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Title

Folktale

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Bournonville, August, 1805-1879 (Choreographer)
Hartmann, J. P. E. (Johan Peter Emilius), 1805-1900 (Composer)
Gade, Niels W. (Niels Wilhelm), 1817-1890 (Composer)
Cornford, Robert (Sound designer)
Rasmussen, Evald (Sound designer)
Hestlund, Erling (Videographer)
Jørgensen, René (Videographer)
Skrea, Gunnar (Videographer)
Nilsson, Henning (Videographer)
Englund, Sorella (Dancer)
Jensen, Lillian (Dancer)
Kehlet, Niels (Dancer)
Bjørnsson, Fredbjørn (Dancer)
Flindt, Vivi (Dancer)
Kronstam, Henning (Dancer)
Vikelgaard, Karin (Dancer)
Noack, Kjeld (Dancer)
Jensen, Mona (Dancer)
Poulsen, Aage, 1927- (Dancer)
Vessel, Anne-Marie (Dancer)
Weinreich, Arlette (Dancer)
Bach, Arne (Dancer)
Kongelige Teater (Denmark) (Event place)
Kongelige Danske ballet (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1977

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3772

Subjects

Gade, Niels W. (Niels Wilhelm), 1817-1890 -- Folkesagn

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: choreography, August Bournonville ; performed by Royal Danish Ballet.
Content: Title from original videocassette label.
Content: Poor video quality; possibly off-air with RF interference, very noisy signal, out of phase.
Creation/Production Credits: Music, J.P.E. Hartmann and Niels W. Gade ; sound, Robert Cornford and Evald Rasmussen ; cameras, Erling Hestlund, René Jørgensen, Gunnar Skrea, Henning Nilsson.
Performers: Dancers, Sorella Englund (Hilda), Lillian Jensen (Murl), Niels Kehlet and Fredbjørn Bjørnsson (Diderik and Viderik), Vivi Flindt (Miss Birthe), Henning Kronstam (Junker Ove), Karin Vikelgaard (Kirstine), Kjald Noack (Mr. Mogens), Mona Jensen (Cathrine), Aage Poulsen (Morten), Anne Marie Vessel (Eise), Arlette Weinreich (Dorthe), Arne Bach (peasant lad) ; Benedikte Paaske, Vibeke Roland, Lisa Stripp (three elf girls) ; Kim Thonsgård ; Annemarie Dybdal, Inge Jensen, Eva Kloborg, Anna Lærkesen, Arne Back, Flemming Ryberg, Arne Villumsen (Pas de Sept) ; Therese Boving, Lisa la Cour, Gabl Dissmann, Kit Dyring, Ingrid Glindemann, Nina Herløy, Winnie Johnsen, Mette-Ida Kirk, Lenni Kjeilsson, Lotte Langkilde, Kinda Nielsen, Liselotte Sand, Agneta Segerskog, Nina Silger, Ulla Skow, Anne Sonnerup, Eva Søemod, Kirsten Wulff, Michael Bastian, Flemming Beck, Thomas Berentzen, Erling Eliasson, René Endrup, Tommy Frishøl, Morten Hansen, Poul Erik Hesselkilde, Torben Jeppesen, Kim Nielsen, Claus Schrøder (ballet corps).
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1977.
Acquisition: Gift; Robert Greskovic; 2012.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (89 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 904051518
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20537937
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4b88cfc0-4aa5-0133-6f2d-60f81dd2b63c

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. "Folktale" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b88cfc0-4aa5-0133-6f2d-60f81dd2b63c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). Folktale Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b88cfc0-4aa5-0133-6f2d-60f81dd2b63c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Folktale" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 12, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4b88cfc0-4aa5-0133-6f2d-60f81dd2b63c

Wikipedia citation

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