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The sleeping beauty

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Title
The sleeping beauty
Additional title: Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Ashton and Sergeev, N after Petipa, M)
Names
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991 (Dancer)
Somes, Michael, 1917-1994 (Dancer)
Grey, Beryl, 1927- (Dancer)
Ashbridge, Bryan (Dancer)
Larsen, Gerd (Dancer)
Edwards, Leslie (Dancer)
Chatfield, Philip, 1927- (Dancer)
Clayden, Pauline (Dancer)
Lindsay, Rosemary (Dancer)
Steuart, Douglas (Dancer)
Zaymes, Dorothea (Dancer)
Jackson, Rowena (Dancer)
Shaw, Brian, 1928-1992 (Dancer)
Grant, Alexander, 1925-2011 (Dancer)
Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988 (Choreographer)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 (Composer)
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910 (Choreographer)
Sergeev, Nikolaĭ Grigorʹevich, 1876-1951 (Choreographer)
Messel, Oliver, 1904-1978 (Designer)
Jones, Clark, 1920-2002 (Director)
Sadler's Wells Ballet (Dancer)
Collection

General Dance Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1955
Table of Contents
DANCE CONTENTS: 1: Prologue: Dance of the Fairies, with their cavaliers; Lilac Fairy variation; Dance of maids of honor; Carabosse mime scene (Carabosse solo omitted). Act I: Garland dance; Entrance of Aurora's friends and the four princes; Aurora's entrance and first solo; Rose adagio; Dance of Aurora's friends; Aurora's second solo; Aurora's dance with the spindle. -- 2: Act II; Court dances (condensed); "Vision" pas de deux, solo, and ballabile; Florimund's journey, the Awakening, and Transformation. Act III: Entrees of the Court and guests; Florestan pas-de-trois; Puss in Boots and the White Cat. Bluebird pas-de-deux; Three Ivans; Grand pas de deux (Aurora's solo omitted); Finale.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4011
Shelf locator: *MGZHB 16-1027
Topics
Ballet
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Spi︠a︡shchai︠a︡ krasavit︠s︡a
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Content: NBC-TV Producer's Showcase telecast of a condensed version of the Sadler's Wells Ballet production. Directed by Clark Jones. Narrative play by John Van Druten, with David Wayne.
Creation/production credits: Choreography: Marius Petipa, adapted by Frederick Ashton. Music: P. I. Tchaikovsky. Conductor: Robert Irving. Settings: Burr Smidt. Costumes (from the stage production): Oliver Messel. Danced by the Sadler's Wells Ballet.
Performers: Cast: Margot Fonteyn (Princess Aurora), Michael Somes (Prince Florimund), Beryl Grey (Lilac Fairy), Frederick Ashton (Carabosse), Bryan Ashbridge (King), Gerd Larsen (Queen), Leslie Edwards (Cantalabutte), John Hart, John Field, David Blair and Desmond Doyle (Four princes), Philip Chatfield, Rosemary Lindsay, Pauline Clayden (Florestan and his two sisters), Douglas Steuart (Puss in Boots), Dorothea Zaymes (White Cat), Rowena Jackson and Brian Shaw (Bluebirds), and Alexander Grant, Peter Clegg and Ray Powell (Three Ivans).
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (U-matic) (74 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY737048125-F
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b12148196
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): da9ca0c0-7825-0138-8094-2337f62958c8
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1919: Creator Born
  • 1955: Created
  • 1991: Creator Died
  • 2020: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The sleeping beauty" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1955. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a78fea99-8648-4151-9d73-ac4e0d69f907

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The sleeping beauty" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a78fea99-8648-4151-9d73-ac4e0d69f907

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1955). The sleeping beauty Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/a78fea99-8648-4151-9d73-ac4e0d69f907

Wikipedia Citation

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The sleeping beauty