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Title

Carnaval

Collection

Victor Jessen Video Archive

Names

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 (Choreographer)
Jessen, Victor (Cinematographer)
Boris, Ruthanna (Dancer)
Novak, Nina (Dancer)
Clare, Natalia (Dancer)
Danielian, Leon, 1920-1997 (Dancer)
Verdak, George (Dancer)
Tupine, Oleg (Dancer)
Katcharoff, Michel (Dancer)
Lindgren, Robert (Dancer)
Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924 (Scenarist)
Bakst, Léon, 1866-1924 (Costume designer)
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1948 - 1959 (Approximate)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1677

Subjects

Ballet
Jessen, Victor

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: choreography, Michel Fokine ; music by [Robert] Schumann ; [performed by Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo].
Creation/Production Credits: Credits partially from book entitled, Without permission by Victor Jessen ; additional credits from the Dance Division's *MGZB Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo program (Mar. 12, 1949).
Creation/Production Credits: Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Creation/Production Credits: Scenery and costumes by Leon Bakst ; scenery executed by Emile Bertin ; costumes executed by Mme. Karinska.
Performers: Dancers possibly include: Ruthanna Boris (Columbine), Nina Novak (Chiarina), Edwina Fontaine (Estrella), Natalia Clare (Papillon), Leon Danielian (Harlequin), George Verdak (Pierrot), Oleg Tupine, Michel Katcharoff (Pantalon), Robert Lindgren (Florestan), and members of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Venue: Possibly filmed in performance at the San Francisco Opera House.
Funding: Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Biographical/Historical: This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout the theater.
Content: Incomplete work; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera location.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (7 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18147179
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0d790900-f86f-0130-fc90-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Carnaval" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1948 - 1959. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d790900-f86f-0130-fc90-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1948 - 1959). Carnaval Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d790900-f86f-0130-fc90-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Carnaval" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d790900-f86f-0130-fc90-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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