Giselle
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Title
Giselle
Collection
Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Kain, Karen (Dancer)
Augustyn, Frank (Dancer)
Potts, Nadia (Dancer)
Surmeyan, Hazaros (Dancer)
Bertram, Victoria (Dancer)
Ditchburn, Ann (Dancer)
Kirby, Charles (Dancer)
Corrissen, Jacques (Dancer)
Jago, Mary (Dancer)
Maybarduk, Linda (Dancer)
Schramek, Tomas (Dancer)
Stefanschi, Sergiu (Dancer)
Wright, Peter, 1926- (Choreographer)
Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856 (Composer)
Heeley, Desmond (Set designer)
Heeley, Desmond (Costume designer)
Perrot, Jules, 1810-1892 (Choreographer)
Coralli, Eugène, 1779-1854 (Choreographer)
Franca, Celia, 1921-2007 (Adapter)
Campbell, Norman, 1924-2004 (Producer)
National Ballet of Canada (Performer)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (Broadcaster)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1976
Place: Canada
Publisher: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Date Issued: 1978-03-09
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 7282
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-212 (former)
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Creation/Production Credits: Canadian Broadcasting Corporation ; produced and directed by Norman Campbell ; choreography by Peter Wright after Jean Coralli and Jules Perrot, adapted for television by Celia Frank ; music by Adolphe Adam.
Performers: Cast: Karen Kain (Giselle), Frank Augustyn (Albrecht), Nadia Potts (Queen of the Wilis), Hazaros Surmeyan (Hilarion), Victoria Bertram (Berthe), Ann Ditchburn (Princess Bathilde), Charles Kirby (Duke of Courland), Jacques Corrissen (Wilfred), Mary Jago, Linda Maybarduk, Tomas Schramek, and Sergiu Stefanschi (Pas de quatre), and members of the National Ballet of Canada.
Venue: Telecast on WNET-TV on March 9, 1978.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Physical Description
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (92 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY817011036-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12159131
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 7f39c6a0-7b91-0135-e920-077b8d14763a
Rights
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Type Of Resource
Date Issued
1976
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Giselle" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1978. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f39c6a0-7b91-0135-e920-077b8d14763a
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1978). Giselle Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f39c6a0-7b91-0135-e920-077b8d14763a
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Giselle" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/7f39c6a0-7b91-0135-e920-077b8d14763a
Wikipedia citation
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