Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

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Title

Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre

Collection

Nicolas Petrov Video Archive

Names

Petrov, Nicolas (Donor)
Itow, Candice (Dancer)
Rabovsky, Istvan, 1930- (Dancer)
Mihalic, Melanija (Dancer)
Grebel, Stevan (Dancer)
Petrov, Nicolas (Director)
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910 (Choreographer)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 (Composer)
Minkus, L., 1826-1917 (Composer)
Heymann, Henry (Set designer)
Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1970

Table Of Contents

Swan lake. Act III (ca. 44 min.) / choreography, Nicolas Petrov ; music, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; scenery, Henry Heymann ; costumes, Cynthia Krich ; cast led by Candace Itow (Odile) and Istvan Rabovsky (Siegfried). This production includes a classical sequence danced by three couples and three women, but called a pas de six on the company's programs. |||| Don Quixote pas de deux (ca. 10 min.) / choreography, Alexander Gorski ; music, Ludwig Minkus ; danced by Melani Mihalic and Stevan Grebel.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9782
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-6201 (former)

Subjects

Pas de deux
Ballets -- Pennsylvania

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: artistic direction by Nicolas Petrov.
Performers: Danced by Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre.
Performers: Guest artists: Istvan Rabovsky, Candace Itow, Melani Mihali, Stevan Grebel.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at Pittsburgh Playhouse, Pittsburgh, Pa., in April 1970.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videotape reels (55 min.) : sound, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY99-F1061
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b14511569
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 91d2d930-89a0-0135-1c19-379c4cd69388

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

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1970. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/91d2d930-89a0-0135-1c19-379c4cd69388

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1970). Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/91d2d930-89a0-0135-1c19-379c4cd69388

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 7, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/91d2d930-89a0-0135-1c19-379c4cd69388

Wikipedia citation

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