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Missouri Concert Ballet

Title
Missouri Concert Ballet [videorecording].
Publication
1984.

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Additional Authors
  • Dokoudovsky, Ludmila
  • Zalewski, Antoni
  • Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
  • Nimura, Yeichi, 1897-1979
  • Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826.
  • Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961.
  • Minkus, L., 1826-1917.
  • Villa-Lobos, Heitor.
  • Barnett, Mary
  • Carney, Devon
  • Gee, Renouard
  • Kay, Lisan.
  • Missouri Concert Ballet.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (44 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
Gala benefit performance. The performance of Tropic etude was a tribute to the memory of its choreographer Yeichi Nimura, a native of Suwa, Japan. Suwa and St. Louis, Missouri, are sister cities.
Donor/Sponsor
Bequest of the Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura.
Series Statement
Yeichi and Lisan Kay Nimura Collection
Uniform Title
  • Tropic étude (Choreographic work : Nimura)
  • Don Quixote (Choreographic work). Pas de deux.
Alternative Title
  • Weber piano concerto (Choreographic work : Dokoudovsky, L)
  • Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Choreographic work : Zalewski)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Title from container.
  • No audio for bows following each number and at the end of the program. Audio begins before image for Weber Piano concerto and Tropic etude.
Credits (note)
  • Artistic direction, Ludmila Dokoudovsky and Antoni Zalewski.
Event (note)
  • Recorded in performance at Ridgway Center, Shoenberg Auditorium, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 13, 1984.
Funding (note)
  • Processing and cataloging made possible by the Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura.
System Details (note)
  • DVD, transferred from VHS videocassette.
Source (note)
  • Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura
Contents
  • Weber Piano concerto (first movement) (9 min.) / choreography, Ludmila Dokoudovsky ; music, Carl Maria von Weber ; costumes, Assia Popoff ; danced by Mary Barnett, Joy Adair Clayton, Colleen Cowie, Donna Jeffe, Lisa Wolfsberger. Music begins before image appears.
  • Tweedle Dum and Tweedle Dee (6 min.) / staged by Antoni Zalewski ; music, Percy Grainger ; costumes, Julie Jones ; danced by Philip Gardner (Tweedle Dum), Antoni Zalewski (Tweedle Dee), Yvonne Meyer (Alice).
  • Don Quixote pas de deux (10 min.) / choreography, Ludmila Dokoudovsky and Antoni Zalewski after Marius Petipa ; music, Ludwig Minkus ; costumes, Assia Popoff ; danced by Mary Barnett, Devon Carney.
  • Tropic etude (14 min.) / choreography, Yeichi Nimura, staged by Antoni Zalewski ; music, [Heitor] Villa-Lobos ; costumes, Assia Popoff ; danced by Renouard Gee (the Yin), Donna Jeffe (the Yang), with Philip Gardner, Anthony Wozniak (Earth creatures), and Angela Addison, Katherine Butler, Sarah Peek, Angela Repp, Elizabeth Weimann, Megan Weyerick (Plant creatures). Music begins before image appears.
  • Bows (5 min.) / no audio. The evening's performers are joined onstage by artistic director Ludmila Dokoudovsky and Lisan Kay Nimura, widow of Yeichi Nimura, who rises from the audience. She is visible for only a few seconds, since the audience's standing ovation blocks her from the camera's view.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5900
OCLC
682629435
Title
Missouri Concert Ballet [videorecording].
Imprint
1984.
Country of Producing Entity
United States.
Series
Yeichi and Lisan Kay Nimura Collection
System Details
DVD, transferred from VHS videocassette.
Credits
Artistic direction, Ludmila Dokoudovsky and Antoni Zalewski.
Performer
Danced by the Missouri Concert Ballet, with guest artists Devon Carney and Renouard Gee.
Event
Recorded in performance at Ridgway Center, Shoenberg Auditorium, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, Missouri, on October 13, 1984.
Funding
Processing and cataloging made possible by the Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura.
Source
Gift; Estate of Lisan Kay Nimura, Sept. 2007. NN-PD
Added Author
Dokoudovsky, Ludmila, choreographer.
Zalewski, Antoni, choreographer.
Zalewski, Antoni, dancer.
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.
Nimura, Yeichi, 1897-1979, choreographer.
Weber, Carl Maria von, 1786-1826. Composer
Grainger, Percy, 1882-1961. Composer
Minkus, L., 1826-1917. Composer
Villa-Lobos, Heitor. Composer
Barnett, Mary, dancer.
Carney, Devon, dancer.
Gee, Renouard, dancer.
Kay, Lisan. Associated name
Missouri Concert Ballet.
Added Title
Tropic étude (Choreographic work : Nimura)
Don Quixote (Choreographic work). Pas de deux.
Weber piano concerto (Choreographic work : Dokoudovsky, L)
Tweedledum and Tweedledee (Choreographic work : Zalewski)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-5900
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