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Title
Le spectre de la rose
Additional title: Spectre de la rose (Choreographic work : Fokine)
Names
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 (Choreographer)
Jessen, Victor (Cinematographer)
Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (Performer)
Collection

Victor Jessen Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1948 - 1959
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1707
Topics
Ballet
Jessen, Victor
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: choreography, [Michel] Fokine ; music by [Karl Maria von] Weber.
Content: Credits partially from book entitled, Without permission by Victor Jessen ; additional credits from the Dance Division's *MGZB Ballet Theatre program (Oct. 30, 1942).
Creation/production credits: Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Performers: Dancers: duet for Ballet Theatre or Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Funding: Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Content: Sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera location.
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) (5 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Description
"A young girl returning from her first ball, fatigued by the excitement of it all, falls asleep in her chair. In her dream the rose she holds in her hand comes to visit her, dances with her, kisses her, and at break of day, leaps from the casement window as she awakens dissillusioned and saddened." -- Ballet Theatre program (Oct. 30, 1942).
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18147173
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 918bb1f0-f879-0130-62a1-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1880: Creator Born
  • 1942: Creator Died
  • 1948: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Le spectre de la rose" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1948 - 1959. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92527d60-f879-0130-a756-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Le spectre de la rose" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92527d60-f879-0130-a756-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1948 - 1959). Le spectre de la rose Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/92527d60-f879-0130-a756-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Le spectre de la rose