A midsummer night's dream [Close shot]

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Title

A midsummer night's dream [Close shot]

Collection

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

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Kistler, Darci, 1964- (Dancer)
Horiuchi, Gen (Dancer)
Byars, Michael (Dancer)
Alexopoulos, Helene (Dancer)
Tracey, Margaret (Dancer)
Houston, Kipling (Dancer)
Martins, Nilas (Dancer)
Whelan, Wendy (Dancer)
Stevens, Gordon, 1966- (Dancer)
Lyon, Robert, 1968- (Dancer)
Savoye, Sean (Dancer)
Killian, Katrina (Dancer)
Lopez, Lourdes (Dancer)
Soto, Jock (Dancer)
Balsiger, Elaine (Singer)
Hart, Mary Ann (Singer)
Kaplow, Maurice (Conductor)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 (Composer)
Hays, David, 1930- (Set designer)
Karinska, Barbara (Costume designer)
Bates, Ronald (Lighting designer)
Stanley, Mark (Lighting designer)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author)
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: 1993-05-30

Table Of Contents

Reel 1. Act I (ca. 56 min.), a forest near Athens, on Midsummer Eve / performed by Darci Kistler (Titania) ; Gen Horiuchi (Oberon) ; Michael Byars (Puck) ; Helene Alexopoulos (Helena) ; Margaret Tracey (Hermia) ; Kipling Houston (Lysander) ; Nilas Martins (Demetrius) ; Wendy Whelan (Hippolyta) ; Gordon Stevens (Theseus) ; Robert Lyon (Titania's cavalier) ; Sean Savoye (Bottom) ; Katrina Killian (butterfly) ; with Amanda Edge, Isabel Kimmel, Elizabeth Walker, Miranda Weese, and children's ensemble (butterflies) ; four children (Oberon's pages) ; Ann-Elizabeth Ostrager (Titania's page) ; Charles Anderson, James Fayette, William Otto, Todd Williams (Bottom's companions) ; Sant'gria Bello, Andrew Robertson, Jian Wang, John Winfield (courtiers to Theseus) ; Jade Adams, Aura Dixon, Wendy Drapala, Tatiana Garcia-Stefanovich, Lydia Harmsen, Dana Hanson, Heather Hawk, Dena Kinstlinger, Margo Krody, Rebecca Metzger, Jennifer Tinsley, Melissa Walter (Titania's retinue) ; children's ensemble (Oberon's kingdom: butterflies and fairies) ; Samantha Allen, Heather Hawk, Dena Kinstlinger, Anna Liceica, Zoe Mackler, Pascale van Kipnis (Hippolyta's hounds). |||| Reel 2. Act I, continued (ca. 13 min.). |||| Act II (ca. 32 min.), at the court of Theseus in Athens / performed by Kistler, Horiuchi, Byars, Alexopoulos, Tracey, Houston, Martins, Whelan, and Stevens (same roles as in cassette 1) ; Allen, Drapala, Edge, Garcia-Stefanovich, Michele Gifford, Hanson, Harmsen, Hawk, Kimmel, Kinstlinger, Liceica, Mackler, Janey McGeary, Metzger, Tinsley, van Kipnis, Walker, Weese, Anderson, Bello, Fayette, Alexander Ritter, Robertson, Wang, Robert Wersinger, and Winfield (courtiers) ; Lourdes Lopez and Jock Soto, with Yvonne Borree, Zippora Karz, Sherri LeBlanc, Andrea Long, Miriam Mahdaviani, Catherine Ryan, Sant'gria Bello, Arch Higgins, Russell Kaiser, Peter Naumann, Bruce Padgett, Runsheng Ying (divertissement) ; and others.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4320B

Subjects

Balanchine, George
New York City Ballet
Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)
Ballet
Child dancers
Literature and dance

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music, Felix Mendelssohn.
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, David Hays ; costumes, Karinska ; original lighting, Ronald Bates ; lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performers: Performed by New York City Ballet.
Performers: Conductor: Maurice Kaplow.
Performers: Singers: Elaine Balsiger (soprano), Mary Ann Hart (mezzo-soprano), and Betty Baisch, Linda Eckard, Brenda Fairaday, Elisabeth Franklin, Joan Fuerstman, Fay Kittelson, Natasha Lutov, and Lois Winter.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on May 30, 1993 (matinee), during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Jay Millard. Close shot version ; for wide shot, see *MGZIC 9-4320A.
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: 2 videocassettes (U-matic SP) (101 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Ballet in two acts and six scenes, based on the play by William Shakespeare.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176536
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3cec5fe0-f87b-0130-42f7-3c075448cc4b

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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