Richard Thomas: teaching at the New Ballet School: class

Item data

Title

Richard Thomas: teaching at the New Ballet School: class

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Thomas, Richard, 1926- (Teacher)
Alvarado, Rachel (Dancer)
Davis, Naima (Dancer)
Tuthill, Patricia (Dancer)
Yu, Ha-Chi (Dancer)
Jordan, Jason (Dancer)
Luk, Sam (Dancer)
Virolas, Jassen (Dancer)
Walton, Jesse (Dancer)
Cherry, Michael (Instrumentalist)
Millard, Jay (Videographer)
New Ballet School (New York, N.Y.) (Event place)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1991-12-06

Table Of Contents

CONTENTS: (approx. 60 min.): Barre, tendu exercises in center floor, pirouette-fouetté combination for women. -- (approx. 30 min.): Pirouette à la seconde combination for men, petit allegro, adagio, grand allegro, port de bras.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 2277
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3398 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance

Notes

Venue: Videotaped by Jay Millard for the Jerome Robbins Archive at the New Ballet School, New York, on December 6, 1991, with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Performers: Teacher: Richard Thomas. Students: Rachel Alvarado, Naima Davis, Patricia Tuthill, Ha-Chi Yu, Jason Jordan, Sam Luk, Jassen Virolas, and Jesse Walton. Pianist: Michael Cherry.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videotape reel (90 min.) : sound, color ; 1 in.

Abstract

Fifth of a series of six videotapes made as a record of Richard Thomas's method of teaching classical ballet. The first four tapes (barre, *MGZIC 9-3394; adagio, *MGZIC 9-3395; pirouettes, *MGZIC 9-3396; and allegro, *MGZIC 9-3397) focus on specific areas of the class and were specially arranged for videotaping. The fifth tape (class, *MGZIC 9-3398) follows a standard class sequence. Thomas frequently pauses to explain the principles underlying the movements he is teaching, and to reminisce about his own teachers (who included Bronislava Nijinska, Vincenzo Celli, Anatole Oboukhoff, and Anatole Vilzak) and notable dancers. In the sixth tape (*MGZIC 9-3399), Thomas is interviewed by Eliot Feld.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY936006231-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12174577
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6a67c690-8761-0135-3e30-53359b279f5a

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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