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Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

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George Balanchine Celebration

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Title
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue [Close shot]
Additional title: Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
La Fosse, Robert (Dancer)
Calegari, Maria (Dancer)
Lyon, Robert, 1968- (Dancer)
Kaiser, Russell (Dancer)
Naumann, Peter Carl (Dancer)
Higgins, Arch (Dancer)
Gold, Tom (Dancer)
Wersinger, Robert (Dancer)
Williams, Todd R. (Dancer)
Padgett, Bruce (Dancer)
Proia, Alexandre (Dancer)
Kaplow, Maurice (Conductor)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976 (Set designer)
Rodgers, Richard, 1902-1979 (Composer)
Bates, Ronald (Lighting designer)
Kay, Hershy (Arranger)
Sharaff, Irene (Costume designer)
Stanley, Mark (Lighting designer)
Millard, Jay (Videographer)
New York City Ballet (Performer)
George Balanchine Trust (Associated name)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

George Balanchine Celebration

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1993-05-09
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4271B
Topics
Balanchine, George
New York City Ballet
Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)
Ballet
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music, Richard Rodgers (from the musical On your toes), re-orchestrated by Hershy Kay.
Content: Recording made possible by the cooperation of New York City Ballet, The George Balanchine Trust, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Creation/production credits: Scenery, Jo Mielziner ; costumes, Irene Sharaff ; original lighting, Ronald Bates ; lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performers: Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on May 9, 1993 (evening), during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Jay Millard. Close shot version ; for wide shot, see *MGZIC 9-4271A.
Performers: Performed by New York City Ballet: Robert La Fosse (hoofer); Maria Calegari (strip tease girl); Robert Lyon (big boss); Russell Kaiser and Peter Naumann (bartenders); Arch Higgins (thug); Tom Gold, Robert Wersinger, and Todd Williams (policemen); Bruce Padgett (Morrosine, premier danseur noble); Alexandre Proia (gangster); Jade Adams, Tatiana Garcia-Stefanovich, Janey McGeary, Jennifer Tinsley, Melissa Walter (ladies of the ballet); Charles Anderson, Sant'gria Bello, James Fayette, Andrew Robertson (gentlemen of the ballet). At the climax of the ballet, this recording focuses on the gangster's actions in his stage box. For a recording depicting the hoofer's solo onstage, see *MGZIC 9-4257 Slaughter on Tenth Avenue [Close shot].
Performers: Conductor: Maurice Kaplow.
Funding: Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic SP) (30 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12175891
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): b69c1e50-f87d-0130-71da-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1993: Created
  • 2016: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
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MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue [Close shot]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b80a7210-f87d-0130-98c2-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue [Close shot]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 11, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b80a7210-f87d-0130-98c2-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1993). Slaughter on Tenth Avenue [Close shot] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/b80a7210-f87d-0130-98c2-3c075448cc4b

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Slaughter on Tenth Avenue [Close shot]