Research Catalog

Title

National Dance Institute 1989 Event of the Year, 1989-06-05.

Publication

1989.

Details

Additional Authors

• D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021
• National Dance Institute (U.S.), performer.

Description

1 streaming video file (114 min) : sound, color.

Summary

Framing story of the event is George Washington meeting his friend Marquis de Lafayette in France for dinner and a night at the theater, during which time various dance pieces are performed. During Act II, there is a retelling of the story of the Three Musketeers and the French Revolution. Shot from audience view, center stage. Mostly a wide shot, but does zoom in for detail occassionally.

Alternative Title

• Event of the Year 1989 : Meilleurs Amis (Best of Friends) - Wide Angle
• National Dance Institute Moving Image Archive.

Subjects

• Filmed performances
• Filmed dance
• Video
• Music
• Dance
• France > History > Revolution, 1789-1799
• Dance for children
• Dance in education
• Dumas, Alexandre, 1802-1870 > Trois mousquetaires
• Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert Du Motier, marquis de, 1757-1834
• Washington, George, 1732-1799

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Music.
• Video.
• Filmed dance.
• Filmed performances.

Note

• For previous day's performance shot from stage left in the audience, see *MGZIDF 4598.
• Sound is slightly low in the first 37 minutes, is better after the 37 minute mark.

Access (note)

• Patrons can access streaming video online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

System Details (note)

• Streaming video.

Source (note)

• Jacques D'Amboise

Contents

Act I, Lafayette and Washington at dinner (50 min.) -- Act II, Lafayette and Washington at the theater (55 min.) -- Closing remarks from Jacques d'Amboise and encore of the finale number (9 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIDF 4599

OCLC

955317694

Title

National Dance Institute 1989 Event of the Year, 1989-06-05.

Production

1989.

Country of Producing Entity

United States.

Type of Content

two-dimensional moving image

Type of Medium

video

computer

Type of Carrier

online resource

Performer

National Dance Institute students, performers; Jacques d'Amboise, speaker.

Event

Recorded June 5, 1989 Felt Forum - Madison Square Garden, New York City.

System Details

Streaming video.

Original Version

Original format: 1 videocassette (VHS) ; 1/2 in.

Restricted Access

Patrons can access streaming video online only on site at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Source

Gift; Jacques D'Amboise, 2012.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, speaker.

National Dance Institute (U.S.), performer.

D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934-2021, donor.

Added Title

National Dance Institute Moving Image Archive.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDF 4599