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The National Ballet Company of Canada

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Title
The National Ballet Company of Canada
Additional title: Coppélia
Additional title: Winter night
Additional title: Coppélia (Choreographic work : Franca)
Additional title: Winter night (Choreographic work : Gore)
Names
Smith, Lois (Dancer)
Adams, David (Dancer)
Jarvis, Lilian (Dancer)
Pope, Betty (Dancer)
Kraul, Earl (Dancer)
Moller, Ray (Dancer)
Godden, Reginald, 1905-1987 (Instrumentalist)
Morse, Barry, 1918-2008 (Host)
Franca, Celia, 1921-2007 (Director)
Campbell, Norman, 1924-2004 (Producer)
Crum, George, 1926- (Dancer)
Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891 (Composer)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 (Composer)
Gore, Walter (Choreographer)
Lambert, Richard (Designer)
Ambrose, Kay (Costume designer)
National Ballet of Canada (Dancer)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Broadcaster)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1957
Place: Canada
Publisher: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Table of Contents
1. Winter night (ca. 34 min.) / choreography, Walter Gore ; music, Sergei Rachmaninoff ; danced by Lois Smith (lady in black), David Adams (the man), Lilian Jarvis (girl in white), and others ; pianist, Reginald Godden -- Coppélia: Act I (ca. 28 min.) / choreography, [Celia Franca after] Arthur Saint-Léon ; music, Léo Delibes ; danced by Betty Pope (Swanhilda), Earl Kraul (Frantz), Ray Moller (Dr. Coppélius), and others -- 2. Coppélia: Act II (ca. 29 min.).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8824
Topics
Ballet
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Television programs
Notes
Statement of responsibility: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Canada ; produced by Norman Campbell ; artistic direction by Celia Franca ; musical direction by George Crum.
Content: Accompanied by press release dated October 1957.
Content: Credits for both ballets appear at the beginning of cassette 1 and the end of cassette 2.
Creation/production credits: Design, Richard Lambert ; costumes, Kay Ambrose ; studio director, Robert Dexter.
Performers: Danced by the National Ballet of Canada.
Performers: Conductor: George Crum.
Performers: Host: Barry Morse.
Venue: Telecast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the series CBC Folio on December 19, 1957.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F2642
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b13681534
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 51563940-9303-0138-4e84-412c48161ed3
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

  • 1957: Issued
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The National Ballet Company of Canada" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1957. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b779c148-253f-4251-b8e4-67897e84ab33

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The National Ballet Company of Canada" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 28, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b779c148-253f-4251-b8e4-67897e84ab33

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1957). The National Ballet Company of Canada Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b779c148-253f-4251-b8e4-67897e84ab33

Wikipedia Citation

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The National Ballet Company of Canada