Le train bleu: edited version

Item data

Title

Le train bleu: edited version

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Taylor, Jill (Dancer)
Lowe, Michael (Dancer)
Rudisill, Abra (Dancer)
Schwennesen, Don (Dancer)
Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972 (Choreographer)
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 (Restager)
Ries, Frank W. D. (Frank William David), 1950- (Restager)
Nijinska, Irina (Restager)
Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974 (Composer)
Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963 (Librettist)
Laurens, Henri, 1885-1954 (Designer)
Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973 (Designer)
Chanel, Coco, 1883-1971 (Costume designer)
Klemm, Robert (Lighting designer)
Millard, Jay (Videographer)
Oakland Ballet Company (Performer)
Nijinska, Irina (Director)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1990-10-25

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2237
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2497 (former)

Subjects

Rehearsals

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Venue: English title: The blue train. Subtitled Operette dansée in one act. Videotaped in dress rehearsal for the Jerome Robbins Archive at Zellerbach Auditorium, the University of California, Berkeley, on October 25, 1990, by Jay Millard, with the assistance of grants from the New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment on the Arts.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography: Bronislava Nijinska. Preliminary reconstruction by Sir Anton Dolin and Frank W. D. Ries. Reconstructed, staged and directed by Irina Nijinska and Ries. Music: Darius Milhaud. Libretto: Jean Cocteau. Scenery/curtain: Realized by Ron Steger after the original décor by Henri Laurens and original curtain by Pablo Picasso. Costumes: Realized and constructed by Mario Alonzo and Dale Foster after original designs by Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel. Lighting: Robert Klemm.
Creation/Production Credits: Performed by the Oakland Ballet: Jill Taylor (a tennis champion), Abra Rudisill (Perlouse), Michael Lowe (Beau Gosse), Don Schwennesen (the golfer), with Lorelei Begany, Cynthia Chin, Natalia Eremina, Jeannene Fogel, Kim Gardner, Joy Gim, Karen Jones, Jenna McClintock, Lara Peggs, Marisa Ritter, and Joyce Yagerline (les poules), and Mario Alonzo, Norman Burnett, Gregg Engle, John Lanch, Nathan Hansen-Plount, Michael Ryan, Joral Schmalle, Carlo Sierras, Omar Shabazz, Ron Thiele, and Shigeo Watanabe (les gigolos). Oakland East Bay Symphony, guest conductor Jean-Louis Le Roux.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videotape reel (35 min.) : sound, color ; 1 in.

Abstract

Rehearsal tape; includes interruptions, intermittent remarks by the conductor, and trouble with the door of the cabana on stage left. For a split-screen version of this recording, see: *MGZIC 9-2498.

Languages

French

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY916018131-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12169937
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4c9b7070-8761-0135-6858-3390a996502c

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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