Les enfants de la danse

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Title

Les enfants de la danse

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

Bessy, Claude, 1932- (Host)
Vaussard, Christiane 1923-2011 (Choreographer)
Loudières, Monique (Dancer)
Blaise, Michelle (Teacher)
Chauviré, Yvette, 1917- (Interviewee)
Bozzoni, Max 1917-2003 (Teacher)
Dupond, Patrick, 1959- (Dancer)
Golovine, Serge, 1924-1998 (Teacher)
Klementieff, Olivier (Interviewee)
Bras, Jean-Louis (Interviewee)
Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 (Choreographer)
Skibine, George, 1920-1981 (Choreographer)
Sanders, Dirk (Director)
Opéra de Paris. Ecole de danse (Dancer)
Opéra de Paris. Ballet (Dancer)
Vaussard, Christiane 1923-2011 (Teacher)
Bessy, Claude, 1932- (Interviewer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1988

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: Teachers spotlighted in demonstration classes are Christiane Vaussard (women's ballet technique), Michelle Blaise (French folk dancing), Max Bozzoni (partnering), and Serge Golovine (men's ballet technique). Paris Opéra Ballet dancers Monique Loudières and Patrick Dupond perform variations, demonstrate steps, and converse with Bessy and students. Bessy interviews legendary ballerina Yvette Chauviré, régisseur Olivier Klementieff, and former dancer Jean-Louis Bras. Dance excerpts portray Loudières in a variation from La favorite (chor: Vaussard; mus: Donizetti), Chauviré in The dying swan (b&w) (chor: Fokine, mus: Saint-Saëns), Bessy in Daphnis and Chloe (chor: Skibine, mus: Ravel) and Spirale (chor: Bessy), Dupond in a variation from Paquita (chor: Bessy, mus: Minkus), and Golovine in Le spectre de la rose (b&w) (chor: Fokine, mus: Weber).

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2755
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3377 cassette 2 (former)

Subjects

Opéra de Paris. Ecole de danse
Dance -- Study and teaching
Ballet -- France -- History

Genres

Filmed Dance
Motion Pictures
Documentary Films
Interviews

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: Co-produced by La Sept, Antenne 2, and Telmondis, with the participation of NHK Enterprises. Director: Dirk Sanders.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a donation from Lynn Garafola.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (57 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 3/4 in.

Abstract

Four-part series on the École du Ballet de l'Opéra de Paris, hosted by its director, Claude Bessy. In addition to the school's teachers and students, the series depicts past and present principal dancers of the Paris Opéra Ballet, people in dance-related professions, and French dance luminaries. Interviews, performances, and demonstration classes provide a multifaceted view of the school's activities and achievements. The rest of the videos in this series can be found at *MGZIDF 2754, *MGZIDF 2756, and *MGZIDF 2757.

Languages

French

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12172392
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5c050e00-9e84-0132-7ef5-3c075448cc4b

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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