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Paganini: excerpts

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Victor Jessen Video Archive

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Paganini

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Title
Paganini: excerpts
Additional title: Paganini (Choreographic work : Fokin)
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)
Collection

Victor Jessen Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1946 (Questionable)
Table of Contents
Scene I (ca. 3 min.) -- Scene II (ca. 3 min.) -- Scene III (ca. 4 min.).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1697
Topics
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
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (13 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18067180
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 94bc6c20-f86f-0130-3f8b-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1880: Creator Born
  • 1942: Creator Died
  • 1946: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Paganini" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1946. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95b044c0-f86f-0130-863c-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Paganini" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95b044c0-f86f-0130-863c-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1946). Paganini Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/95b044c0-f86f-0130-863c-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Paganini