The Illinois Ballet

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Title

The Illinois Ballet

Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Names

Orejudos, Domingo (Choreographer)
Ellis, Christine Du Boulay, 1923- (Dancer)
Ellis, Richard (Dancer)
Powell, Peggy (Dancer)
Vrettos, Diane (Dancer)
Herskind, Elizabeth (Dancer)
Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953 (Composer)
Grieg, Edvard, 1843-1907 (Composer)
Glinka, M. I. (Mikhail Ivanovich), 1804-1857 (Composer)
Somers, Hy (Choreographer)
Illinois Ballet (Company) (Performer)
Orejudos, Domingo (Dancer)
Orejudos, Domingo (Costume designer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1971-12-27

Table Of Contents

This persistent image. Choreography: Dom Orejudos. Music: Serge Prokofiev. Cast: Peggy Powell (Girl), Christine Du Boulay (Mother), Richard Ellis (Father), Diane Vrettos (Reflection), Dom Orejudos (Lodger). - Snow white: Pas de deux. Choreography: Dom Orejudos. Music: Edvard Grieg. Scenery: Richard Chen and Michael Walesa. Danced by Betsy Herskind and Dom Orejudos. - Valse-fantaisie. Choreography: Hy Somers. Music: Mikhail Glinka. Costumes: Dom Orejudos. Danced by Betsy Herskind, Dom Orejudos, Heidi Ellison, Nancy Mikota, Franca Rarchiesi, Penny Jay, Jocelyn Lorenz, Roberta Pfeil.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6421
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 7-206 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Telecast on WTTW-TV's Four from Chicago on December 27, 1971.
Performers: Performed by members of the Illinois Ballet.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (35 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Languages

English

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY817021760-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12159204
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 996c0ff0-7dca-0134-27f9-00505686a51c

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

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Illinois Ballet" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1971. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/996c0ff0-7dca-0134-27f9-00505686a51c

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1971). The Illinois Ballet Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/996c0ff0-7dca-0134-27f9-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Illinois Ballet" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 14, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/996c0ff0-7dca-0134-27f9-00505686a51c

Wikipedia citation

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