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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

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The merry widow

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Title
The merry widow
Additional title: Merry widow (Choreographic work : Page)
Names
New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Smiley, Kimberly (Dancer)
Bridwell, Matthew (Dancer)
Jasinski, Roman L., 1954- (Dancer)
Slagle, Lisa (Dancer)
Shives, Willy (Dancer)
Virga, John (Dancer)
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991 (Choreographer)
Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948 (Composer)
Long, Larry, 1936-2009 (Restager)
Gérard, Rolf (Designer)
Hoffmann, Ralph (Lighting designer)
Tulsa Ballet Theatre (Dancer)
Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra (Musician)
Character Generators/Video (Typographer)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1988-10-14
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-7899
Topics
Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Lustige Witwe
Genres
Filmed dance
Music
Notes
Statement of responsibility: [presented by] Tulsa Ballet Theatre ; choreography by Ruth Page, restaged by Larry Long ; music by Franz Lehár.
Creation/production credits: Scenery and costumes, Rolf Gerard ; lighting, Ralph Hoffman.
Performers: Performed by Tulsa Ballet Theatre.
Performers: Kimberly Smiley (Sonia), Roman L. Jasinski (Prince Danilo), Matthew Bridwell (Baron Popoff), Lisa Slagle (Baroness Popoff), Willy Shives (Count Jolidon), John Virga (Nish), and others. NOTE: Danilo's and Sonia's solos in the Marsovian scene are repeated twice.
Performers: Music played by the Tulsa Philharmonic Orchestra, conducted by Bernard Rubenstein.
Venue: Videotaped for the Jerome Robbins Archive during a dress rehearsal at Brooklyn Center for the Performing Arts at Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, N.Y., on Oct. 14, 1988 by Character Generators.
Funding: Recorded with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (61 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY896028757-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12167513
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3e429110-8646-0138-3e33-297fcaaad776
Rights Statement
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  • 1988: Created
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2021: Found by you!
  • 2022

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The merry widow" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1988. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/903a4c31-b7b4-47a6-a0c4-0eef7a87b790

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The merry widow" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 15, 2021. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/903a4c31-b7b4-47a6-a0c4-0eef7a87b790

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1988). The merry widow Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/903a4c31-b7b4-47a6-a0c4-0eef7a87b790

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The merry widow