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- Description
- 1 streaming video file (15 min.) : si., b&w.
- Summary
- Performance excerpts from Acts II and III, some shot in slow motion. The prince's variation in the grand pas de deux was actually danced twice by Nureyev at this performance, at the demand of the audience.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Series Statement
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Uniform Title
- Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Helpmann after Petipa, M)
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Motion pictures.
- Video.
- Note
- Accompanied by data sheet.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Credits (note)
- Scenario based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault ; scenery and costumes, Raymundo de Larrain.
- Performer (note)
- Rudolf Nureyev (Prince Florimund) ; possibly with Nina Vyroubova (Princess Aurora), Serge Golovine (the Bluebird) and others.
- Event (note)
- Filmed in performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, in June (?) 1961.
- Contents
- Act II, Scene 1, The vision / includes a variation danced by Nureyev -- Scene 2, The forest / includes a variation danced by Nureyev, as well as glimpses of Princess Aurora -- Scene 3, The awakening.
- Act III, The wedding / includes excerpts from Le marchand et le pierres precieuses, danced by a man and four women ; excerpts from the adagio, male variation and coda of the Bluebird pas de deux ; excerpts from the adagio of the grand pas de deux ; two repetitions of the prince's variation, danced by Nureyev ; and a brief excerpt from the finale.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDF 10140
- OCLC
- NYPY01-F652
- Title
The sleeping beauty [excerpts] [electronic resource] / [presented by] the International Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas ; choreography by Robert Helpmann after Marius Petipa.
- Imprint
1961.
- Series
Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Event
Filmed in performance at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, Paris, in June (?) 1961.
- Credits
Scenario based on the fairy tale by Charles Perrault ; scenery and costumes, Raymundo de Larrain.
- Performer
Danced by Rudolf Nureyev with the International Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas.
- Cast
Rudolf Nureyev (Prince Florimund) ; possibly with Nina Vyroubova (Princess Aurora), Serge Golovine (the Bluebird) and others.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIA 4-4190 RNC.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.
Helpmann, Robert, Sir, 1909-1986, choreographer.
Larrain, Raymundo de. Costume designer. Designer
International Ballet of the Marquis de Cuevas.
- Added Title
Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Helpmann after Petipa, M)
- Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 10140
*MGZHB 6-2674 RNC Additional copy ; 1 film reel (390 ft.) 16mm. In storage; use *MGZIA 4-4190 RNC