Prince Igor: Polovtsian dances from the opera "Prince Igor"

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Title
Prince Igor: Polovtsian dances from the opera "Prince Igor"
Additional title: Polovtsian dances
Additional title: Polovetskian dances
Additional title: Prince Igor (Choreographic work : after Fokine)
Names
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 (Choreographer)
Roerich, Nicholas, 1874-1947 (Set designer)
Roerich, Nicholas, 1874-1947 (Costume designer)
Jessen, Victor (Cinematographer)
Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil (Performer)
Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirʹevich, 1833-1887 (Composer)
Collection

Victor Jessen Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1946 (Questionable)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1700
Topics
Ballet
Jessen, Victor
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: choreography after Michel Fokine ; music by [Aleksandr] Borodin ; [performed by Original Ballet Russe].
Creation/production credits: Credits partially from book entitled Without permission, by Victor Jessen.
Creation/production credits: Scenery & costumes, Nikolaĭ Roerich.
Creation/production credits: Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Performers: Danced by members of the Original Ballet Russe.
Venue: 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.
Content: Miscellaneous sections; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera locations.
Biographical/historical: This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout the theater.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (27 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18067184
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a0dfb8e0-f86f-0130-2cbe-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1880: Creator Born
  • 1942: Creator Died
  • 1946: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Prince Igor" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1946. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a1cfe4a0-f86f-0130-745b-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Prince Igor" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 23, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a1cfe4a0-f86f-0130-745b-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1946). Prince Igor Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a1cfe4a0-f86f-0130-745b-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Prince Igor