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Vaganova original

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Title

Vaganova original

Collection

Mikhail Baryshnikov Video Archive

Names

Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- (Dancer)
Evteeva, Elena Viktorovna, 1947- (Dancer)
Semeni︠a︡ka, Li︠u︡dmila, 1952- (Dancer)
Sukhova (Dancer)
Pushkin, Aleksandr (Aleksandr Ivanovich), 1907-1970 (Teacher)
Vaganova, A. I͡A. (Agrippina I͡Akovlevna), 1879-1951 (Choreographer)
Kremke, Teja Knut (Cinematographer)
Leningradskoe akademicheskoe khoreograficheskoe uchilishche im. A. I͡A. Vaganovoĭ (Host)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1965 (Inferred)

Table Of Contents

Der Spitzentanz -- Ronds de jambe -- Positionen der Arme und Port de bras -- Battements -- Posen der klassischen Tanzes -- Verbindende - und hilfsbewegungen -- Touren -- Verschiedene Arten von Wendungen -- Pas battus und entrechats -- Allegro -- Die Grundlagen des klassischen pas de deux Tanzes.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 20

Subjects

Dance
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948-
Leningradskoe akademicheskoe khoreograficheskoe uchilishche im. A. I͡A. Vaganovoĭ

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance
Music
Motion Pictures
Documentary Films

Notes

Content: Title transcribed from handwritten label on videocassette.
Content: Credit information taken from translation of Russian handwritten label on videocassette.
Content: Section headings taken from frames with handwritten title cards.
Venue: Date of filming unknown. Leningrad Choreographic Institute, Leningrad, Russia.
Acquisition: Gift; Mikhail Baryshnikov, 2011.

Physical Description

Extent: 10 film reels (93 min.) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm

Abstract

Teja Knut Kremke's film of Alexander Pushkin's ballet students - including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Elena Evteeva, L︠i︡udmila Semen︠i︡aka, and [?] Sukhova - performing Agrippina Vaganova's exercises at the Leningrad Choreographic Institute. The film is broken into sections via handwritten title cards and each exercise within the section is preceded by a numbered title card. The final segment presents a mixed pair of dancers; the numbered title cards in this section are in a different font.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b19832092
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 248aa830-f871-0130-b330-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Vaganova original" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1965. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/248aa830-f871-0130-b330-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1965). Vaganova original Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/248aa830-f871-0130-b330-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Vaganova original" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/248aa830-f871-0130-b330-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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