New York City Ballet
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Title
New York City Ballet
Collection
The Michael Truppin Video Archive
Names
Truppin, Michael (Photographer)
Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- (Dancer)
Govrin, Gloria (Dancer)
Blum, Anthony, 1938- (Dancer)
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- (Dancer)
Kent, Allegra (Dancer)
Ludlow, Conrad (Dancer)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Karinska, Barbara (Costume designer)
Truppin, Michael (Cinematographer)
Lepercq, Paul Adolphe, 1922- (Funder)
New York City Ballet (Dancer)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1966-01-05
Table Of Contents
Agon [excerpts] (ca. 15 min.) / filmed ca. 1964 ; choreography, George Balanchine, to music by Igor Stravinsky ; danced by Suzanne Farrell, Gloria Govrin, Anthony Blum, Arthur Mitchell, and ensemble. First pas de trois danced by Blum and two women ; second pas de trois danced by Govrin and two men ; pas de deux danced by Farrell and Mitchell -- The nutcracker: Act II, pas de deux [excerpt] (ca. 7 min.) / filmed on January 5, 1966 ; choreography, George Balanchine, to music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; scenery and lighting, Rouben Ter-Arutunian ; costumes, Karinska ; danced by Allegra Kent (Sugar Plum Fairy) and Conrad Ludlow (her Cavalier). The ending is filmed twice.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9395
Subjects
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Motion Pictures
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: photographed by Michael Truppin.
Content: Title for The nutcracker from information on original film can.
Content: Silent films originally photographed ca. 1964 and in 1969 ; compiled and transferred to videotape with titles added in 1995 by the Dance Collection.
Performers: Danced by New York City Ballet.
Venue: Filmed in performance at New York State Theater, New York, ca. 1964 and 1966 (see below).
Funding: Preservation of these films photographed by Dr. Michael Truppin was made possible through the cooperation of Andrea Truppin, Nicola Truppin, Dr. Ada Truppin, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library, with the support of Paul Lepercq.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (29 min.) : silent, color ; 1/2 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F77
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12523481
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 184fe260-9171-0138-aea5-0531fb206667
Rights
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "New York City Ballet" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1964. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/184fe260-9171-0138-aea5-0531fb206667
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1964). New York City Ballet Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/184fe260-9171-0138-aea5-0531fb206667
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "New York City Ballet" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/184fe260-9171-0138-aea5-0531fb206667
Wikipedia citation
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