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The magic of dance, part II

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
The magic of dance, part II
Additional title: Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)
Additional title: Nuit (Choreographic work : Legat, N)
Additional title: Rondino (Choreographic work : Pavlova)
Additional title: Return of springtime (Choreographic work : Skeaping)
Additional title: Giselle (Choreographic work)
Additional title: Don Quixote (Choreographic work)
Additional title: Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work)
Additional title: Petrouchka (Choreographic work : Fokin)
Additional title: Apollo (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Names
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991 (Narrator)
Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931 (Dancer)
Sleep, Wayne (Dancer)
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993 (Dancer)
Udaeta, José de (Dancer)
Morishita, Yōko, 1948- (Dancer)
Shimizu, Tetsutaro (Dancer)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 (Composer)
Rambert, Marie (Speaker)
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- (Dancer)
Kelly, Desmond (Dancer)
Lorrayne, Vyvyan (Dancer)
Sinclair, Carolyn (Dancer)
Hawkins, Matthew (Dancer)
Nye, Sue (Dancer)
Durang, John, 1768-1822 (Choreographer)
Foy, Patricia (Producer)
Guest, Ivor, 1920-2018 (Consultant)
Legat, Nikolaĭ Gustavovich, 1869-1937 (Choreographer)
Skeaping, Mary (Choreographer)
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 (Choreographer)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991 (Host)
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991 (Dancer)
Esbart Dansaire de Rubí (Dancer)
Royal Ballet (Dancer)
British Broadcasting Corporation (Production company)
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The magic of dance

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1979
Place: U.K.
Publisher: British Broadcasting Corporation
Table of Contents
Anna Pavlova's memorial service. Excerpts of Pavlova dancing The dying swan (Fokine), La nuit (N. Legat), and Rondino (Pavlova) (10 min.) / danced by Pavlova -- Children of Theater Street (film) : brief excerpt -- Flore and Zephyr : the return of springtime (4 min. excerpt) / choreography, Mary Skeaping ; music, Cesare Bossi ; performed by Carolyn Sinclair, Matthew Hawkins, and Sue Nye -- John Durang's hornpipe reconstructed (3 min.) / danced by Wayne Sleep -- Giselle, Act II excerpt (ca. 3 min.) / danced by Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev -- Zapateado (1 min.) / danced by José de Udaeta -- Jota (3 min.) / danced by Esbart Dansaire de Rubi -- Don Quixote, opening adagio (5 min.) / danced by Yoko Morishita and Tetsutaro Shimizu -- Fonteyn discusses Tchaikovsky while touring his house in Russia (4 min.) -- The sleeping beauty, excerpt (ca. 5 min.) / danced by Fonteyn and the Royal Ballet -- Marie Rambert discusses Diaghilev (2 min.) -- Petrushka, scene II (4 min.) / choreography, Michel Fokine ; music, Stravinsky ; danced by Mikhail Baryshnikov -- Apollo, pas de deux (4 min.) / choreography, George Balanchine ; music, Stravinsky ; danced by Desmond Kelly and Vyvyan Lorrayne.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7265
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-146 (former)
Topics
Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929
Durang's hornpipe (Dance)
Hornpipe (Dance)
Zapateado (Dance)
Jota (Dance)
Ballet -- History -- 20th century
Dance -- History -- 20th century
Genres
Television programs
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: BBC-TV production in association with Time-Life TV and RM Productions, Munich ; producer, Patricia Foy.
Content: Part II: The ebb and flow.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (60 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Description
Second in a six-part series that surveys the history of theatrical dance (non-chronological).
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F318
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13996251
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6604e830-7b8f-0135-a32a-45d6cc628378
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.

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  • 1991: Creator Died
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The magic of dance" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1979. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ad81ae9-4ba9-42bf-a7f8-033635da24dc

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The magic of dance" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 21, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ad81ae9-4ba9-42bf-a7f8-033635da24dc

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1979). The magic of dance Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/5ad81ae9-4ba9-42bf-a7f8-033635da24dc

Wikipedia Citation

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The magic of dance