The four temperaments [Close shot]
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Title
The four temperaments [Close shot]
Collection
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation
George Balanchine Celebration
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Karz, Zippora (Dancer)
Huys, Ben (Dancer)
Calvert, Stacey (Dancer)
Naumann, Peter Carl (Dancer)
Tracey, Kathleen, 1969- (Dancer)
Martins, Nilas (Dancer)
Boal, Peter (Dancer)
Whelan, Wendy (Dancer)
Soto, Jock (Dancer)
Lüders, Adam. (Dancer)
White, Diana (Dancer)
Grant, Cameron, 1951- (Instrumentalist)
Boelzner, Gordon (Conductor)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Hindemith, Paul, 1895-1963 (Composer)
Stanley, Mark (Lighting designer)
Millard, Jay (Videographer)
New York City Ballet (Performer)
George Balanchine Trust (Associated name)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1993-05-09
Table Of Contents
Theme / performed by: 1, Zippora Karz and Ben Huys ; 2, Stacey Calvert and Peter Naumann ; 3, Kathleen Tracey and Nilas Martins -- First variation, Melancholic / performed by Peter Boal with Andrea Long and Miriam Mahdaviani, and Samantha Allen, Michele Gifford, Dena Kinstlinger, Jennifer Tinsley -- Second variation, Sanguinic / performed by Wendy Whelan and Jock Soto, with Wendy Drapala, Isabel Kimmel, Sherri LeBlanc, Pascale van Kipnis -- Third variation, Phlegmatic / performed by Adam Lüders with Jade Adams, Dana Hanson, Melissa Walter, Deborah Wingert -- Fourth variation, Choleric / performed by Diana White and ensemble.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4267B
Subjects
Balanchine, George
New York City Ballet
Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)
Ballet
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Creation/Production Credits: [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music, Paul Hindemith.
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: Lighting, Mark Stanley ; Performed by New York City Ballet ; Piano solo: Cameron Grant ; Conductor: Gordon Boelzner.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on May 9, 1993 (matinee), during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration , by Jay Millard. Close shot version ; for wide shot, see *MGZIC 9-4267A.
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.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic SP) (37 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12175888
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 31d3abf0-e373-0130-12d9-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The four temperaments [Close shot]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/31d3abf0-e373-0130-12d9-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1993). The four temperaments [Close shot] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/31d3abf0-e373-0130-12d9-3c075448cc4b
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The four temperaments [Close shot]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 8, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/31d3abf0-e373-0130-12d9-3c075448cc4b
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