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New York City Ballet [and] Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

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Title

New York City Ballet [and] Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

Collection

Ann Barzel Video Archive

Names

Moncion, Francisco (Dancer)
Barnett, Robert (Dancer)
Wilde, Patricia, 1928- (Dancer)
Le Clercq, Tanaquil (Dancer)
Tallchief, Maria (Dancer)
Magallanes, Nicholas (Dancer)
Rapp, Richard (Dancer)
Fallis, Barbara (Dancer)
Kent, Allegra (Dancer)
Bolender, Todd (Dancer)
Reed, Janet, 1916-2000 (Dancer)
Bliss, Herbert, 1923-1960 (Dancer)
Adams, Diana (Dancer)
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Dancer)
Paul, Mimi (Dancer)
Mitchell, Arthur, 1934- (Dancer)
Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- (Dancer)
Ludlow, Conrad (Dancer)
Chauviré, Yvette, 1917-2016 (Dancer)
Tupine, Oleg (Dancer)
Howard, Alan, 1930- (Dancer)
Chouteau, Yvonne (Dancer)
Borowska, Irina (Dancer)
Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 (Dancer)
Slavin, Eugene (Dancer)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Romanoff, Boris, 1891-1957 (Choreographer)
Robbins, Jerome (Choreographer)
Barzel, Ann (Cinematographer)
Gsovsky, Victor, 1902-1974 (Choreographer)
New York City Ballet (Dancer)
Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1950 - 1966

Table Of Contents

Excerpts from: The nutcracker (approx. 17 min., b&w and color). Chor: George Balanchine after Ivanov. Filmed at Chicago Opera House in 1956 (first 13 min.) and 1957. 1956 cast includes Francisco Moncion (Coffee), Robert Barnett (Candy canes), Patricia Wilde (Mirlitons), Tanaquil Le Clercq (Dewdrop), Maria Tallchief (Sugar Plum Fairy), Nicholas Magallanes (her cavalier), others. 1957 cast includes Richard Rapp (Candy canes), Barbara Fallis (Mirlitons), Allegra Kent (Dewdrop), others. -- Interplay (approx. 2 min., b&w). Chor: Jerome Robbins. Filmed at Chicago Opera House (?), 1954. Perf. by Todd Bolender (horse-play), Janet Reed and Herbert Bliss (by-play), others. -- Swan lake (approx. 5 min., b&w). Chor: Balanchine after Ivanov. Filmed at Chicago Opera House (?), 1957. Perf. by Diana Adams (Odette), Magallanes (Siegfried), Barbara Fallis (pas de neuf), others. -- The four temperaments (approx. 1 min., b&w). Chor: Balanchine. Filmed at the Ravinia Festival (?), 1963. Perf. by Jacques d'Amboise (Melancholic), Rapp (Phlegmatic), others. -- Bugaku (approx. 3 min., b&w). Filmed at the Ravinia Festival (?), 1963. Perf. by Mimi Paul, Arthur Mitchell, others. -- Agon (approx. 4 min., b&w). Chor: Balanchine. Filmed at the Ravinia Festival (?), 1966. Perf. by Patricia Neary, Carole Sumner, Anthony Blum (first pas de trois); Gloria Govrin, Rapp, Earle Sieveling (second pas de trois); Suzanne Farrell, Conrad Ludlow (pas de deux); others. -- Nocturne (approx. 10 min., b&w). Chor: Victor Gsovsky. Three (?) performances, filmed at Chicago Opera House, 1950. Perf. by Yvette Chauviré (She), Gerard Leavitt (He), Oleg Tupine (the other man), others -- Pas de trois classique (approx. 3 min., color). Filmed in 1957, location not identified. Perf. by Alan Howard, Yvonne Chouteau, Irina Borowska. -- Harlequinade (approx. 2 min., color). Chor: Boris Romanoff. Filmed at Chicago Opera House, 1957. Perf. by Alicia Alonso (Columbine), Igor Youskevitch (Harlequin), Eugene Slavin (Pierrot), others. -- Coppélia: Act II (approx. 1 min., b&w). Chor: Nikolaĭ Sergeev after Petipa. Filmed at Chicago Opera House, December 1956. Cast not identified.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2866
Shelf locator: *MGZHB 12-2539

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Motion Pictures

Notes

Content: Ballet excerpts filmed in performance by Ann Barzel. The nutcracker, Interplay, Swan lake, The four temperaments, Bugaku, and Agon performed by New York City Ballet. Nocturne, Pas de trois, Harlequinade, and Coppélia: Act II performed by Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo.
Content: Balanchine's Swan Lake shows his original ideas with original costumes.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (49 min.) : silent, black and white and color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY936029859-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12174831
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4d89d050-7c17-0138-904a-00f5eeaeb1ee

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. "New York City Ballet [and] Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1950 - 1966. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d89d050-7c17-0138-904a-00f5eeaeb1ee

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1950 - 1966). New York City Ballet [and] Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d89d050-7c17-0138-904a-00f5eeaeb1ee

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "New York City Ballet [and] Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4d89d050-7c17-0138-904a-00f5eeaeb1ee

Wikipedia citation

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