A midsummer night's dream [Wide shot]

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Title

A midsummer night's dream [Wide shot]

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation
George Balanchine Celebration

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Kistler, Darci, 1964- (Dancer)
Boal, Peter (Dancer)
Gold, Tom (Dancer)
Saland, Stephanie (Dancer)
Tracey, Margaret (Dancer)
Houston, Kipling (Dancer)
Proia, Alexandre (Dancer)
Reyes, Teresa (Dancer)
Zieminch, Erlends (Dancer)
Lyon, Robert, 1968- (Dancer)
Savoye, Sean (Dancer)
Killian, Katrina (Dancer)
Fugate, Judith (Dancer)
Lüders, Adam (Dancer)
Balsiger, Elaine (Singer)
Hart, Mary Ann (Singer)
Boelzner, Gordon (Conductor)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 (Composer)
Hays, David, 1930- (Set designer)
Karinska, Barbara (Costume designer)
Bates, Ronald (Lighting designer)
Stanley, Mark (Lighting designer)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author)
Millard, Jay (Videographer)
New York City Ballet (Performer)
George Balanchine Trust (Performer)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1993-05-28

Table Of Contents

Reel 1. Act I (ca. 56 min.), a forest near Athens, on Midsummer Eve / performed by Darci Kistler (Titania) ; Peter Boal (Oberon) ; Tom Gold (Puck) ; Stephanie Saland (Helena) ; Margaret Tracey (Hermia) ; Kipling Houston (Lysander) ; Alexandre Proia (Demetrius) ; Teresa Reyes (Hippolyta) ; Erlends Zieminch (Theseus) ; Robert Lyon (Titania's cavalier) ; Sean Savoye (Bottom) ; Katrina Killian (butterfly) ; with Amanda Edge, Jennifer Fuchs, Isabel Kimmel, Elizabeth Walker, and children's ensemble (butterflies) ; four children (Oberon's pages) ; Ann-Elizabeth Ostrager (Titania's page) ; Charles Anderson, James Fayette, William Otto, Todd Williams (Bottom's companions) ; Sant'gria Bello, Andrew Robertson, Jian Wang, John Winfield (courtiers to Theseus) ; Jade Adams, Aura Dixon, Wendy Drapala, Tatiana Garcia-Stefanovich, Lydia Harmsen, Dana Hanson, Heather Hawk, Dena Kinstlinger, Margo Krody, Rebecca Metzger, Jennifer Tinsley, Melissa Walter (Titania's retinue) ; children's ensemble (Oberon's kingdom: butterflies and fairies) ; Samantha Allen, Heather Hawk, Dena Kinstlinger, Anna Liceica, Zoe Mackler, Pascale van Kipnis (Hippolyta's hounds). |||| Reel 2. Act I, continued (ca. 13 min.) -- Act II (ca. 33 min.), at the court of Theseus in Athens / performed by Kistler, Boal, Gold, Saland, Tracey, Houston, Proia, Reyes, and Zieminch (same roles as in cassette 1) ; Allen, Drapala, Edge, Garcia-Stefanovich, Michele Gifford, Hanson, Harmsen, Hawk, Kimmel, Kinstlinger, Liceica, Mackler, Janey McGeary, Metzger, Tinsley, van Kipnis, Walker, Weese, Anderson, Bello, Fayette, Alexander Ritter, Robertson, Wang, Robert Wersinger, and Winfield (courtiers) ; Judith Fugate and Adam Lüders, with Yvonne Borree, Zippora Karz, Sherri LeBlanc, Andrea Long, Miriam Mahdaviani, Catherine Ryan, Arch Higgins, Russell Kaiser, Richard Marsden, Peter Naumann, Todd Williams, Runsheng Ying (divertissement) ; and others.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4315A

Subjects

Balanchine, George
New York City Ballet
Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)
Ballet
Child dancers
Literature and dance

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music, Felix Mendelssohn.
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, David Hays ; costumes, Karinska ; original lighting, Ronald Bates ; lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performers: Performed by New York City Ballet.
Performers: Conductor: Gordon Boelzner.
Performers: Singers: Elaine Balsiger (soprano), Mary Ann Hart (mezzo-soprano), and Betty Baisch, Linda Eckard, Brenda Fairaday, Elisabeth Franklin, Joan Fuerstman, Fay Kittelson, Natasha Lutov, and Lois Winter.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on May 28, 1993, during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Jay Millard. Wide shot version ; for close shot, see *MGZIC 9-4315B.
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.
Content: You may experience playback issues with this item. Trying an alternate quality version (e.g., high, low) may resolve viewing issues.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic SP) (102 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Ballet in two acts and six scenes, based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176492
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0be67c20-f878-0130-6267-3c075448cc4b

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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