Paganini: excerpts

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Title

Paganini: excerpts

Collection

Victor Jessen Video Archive

Names

Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942 (Choreographer)
Moulin, Geneviève (Dancer)
Rostoff, Dimitri (Dancer)
Dokoudovsky, Vladimir (Dancer)
Soudeikine, Serge (Set designer)
Soudeikine, Serge (Costume designer)
Jessen, Victor (Cinematographer)
Ballets russes du Col. W. de Basil (Performer)
Rachmaninoff, Sergei, 1873-1943 (Composer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1946 (Questionable)

Table Of Contents

Scene I (ca. 3 min.) -- Scene II (ca. 3 min.) -- Scene III (ca. 4 min.).

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1697

Subjects

Ballet
Jessen, Victor

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: choreography by [Michel] Fokine ; music by [Sergei] Rachmaninoff ; [performed by Original Ballet Russe].
Creation/Production Credits: Credits partially from book entitled Without permission, by Victor Jessen.
Creation/Production Credits: Music, Sergei Rakhmaninov (Rhapsody on a theme by Paganini); scenery & costumes, Serge Soudeikine.
Creation/Production Credits: Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Performers: Possibly performed by Genevieve Moulin, Dimitri Rostoff and/or Vladimir Dokoudovsky and members of the Original Ballet Russe.
Venue: Filmed during multiple performances probably during the revival season of 1946-47.
Funding: Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Content: Miscellaneous sections; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera locations.
Biographical/Historical: This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout the theater.
Content: Poor visual quality; dark, grainy (Scene I).

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (13 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18067180
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 94bc6c20-f86f-0130-3f8b-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

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Paganini: excerpts" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1946. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94bc6c20-f86f-0130-3f8b-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1946). Paganini: excerpts Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94bc6c20-f86f-0130-3f8b-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Paganini: excerpts" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 19, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/94bc6c20-f86f-0130-3f8b-3c075448cc4b

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