The Bolshoi: Bolshoi ballet

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Title

The Bolshoi: Bolshoi ballet

Collection

Mikhail Baryshnikov Video Archive

Names

Lushin, S. (Stanislav) (Director)
Houldey, Michael (Director)
Grigorovich, I͡Uriĭ Nikolaevich, 1927- (Commentator)
Lavreniuk, Aleksandr, 1939- (Conductor)
Golovkina, Sofʹi͡a Nikolaevna, 1915- (Commentator)
Ananiashvili, Nina (Commentator)
Ananiashvili, Nina (Performer)
Struchkova, Raisa (Commentator)
Liepa, Andris (Commentator)
Liepa, Andris (Performer)
Lunacharsky, Anatoly Vasilievich, 1875-1933 (Speaker)
Akimov, Boris (Commentator)
Messerer, Asaf, 1903-1992 (Commentator)
Lavrovskiĭ, Mikhail (Commentator)
Ulanova, Galina Sergeevna, 1910-1998 (Commentator)
Mukhamedov, Irek, 1960- (Commentator)
Bessmertnova, Natalia, 1941-2008 (Commentator)
Semeni︠a︡ka, Li︠u︡dmila, 1952- (Commentator)
Vasilʹev, Vladimir Viktorovich, 1940- (Commentator)
Maksimova, Ekaterina (Commentator)
Pliset︠s︡kai︠a︡, Maĭi︠a︡, 1925-2015 (Commentator)
Proctor, Martin (Producer)
Zeiger, Neil (Producer)
Megahey, Leslie (Host)
Lichtenstein, Olivia (Narrator)
Collins, Richard, 1947-2013 (Narrator)
British Broadcasting Corporation. Television Service (Producer)
Flicker Productions (Producer)
Arts and Entertainment Network (Production company)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1986

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 327

Subjects

Dance
Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR. Balet -- History
Bolʹshoĭ teatr SSSR -- History
Ballet dancers -- Soviet Union
Choreographers -- Soviet Union
Choreographers -- Soviet Union -- Interviews
Ballet -- History and criticism
Choreography -- History and criticism
Ballet companies -- Soviet Union -- History
Ballet -- Soviet Union -- History
Ballet -- Study and teaching

Genres

Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance
Motion Pictures
Documentary Films
Television Programs
Interviews
Music

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: a BBC TV production in association with Flicker[s] Productions LTD and the Arts & Entertainment Network ; Omnibus (series).
Content: Title transcribed from printed label on container.
Content: "Soviet Union film"-- on screen.
Creation/Production Credits: Stanislav Lushin, director ; chief choreographer and artistic director, Yuri (︠I︡Uriĭ) Grigorovich ; performance conductor, Alexander Lavreniuk (Lavreniuk) ; Martin Proctor, Neil Zeiger, producers ; film editor, Stephen Evans ; directed by Michael Houldey.
Performers: Olivia Lichtenstein, Richard Collins, English voices ; commentary read by Leslie Megahey ; Sophia Golovkina, Nina Ananiashvili, Raisa Struchkova, Andris Liepa, Boris Akimov, Asaf Messerer, Mikhail Lavrovskiĭ, Galina Ulanova, ︠I︡Uriĭ Grigorovich, Irek Mukhamedov, Natalia Bessmertnova, Lyudmila Semenyaka, Vladimir Vassiliev (Vasilʹev), Yekaterina Maximova (Ekaterina Maksimova), Maya Plisetskaya (Maĭ︠i︡a Plise︠t︡ska︠i︡a), performers and commentators ; Aleksandr Lavreniuk, conductor ; Anatoly Vasilievich Lunacharsky, speaker.
Venue: Broadcast on Arts & Entertainment Network 1986 September 9; Originally broadcast on BBC television in England 1986.
Acquisition: Gift; Mikhail Baryshnikov, 2011.
Language: In English; translation voiced over or subtitled.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (114 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

Comments by choreographers, ballet coaches and ballet dancers intermingle with excerpts from recordings of dance rehearsals and performances. Topics include: life stories and careers of famous dancers and choreographers, the history of the Bolshoĭ Theater, creation of new ballets, Soviet choreographic school, its budget and structure, the essence of choreography, and classical ballet training. The host speaks about the history of the theater and the famous dancers and choreographers of the past who contributed to its progress and fame and, details of the theater's operation. This recording contains the only recorded speech made by Lunacharsky, the first Soviet People's Commissar of Enlightenment responsible for culture and education, who argued for the protection of arts after the Bolshevik Party came to power.

Languages

English
Russian

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b20203399
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 8dccef80-e862-0131-2b71-3c075448cc4b

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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