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Tally ho: or The frail quarry

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Victor Jessen Video Archive

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Tally ho

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Title
Tally ho: or The frail quarry
Additional title: Tally-ho (Choreographic work : De Mille)
Names
De Mille, Agnes (Choreographer)
Jessen, Victor (Cinematographer)
Reed, Janet, 1916-2000 (Dancer)
Laing, Hugh (Dancer)
Kriza, John (Dancer)
Lynn, Bambi (Dancer)
Bentley, Muriel (Dancer)
Motley, pseud (Designer)
Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Gluck, Christoph Willibald, Ritter von, 1714-1787 (Composer)
Grétry, André-Ernest-Modeste, 1741-1813 (Composer)
Collection

Victor Jessen Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1948 - 1954
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1711
Topics
Ballet
Jessen, Victor
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: choreography, Agnes de Mille ; music by [Christoph Willibald Ritter von] Gluck & [André Ernest Modeste] Grétry ; performed by Ballet Theatre.
Performers: Some cast members change during different performances; for example, Janet Reed's role is sometimes performed by another dancer.
Creation/production credits: Credits partially from book entitled, Without permission by Victor Jessen ; additional credits from the Dance Division's *MGZB Ballet Theatre program (Apr. 28, 1949).
Creation/production credits: Scenery and costumes by Motley ; scenery executed by Triangle Scenic Studios ; ladies' costumes executed by Lutyens ; men's costumes executed by Eaves Costume Company ; music arranged for ballet by Paul Nordoff.
Creation/production credits: Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Performers: Dancers include: Janet Reed (the wife), Hugh Laing (the husband, a genius), John Kriza (the prince), Bambi Linn (the innocent), Muriel Bentley (a lady, no better than she should be) and possibly Melissa Hayden with members of Ballet Theatre.
Funding: Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Content: Partly complete; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera location.
Biographical/historical: This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout the theater.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (46 min.) : silent, color ; 1/2 in.
Description
"This ballet has nothing to do with fox-hunting. The scene is a French forest on an afternoon in the middle of a long summer." -- Ballet Theatre program (Apr. 28, 1949).
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18147166
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): aa18e150-f879-0130-84e8-3c075448cc4b
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

  • 1948: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Tally ho" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1948 - 1954. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aaef4be0-f879-0130-3faa-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Tally ho" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aaef4be0-f879-0130-3faa-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1948 - 1954). Tally ho Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/aaef4be0-f879-0130-3faa-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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