- Additional Authors
- Description
- 1 streaming video file (NTSC) (95 min.) : si., b&w
- Series Statement
- Victor Jessen Collection
- Uniform Title
- Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)
- Genre/Form
- Note
- Complete work; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera location.
- Credits partially from book entitled, Without permission by Victor Jessen.
- Access (note)
- Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Credits (note)
- Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
- Event (note)
- Filmed during multiple performances possibly in the early 1950s.
- Funding (note)
- Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.
- System Details (note)
- Streaming video, transferred from 16mm reversal print via Digital Betacam cassettes.
- Biography (note)
- This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout several theaters.
- Call Number
- *MGZHB 8-1972
- OCLC
- 367617095
- Title
Les sylphides [electronic resource] / choreography, Michel Fokine ; music by [Frédéric] Chopin ; [performed by Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and Ballet Theatre].
- Imprint
[195-?]
- Series
Victor Jessen Collection
- System Details
Streaming video, transferred from 16mm reversal print via Digital Betacam cassettes.
- Performer
Danced by several different casts from the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo and/or Ballet Theatre; one cast possibly with John Kriza and Alicia Alonso.
- Credits
Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
- Event
Filmed during multiple performances possibly in the early 1950s.
- Funding
Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.
- Biography
This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout several theaters.
- Restricted Access
Patrons can access streaming video file online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.
- Local Note
Former call number: *MGZIDVD 5-4937
Additional copy: *MGZHB 8-1972; 16mm (4 reels, 2400 ft.). This print is stored for preservation. Use *MGZIDF 1693 instead.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.
Kriza, John, dancer.
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, dancer.
Jessen, Victor, cinematographer.
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation. Funder
- Added Title
Sylphides (Choreographic work : Fokin)
- Research Call Number
*MGZHB 8-1972
*MGZIDF 1693