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Scotch symphony ; [and] Agon [Wide shot]

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Title

Scotch symphony ; [and] Agon [Wide shot]

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation
George Balanchine Celebration

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Nichols, Kyra (Dancer)
Fischer, Lindsay (Dancer)
Sosenko, Roma (Dancer)
Kistler, Darci, 1964- (Dancer)
Alexopoulos, Helene (Dancer)
Tracey, Kathleen, 1969- (Dancer)
Boal, Peter (Dancer)
Hübbe, Nikolaj (Dancer)
Reyes, Teresa (Dancer)
Higgins, Arch (Dancer)
Karz, Zippora (Dancer)
Evans, Albert, 1970- (Dancer)
York, Donald (Conductor)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Felix, 1809-1847 (Composer)
Armistead, Horace (Designer)
Karinska, Barbara (Costume designer)
Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971 (Composer)
Stanley, Mark (Lighting designer)
Millard, Jay (Videographer)
New York City Ballet (Performer)
George Balanchine Trust (Associated name)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1993-05-30

Table Of Contents

Scotch symphony (ca. 29 min.) / music, Felix Mendelssohn (Scotch symphony: 2nd, 3rd, and 4th movements) ; scenery, Horace Armistead ; costumes, Karinska ; performed by Kyra Nichols, Lindsay Fischer, Roma Sosenko, with Arch Higgins, Russell Kaiser, and Michele Gifford, Dana Hanson, Romy Karz, Teresa Reyes, Catherine Ryan, Santhe Tsetsilas, Melissa Walter, Deborah Wingert, Charles Anderson, James Fayette, Espen Giljane, Robert Lyon, Peter Naumann, Jian Wang. |||| Agon (ca. 32 min.) / music, Igor Stravinsky ; performed by Darci Kistler, Helene Alexopoulos (opening), Kathleen Tracey (second pas de trois), Peter Boal, Nikolaj Hübbe, Zippora Karz, Teresa Reyes, Albert Evans, Arch Higgins, Aura Dixon, Michele Gifford, Romy Karz, Melissa Walter ; cast: First pas de trois: Sarabande / performed by Boal -- Gailliard / performed by Zippora Karz and Reyes -- Coda / performed by Boal, Zippora Karz, Reyes -- Second pas de trois: Bransle simple / performed by Evans and Higgins -- Bransle gay / performed by Tracey -- Bransle double (de Poitou) / performed by Tracey, Evans, Higgins -- Pas de deux / performed by Kistler and Hübbe.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4322A

Subjects

Balanchine, George
New York City Ballet
Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)
Ballet

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Creation/Production Credits: [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine.
Content: Recording made possible by the cooperation of New York City Ballet, The George Balanchine Trust, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Creation/Production Credits: Lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performers: Performed by New York City Ballet.
Performers: Conductor: Donald York.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on May 30, 1993 (evening), during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Jay Millard. Wide shot version ; for close shot, see *MGZIC 9-4322B.
Funding: Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic SP) (61 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176104
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 80a69e40-f87b-0130-dd91-3c075448cc4b

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. "Scotch symphony ; [and] Agon [Wide shot]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/80a69e40-f87b-0130-dd91-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1993). Scotch symphony ; [and] Agon [Wide shot] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/80a69e40-f87b-0130-dd91-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Scotch symphony ; [and] Agon [Wide shot]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 10, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/80a69e40-f87b-0130-dd91-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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