The National Ballet Company of Canada
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Title
The National Ballet Company of Canada
Collection
Names
Smith, Lois (Dancer)
Adams, David (Dancer)
Jarvis, Lilian (Dancer)
Pope, Betty (Dancer)
Kraul, Earl (Dancer)
Moller, Ray (Dancer)
Godden, Reginald, 1905-1987 (Instrumentalist)
Morse, Barry, 1918-2008 (Host)
Franca, Celia, 1921-2007 (Director)
Campbell, Norman, 1924-2004 (Producer)
Crum, George, 1926- (Dancer)
Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891 (Composer)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 (Composer)
Gore, Walter (Choreographer)
Lambert, Richard (Designer)
Ambrose, Kay (Costume designer)
National Ballet of Canada (Dancer)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Broadcaster)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1957
Place: Canada
Publisher: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Table Of Contents
1. Winter night (ca. 34 min.) / choreography, Walter Gore ; music, Sergei Rachmaninoff ; danced by Lois Smith (lady in black), David Adams (the man), Lilian Jarvis (girl in white), and others ; pianist, Reginald Godden -- Coppélia: Act I (ca. 28 min.) / choreography, [Celia Franca after] Arthur Saint-Léon ; music, Léo Delibes ; danced by Betty Pope (Swanhilda), Earl Kraul (Frantz), Ray Moller (Dr. Coppélius), and others -- 2. Coppélia: Act II (ca. 29 min.).
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8824
Subjects
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Television Programs
Notes
Statement Of Responsibility: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio Canada ; produced by Norman Campbell ; artistic direction by Celia Franca ; musical direction by George Crum.
Content: Accompanied by press release dated October 1957.
Content: Credits for both ballets appear at the beginning of cassette 1 and the end of cassette 2.
Creation/Production Credits: Design, Richard Lambert ; costumes, Kay Ambrose ; studio director, Robert Dexter.
Performers: Danced by the National Ballet of Canada.
Performers: Conductor: George Crum.
Performers: Host: Barry Morse.
Venue: Telecast by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation on the series CBC Folio on December 19, 1957.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (93 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F2642
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13681534
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 51563940-9303-0138-4e84-412c48161ed3
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1957
Cite this item
MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The National Ballet Company of Canada" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1957. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51563940-9303-0138-4e84-412c48161ed3
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1957). The National Ballet Company of Canada Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51563940-9303-0138-4e84-412c48161ed3
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The National Ballet Company of Canada" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/51563940-9303-0138-4e84-412c48161ed3
Wikipedia citation
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