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Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Zellerbach, 1977 November

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Title

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Zellerbach, 1977 November

Collection

Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo Video Archive

Names

Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 (Composer)
Minkus, L., 1826-1917 (Composer)
Pugni, Cesare, 1802-1870 (Composer)
Drigo, Riccardo, 1846-1930 (Composer)
Taylor, Natch (Costume designer)
Taylor, Natch (Artistic director)
Avrea, Shawn (Choreographer)
Anastos, Peter (Choreographer)
Anastos, Peter (Artistic director)
Anastos, Peter (Moderator)
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910 (Choreographer)
Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901 (Choreographer)
Perrot, Jules, 1810-1892 (Choreographer)
Rolling Stones (Composer)
Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo (Dancer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1977

Table Of Contents

Don Quixote (29 min.) / choreography, Peter Anastos after Petipa ; music, Ludwig Minkus ; costumes, Natch Taylor ; decor, Robert Gouge -- Pas de Quatre with questions (33 min.) / staged by Trutti Gasparinetti after Perrot ; music by Cesare Pugni ; costumes by Natch Taylor -- Sweet Sweat Suite (Sweetsweatsuitsuite) (16 min.) / choreography by Shawn Avrea ; music by The Rolling Stones ; costumes by Park Ave. Discount Centre -- Harlequinade (Pas de Deux) (9 min.) / staged by Yelena Tchernichova after Petipa ; music by Riccardo Drigo ; costumes by Natch Taylor -- Le Lac de Cygnes (Swan Lake, Act II) (Rehearsal) (24 min.) / staged by Trutti Gasparinetti, after Ivanov ; music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky ; costumes by Natch Taylor.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6604

Subjects

Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo
Parodies
Female impersonators
Dance companies -- United States

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Title from original Betamax cassette label.
Content: Poor audio (no sound during end of Q & A) ; and poor video quality (tracking problems).
Content: Credits from program located in the Dance Division's program file: *MGZB Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo [Programs].
Creation/Production Credits: Artistic directors, Peter Anastos and Natch Taylor.
Performers: Dancers, Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo.
Venue: Videotaped during performance at Zellerbach Hall, Berkeley, Calif., 1977 November.
Acquisition: Gift; Tory Dobrin, 2014.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (Betamax II) (111 min.) ; sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Question and Answer session discusses previous dance experiences, performing ballet, cities included on this tour, having toe shoes custom make for men's feet, the creation of the company, and learning to dance on pointe.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 951106817
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20972128
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 62df9710-83f7-0134-70b1-00505686a51c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Zellerbach, 1977 November" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1977. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62df9710-83f7-0134-70b1-00505686a51c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1977). Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Zellerbach, 1977 November Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62df9710-83f7-0134-70b1-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Les Ballets Trockadero de Monte Carlo: Zellerbach, 1977 November" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/62df9710-83f7-0134-70b1-00505686a51c

Wikipedia citation

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