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Paganini excerpts

Title
Paganini [electronic resource] : excerpts / choreography by [Michel] Fokine ; music by [Sergei] Rachmaninoff ; [performed by Original Ballet Russe].
Publication
[1946?]

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Details

Additional Authors
  • Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
  • Moulin, Geneviève
  • Rostoff, Dimitri
  • Dokoudovsky, Vladimir
  • Soudeikine, Serge.
  • Jessen, Victor.
  • Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil.
Description
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (13 min.) : si., b&w
Series Statement
Victor Jessen Collection
Uniform Title
Paganini (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
Note
  • Poor visual quality; dark, grainy (Scene I).
  • Miscellaneous sections; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera locations.
  • 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)
  • Music, Sergei Rakhmaninov (Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini); scenery & costumes, Serge Soudeikine.
  • Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Event (note)
  • Filmed during multiple performances probably during the revival season of 1946-47.
Funding (note)
  • Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas 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 the theater.
Contents
Scene I (ca. 3 min.) -- Scene II (ca. 3 min.) -- Scene III (ca. 4 min.).
Call Number
*MGZIDF 1697
OCLC
388032635
Title
Paganini [electronic resource] : excerpts / choreography by [Michel] Fokine ; music by [Sergei] Rachmaninoff ; [performed by Original Ballet Russe].
Imprint
[1946?]
Series
Victor Jessen Collection
System Details
Streaming video, transferred from 16mm reversal print via Digital Betacam cassettes.
Credits
Music, Sergei Rakhmaninov (Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini); scenery & costumes, Serge Soudeikine.
Performer
Possibly performed by Genevieve Moulin, Dimitri Rostoff and/or Vladimir Dokoudovsky and members of the Original Ballet Russe.
Credits
Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Event
Filmed during multiple performances probably during the revival season of 1946-47.
Funding
Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Biography
This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout the theater.
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 5-4946
*MGZHB 4-1962, additional copy; 16mm (1 reel, 335 ft.). This print is stored for preservation. Use *MGZIDF 1697 instead.
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Added Author
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942, choreographer.
Moulin, Geneviève, dancer.
Rostoff, Dimitri, dancer.
Dokoudovsky, Vladimir, dancer.
Soudeikine, Serge. Set designer
Soudeikine, Serge. Costume designer
Jessen, Victor. Cinematographer
Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil.
Added Title
Paganini (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDF 1697
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