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The National Ballet Company of Canada

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Title

The National Ballet Company of Canada

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

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

Ballet

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

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY98-F2642
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b13681534
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 51563940-9303-0138-4e84-412c48161ed3

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

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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