Erik Bruhn documentary [and] Royal Danish Ballet's La Sylphide

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Title

Erik Bruhn documentary [and] Royal Danish Ballet's La Sylphide

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986 (Speaker)
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986 (Dancer)
Fracci, Carla (Dancer)
Simone, Kirsten (Dancer)
Ryberg, Flemming (Dancer)
Lander, Toni (Dancer)
Flindt, Flemming (Dancer)
Herbert, Henrik (Cinematographer)
Spain, Tom (Cinematographer)
Hansen, Peter (Sound designer)
Gleason, Ed (Sound designer)
Grimm, Thomas, 1942- (Producer)
Bournonville, August, 1805-1879 (Choreographer)
Løvenskiold, Herman Severin, 1815-1870 (Composer)
Schanne, Margrethe, 1921- (Dancer)
Gelker, Vivi (Dancer)
Segerskog, Viveka (Dancer)
Enevoldsen, Elisabeth (Dancer)
Larsen, Niels Bjørn, 1913-2003 (Dancer)
Noack, Kjeld (Dancer)
Kongelige Danske ballet (Performer)
Kongelige Teater (Denmark) (Presenter)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1977

Table Of Contents

Erik Bruhn documentary (1977) (73 min.) / cinematographer, Henrik Herbert and Tom Spain ; sound, Peter Chr. Hansen and Ed Gleason ; producer, Thomas Grimm ; speakers, Erik Bruhn, Ebbe Mørk (critic), Svend Kragh-Jacobsen (critic), Mikhail Baryshnikov (dancer), Rudolf Nureyev (dancer), Elvi Henriksen (pianist), Susse Wold (dancer), Bent Mejding (actor) and Ballet students from the Royal Danish Theatre. |||| Sylphide (Sylfiden) (1966) (62 min.) / choreography, August Bournonville ; music, Herman Løvensjold ; dancers, Margrethe Schanne (The Sylphide), Vivi Gelker (Anna, a widow), Flemming Flindt (James, her son), Viveka Segerskog (Effy, her niece, James' bride), Elisabeth Enevoldsen (Nancy, Effy's friend), Niels Bjørn Larsen and Kjeld Noack.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 3773

Subjects

Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986
Kongelige Danske ballet
American Ballet Theatre
Løvenskiold, Herman Severin, 1815-1870 -- Sylphiden

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Motion Pictures
Documentary Films

Notes

Content: Title from original videocassette label ; additional credit information from Sylphide's spoken opening credits and Dance Division's *MGZB Schanne, Margrethe.
Content: Dance footage in Erik Bruhn documentary includes: Don Quixote (Petipa), Swan Lake (Petipa), Petrushka (American Ballet Theatre rehearsal), Giselle (Coralli) with Carla Fracci, Sleeping Beauty (Petipa), Sylphide rehearsal with Flemming Ryberg, Sylphide (Bournonville) with Kirsten Simone, Carmen (Roland Petit) with Kirsten Simone, teaching Swedish Opera Ballet class, Etudes (Lander) with Toni Lander, Flemming Flindt and Royal Danish Ballet.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Royal Danish Theatre, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1966.
Acquisition: Gift; Robert Greskovic; 2012.
Language: In Danish and English ; with some Danish subtitles.
Content: You may experience playback issues with this item.Trying an alternate quality version (e.g., high, low) may resolve viewing issues.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (134 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

In the Erik Bruhn documentary, he discusses (in Danish) his background, dance career with the Royal Danish Ballet, and his life in New York City with American Ballet Theatre.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: 904051677
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20537943
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 6ff7bf70-4aa5-0133-0aec-60f81dd2b63c

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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