Frohlich, Jean Pierre, dancer.

Arshansky, Michael, dancer.

Magallanes, Nicholas, dancer.

Jillana, dancer.

Govrin, Gloria, dancer.

Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-2018, dancer.

Neary, Patricia, dancer.

Stowell, Kent, dancer.

Schorer, Suki, dancer.

Prinz, John, dancer.

Leland, Sara, 1941- dancer.

Mazzo, Kay, dancer.

Sumner, Carol, 1940- dancer.

Ohman, Frank, dancer.

Rodham, Robert, 1939-1988, dancer.

Sieveling, Earle, dancer.

McBride, Patricia, 1942- dancer.

Neary, Colleen, dancer.

Moncion, Francisco, dancer.

Morris, Marnee, dancer.

Paul, Mimi, dancer.

Blum, Anthony, 1938- dancer.

Nabokov, Nicolas, 1903-1978. Composer

Francés, Esteban. Set designer

Francés, Esteban. Costume designer

Francés, Esteban. Lighting designer

Irving, Robert, 1913-1991. Conductor

New York City Ballet.

Balanchine, George. Don Quixote.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-2996

*MGZHB 12-2699 additional 16mm copy shelved offsite as *MGZIDVD 5-2996 F.V.C.