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Maria Tallchief: Solos and duets

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Maria Tallchief Video Archive

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Title
Maria Tallchief: Solos and duets
Additional title: Bell Telephone hour (Television program)
Additional title: Firebird (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Additional title: Blomsterfesten i Genzano (Choreographic work : Bournonville)
Additional title: Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Additional title: Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work)
Additional title: Sylvia pas de deux (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Names
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Bournonville, August, 1805-1879 (Choreographer)
Butler, John, 1920-1993 (Choreographer)
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910 (Choreographer)
Tallchief, Maria (Dancer)
Maule, Michael (Dancer)
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993 (Dancer)
Bruhn, Erik, 1928-1986 (Dancer)
Ludlow, Conrad (Dancer)
Lynn, Carol, 1893-1987 (Videographer)
Williams, Esther, 1921-2013 (Performer)
Collection

Maria Tallchief Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1951 - 1966
Table of Contents
Firebird: pas de deux (4 min., b&w) / choreography, George Balanchine ; music, Igor Stravinsky ; dancers, Maria Tallchief and Michael Maule ; filmed by Carol Lynn at Jacob's Pillow, Lee, Mass. in 1951 -- Million Dollar Mermaid (1952) (3 min., color) / starring Esther Williams with Maria Tallchief (Anna Pavlova) (courtesy New York City Ballet) -- Variations after Degas (1 min., b&w) / choreography, James Starbuck or possibly Robert Pagent ; music, Claude Debussy ; dancer, Maria Tallchief ; telecast on the Voice of Firestone series on October 14, 1962 -- Flower Festival at Genzano (Pas de deux) ( 5 min., b&w) / choreography, August Bournonville ; performed by Maria Tallchief and Rudolf Nureyev ; filmed for Bell Telephone Hour, NBC-TV on January 19, 1962 -- Don Quixote (grand pas de deux) (2 min., color) / choreography, after Marius Petipa ; music, Ludwig Minkus ; dancers, Maria Tallchief and Erik Bruhn, and ensemble ; filmed for Bell Telephone Hour, NBC-TV on Jan. 6, 1961 -- Romeo and Juliet pas de deux [abrupt ending] (3 min., color) / choreography, John Butler ; music, Sergei Prokofiev ; dancers, Maria Tallchief, Conrad Ludlow ; filmed for Bell Telephone Hour, NBC-TV, on Feb. 13, 1966 -- Sylvia [solo excerpt from pas de deux] (2 min., b&w) / choreography, George Balanchine ; music, Léo Delibes ; dancer, Maria Tallchief ; filmed by Carol Lynn at Jacob's Pillow, Lee, Mass. in 1951.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1350
Topics
Tallchief, Maria
Dance
Million dollar mermaid (Motion picture)
Excerpts
Ballet
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Motion pictures
Notes
Content: Title created by cataloger ; additional credits from *MGZIC 9-4992 From silence to sound, *MGZIC 9-457 Flower festival at Genzano, *MGZIC 9-1873 [Maria Tallchief], and *MGZIA 4-2702 Firestone dances, 1962-1963.
Venue: Videotaped in performance on various stages, New York, N.Y. from 1951-1966.
Acquisition: Gift; Maria Tallchief and Elise Paschen.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (21 min.) : sound, black and white and color ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Languages
English
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19961524
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a29ad5f0-352b-0131-a6d5-3c075448cc4b
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.

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  • 1951: Created (Approximate)
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Maria Tallchief" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1951 - 1966. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7a3f890-3430-0131-c203-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Maria Tallchief" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7a3f890-3430-0131-c203-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1951 - 1966). Maria Tallchief Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c7a3f890-3430-0131-c203-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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Maria Tallchief