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Four temperaments (Motion picture)

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New York City Ballet Video Archive

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Four temperaments (Motion picture)

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Title
Four temperaments (Motion picture)
Additional title: Four temperaments (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Names
Tompkins, Beatrice (Dancer)
Martínez, José, 1913?-1997 (Dancer)
Reiman, Elise (Dancer)
Christensen, Lew, 1909-1984 (Dancer)
Caccialanza, Gisella, 1914-1998 (Dancer)
Moncion, Francisco (Dancer)
Dollar, William (Dancer)
Moylan, Mary Ellen (Dancer)
Danieli, Fred (Dancer)
Le Clercq, Tanaquil (Dancer)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Ballet Society (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Collection

New York City Ballet Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1946-11-20
Table of Contents
Theme 1 / danced by Beatrice Tompkins and José Martines -- Theme 2 / danced by Elise Reiman and Lew Christensen -- Theme 3 / danced by Gisella Caccialanza and Francisco Moncion -- First variation: Melancholic / danced by William Dollar, Georgia Hiden and Rita Karlin -- Second variation: Sanguinic / danced by Mary Ellen Moylan and Fred Danieli -- Third variation : Phlegmatic (not included) - Fourth variation: Choleric / danced by Tanaquil Le Clercq and ensemble.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZHB 12-1637
Topics
Ballet
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: Choreography: George Balanchine.
Venue: Filmed at the Central High School of Needle Trades, New York, on November 20, 1946 with the original Ballet Society cast and original ending. Variation three, Phlegmatic, is omitted.
Physical Description
Film reel
Extent: 1 film reels (27 min.) : silent, black and white ; 16 mm
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY797028187-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12157719
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2c4c16c0-6455-0132-9e5d-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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  • 1946: Created
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Four temperaments (Motion picture)" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1946. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2d579130-6455-0132-bf75-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Four temperaments (Motion picture)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 22, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2d579130-6455-0132-bf75-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1946). Four temperaments (Motion picture) Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2d579130-6455-0132-bf75-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Four temperaments (Motion picture)