Royal Danish Ballet
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Title
Royal Danish Ballet
Collection
The Michael Truppin Video Archive
Names
Truppin, Michael (Photographer)
Laerkesen, Anna (Dancer)
Simone, Kirsten (Dancer)
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986 (Dancer)
Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901 (Choreographer)
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910 (Choreographer)
Truppin, Michael (Cinematographer)
Lepercq, Paul Adolphe, 1922- (Funder)
Kongelige Danske ballet (Performer)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1965-11-30
Table Of Contents
The nutcracker: pas de deux [excerpt] (ca. 6 min.) / choreography, Lev Ivanov, to music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky ; danced by Anna Laerkesen and Erik Bruhn. |||| Don Quixote: pas de deux [excerpts] (ca. 6 min.) / choreography, Marius Petipa, to music by Ludwig Minkus ; danced by Kirsten Simone and Erik Bruhn.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9398
Genres
Filmed Performances
Filmed Dance
Notes
Date: Silent film originally photographed in 1965 ; transferred to videotape with titles added in 1995 by the Dance Collection.
Content: Accompanied by house program for Don Quixote: pas de deux.
Performers: Danced by Anna Laerkesen, Kirsten Simone, and Erik Bruhn of the Royal Danish Ballet.
Venue: The nutcracker: pas de deux: filmed in performance at New York State Theater, New York, in winter 1965.
Venue: Don Quixote: pas de deux: filmed in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on November 30, 1965.
Funding: Preservation of these films photographed by Dr. Michael Truppin was made possible through the cooperation of Andrea Truppin, Nicola Truppin, Dr. Ada Truppin, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library, with the support of Paul Lepercq.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (Betacam SP) (16 min., 57 sec.) : silent, color ; 1/2 in.
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F80
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12523482
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): af8869d0-a1de-0138-cf79-4b2461183470
Rights
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Royal Danish Ballet" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1965. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/af8869d0-a1de-0138-cf79-4b2461183470
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1965). Royal Danish Ballet Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/af8869d0-a1de-0138-cf79-4b2461183470
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Royal Danish Ballet" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/af8869d0-a1de-0138-cf79-4b2461183470
Wikipedia citation
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