Graduation ball

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Title

Graduation ball

Collection

Victor Jessen Video Archive

Names

Lichine, David (Choreographer)
Jessen, Victor (Cinematographer)
Kriza, John (Dancer)
Alonso, Alicia, 1921- (Dancer)
Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation (Funder)
Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1954 (Questionable)

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1685

Subjects

Ballet
Jessen, Victor

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: choreography, David Lichine ; music by Johann Strauss ; performed by Ballet Theatre.
Content: Completed work; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera location.
Creation/Production Credits: Credits from book entitled, Without permission by Victor Jessen.
Creation/Production Credits: Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Performers: Cast includes: John Kriza, Alicia Alonzo and members of Ballet Theatre.
Venue: Filmed during multiple performances possibly at the San Francisco Opera House, March 1954.
Funding: Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.
Biographical/Historical: This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout the theater.

Physical Description

Extent: 3 videocassettes (Digital Betacam) (120 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18061167
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7ab716e0-f86f-0130-909b-3c075448cc4b

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

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Graduation ball" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1954. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ab716e0-f86f-0130-909b-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1954). Graduation ball Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ab716e0-f86f-0130-909b-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Graduation ball" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7ab716e0-f86f-0130-909b-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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