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New York City Ballet

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The Michael Truppin Video Archive

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New York City Ballet

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Title
New York City Ballet
Additional title: Agon (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Additional title: Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine after Ivanov)
Names
Truppin, Michael (Photographer)
Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- (Dancer)
Govrin, Gloria (Dancer)
Blum, Anthony, 1938- (Dancer)
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- (Dancer)
Kent, Allegra (Dancer)
Ludlow, Conrad (Dancer)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Karinska, Barbara (Costume designer)
Truppin, Michael (Cinematographer)
Lepercq, Paul Adolphe, 1922- (Funder)
New York City Ballet (Dancer)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)
Collection

The Michael Truppin Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1964
Date Created: 1966-01-05
Table of Contents
Agon [excerpts] (ca. 15 min.) / filmed ca. 1964 ; choreography, George Balanchine, to music by Igor Stravinsky ; danced by Suzanne Farrell, Gloria Govrin, Anthony Blum, Arthur Mitchell, and ensemble. First pas de trois danced by Blum and two women ; second pas de trois danced by Govrin and two men ; pas de deux danced by Farrell and Mitchell -- The nutcracker: Act II, pas de deux [excerpt] (ca. 7 min.) / filmed on January 5, 1966 ; choreography, George Balanchine, to music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; scenery and lighting, Rouben Ter-Arutunian ; costumes, Karinska ; danced by Allegra Kent (Sugar Plum Fairy) and Conrad Ludlow (her Cavalier). The ending is filmed twice.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9395
Topics
Ballet -- Excerpts
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Motion pictures
Notes
Statement of responsibility: photographed by Michael Truppin.
Content: Title for The nutcracker from information on original film can.
Content: Silent films originally photographed ca. 1964 and in 1969 ; compiled and transferred to videotape with titles added in 1995 by the Dance Collection.
Performers: Danced by New York City Ballet.
Venue: Filmed in performance at New York State Theater, New York, ca. 1964 and 1966 (see below).
Funding: Preservation of these films photographed by Dr. Michael Truppin was made possible through the cooperation of Andrea Truppin, Nicola Truppin, Dr. Ada Truppin, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library, with the support of Paul Lepercq.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (29 min.) : silent, color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F77
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12523481
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 184fe260-9171-0138-aea5-0531fb206667
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1964: Created (Approximate)
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "New York City Ballet" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1964 - 1966. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1c76624a-5fef-42e5-9219-532d718d8709

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "New York City Ballet" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 22, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1c76624a-5fef-42e5-9219-532d718d8709

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1964 - 1966). New York City Ballet Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/1c76624a-5fef-42e5-9219-532d718d8709

Wikipedia Citation

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New York City Ballet