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Margot Fonteyn: Excerpts [and] The nutcracker: Excerpts [and] [Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park]

Title
Margot Fonteyn: Excerpts [and] The nutcracker: Excerpts [and] [Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park] [videorecording]
Publication
[1970-1973]

Available Online

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
  • Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993
  • Róna, Viktor, 1936-1994
  • Tcherkassky, Marianna
  • Bujones, Fernando, 1955-2005
  • Park, Merle
  • Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
  • Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
  • Eglevsky, André
  • Khachaturi︠a︡n, Aram, 1903-1978.
  • Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936.
  • Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988
  • Anisimova, Nina Aleksandrovna, 1909-
  • Royal Ballet.
  • André Eglevsky Ballet Companies.
Description
  • 1 streaming video file (39 min., 10 sec.) : sd., b&w; 3/4 in.
  • 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (39 min.) : sd., b&w ;
Donor/Sponsor
Eglevsky Collection.
Uniform Title
  • Birthday offering (Choreographic work : Ashton)
  • Gayane (Choreographic work : Anisimova)
  • Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Ashton and Sergeev, N after Petipa, M)
  • Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Eglevsky)
Note
  • Compilation of excerpts from a motion picture, a stage performance, and a telecast.
Access (note)
  • Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Contents
CONTENTS: Margot Fonteyn: Excerpts (approx. 18 min.). Excerpts from a documentary originally released as a motion picture in 1970 by Degamo Productions. Telecast in the U.S. by WNET/13 on February 25, 1974. Director/writer: Keith Money. Includes footage of Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in a dress rehearsal of Birthday offering (chor: Frederick Ashton, mus: Glazunov), supervised by Ashton; Fonteyn and Viktor Róna in the Gayane pas de deux (chor: Nina Anisimova, restaged by Nureyev; mus: Khachaturian); and Fonteyn and members of the Royal Ballet performing Aurora's entrée and the Rose adagio from The sleeping beauty: Act I (chor: Ashton and Nikolai Sergeev after Marius Petipa; mus: Tchaikovsky). -- The nutcracker: Excerpts (approx. 16 min.). Choreography: André Eglevsky (?). Music: Tchaikovsky. Recorded in performance in 1973, location unknown. Perf. by Marianna Tcherkassky, Fernando Bujones, and members of the Eglevsky Ballet Company. Includes the entrée/adagio and male variation from the Act I snow pas de deux, and the grand pas de deux and finale from Act II. -- [Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park] (approx. 5 min.). Choreography and music not identified. Romantic pas de deux, probably performed on a telecast, in costumes from Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet. Pop singer Karen Carpenter and her musical group appear at the conclusion of the dance.
Call Number
*MGZIDF 8156
OCLC
NYPY926023716-F
Title
Margot Fonteyn: Excerpts [and] The nutcracker: Excerpts [and] [Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park] [videorecording]
Imprint
[1970-1973]
Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIC 9-3335.
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Local Subject
Ballet in motion pictures. Margot Fonteyn.
Ballet in television. The nutcracker.
Ballet in television. [Rudolf Nureyev and Merle Park].
Added Author
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991, dancer.
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.
Róna, Viktor, 1936-1994, dancer.
Tcherkassky, Marianna, dancer.
Bujones, Fernando, 1955-2005, dancer.
Park, Merle, dancer.
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
Eglevsky, André, choreographer.
Khachaturi︠a︡n, Aram, 1903-1978. Composer
Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936. Composer
Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988, choreographer.
Anisimova, Nina Aleksandrovna, 1909- choreographer.
Royal Ballet.
André Eglevsky Ballet Companies.
Added Title
Birthday offering (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Gayane (Choreographic work : Anisimova)
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Ashton and Sergeev, N after Petipa, M)
Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Eglevsky)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 8156
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