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Swan lake [Close shot]

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Title

Swan lake [Close shot]

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation
George Balanchine Celebration

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Nichols, Kyra (Dancer)
Fischer, Lindsay (Dancer)
Karz, Zippora (Dancer)
Reyes, Teresa (Dancer)
Otto, William, 1958- (Dancer)
York, Donald (Conductor)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 (Composer)
Vaës, Alain (Designer)
Bates, Ronald (Lighting designer)
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: 1993-05-16

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4288B

Subjects

Balanchine, George
New York City Ballet
Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)
Ballet

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine after Lev Ivanov ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky.
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: Scenery and costumes, Alain Vaës ; original lighting, Ronald Bates ; lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performers: Performed by New York City Ballet: Kyra Nichols (Odette, queen of the swans) ; Lindsay Fischer (Prince Siegfried) ; Jade Adams, Samantha Allen, Emily Coates, Aura Dixon, Wendy Drapala, Amanda Edge, Jennifer Fuchs, Tatiana Garcia-Stefanovich, Michele Gifford, Pauline Golbin, Dana Hanson, Lydia Harmsen, Heather Hawk, Isabel Kimmel, Dena Kinstlinger, Sherri LeBlanc, Anna Liceica, Zoe Mackler, Deanna McBrearty, Janey McGeary, Rebecca Metzger, Catherine Ryan, Jennifer Tinsley, Pascale van Kipnis, Inmaculada Velez, Elizabeth Walker, Melissa Walter, Miranda Weese (swans) ; Sant'gria Bello, Christopher Boehmer, James Fayette, Arch Higgins, Richard Marsden, Alexander Ritter, Andrew Robertson, Jian Wang, Robert Wersinger, Todd Williams (hunters) ; William Otto (Von Rotbart, a sorcerer) ; pas de neuf performed by Zippora Karz with Adams, Dixon, Gifford, Hawk, Hanson, Kinstlinger, McGeary, and Walter ; valse bluette performed by Teresa Reyes with Allen, Coates, Golbin, Kimmel, LeBlanc, Liceica, McBrearty, Metzger, Tinsley, Walker, and Weese ; variation performed by Nichols ; valse performed by Fischer.
Performers: Conductor: Donald York.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on May 16, 1993 (evening), during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Jay Millard. Close shot version ; for wide shot, see *MGZIC 9-4288A.
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) (42 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12175949
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 37f4f7a0-e361-0130-666c-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. "Swan lake [Close shot]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37f4f7a0-e361-0130-666c-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1993). Swan lake [Close shot] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37f4f7a0-e361-0130-666c-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Swan lake [Close shot]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/37f4f7a0-e361-0130-666c-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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