Gayane: Excerpt [and] Tchaikovsky pas de deux

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Title

Gayane: Excerpt [and] Tchaikovsky pas de deux

Collection

André Eglevsky Video Archive

Names

Filipov, Aleksandr (Dancer)
Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016 (Dancer)
Villella, Edward, 1936- (Dancer)
Khachaturi︠a︡n, Aram, 1903-1978 (Composer)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893 (Composer)
André Eglevsky Ballet Companies (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1970-10-18

Table Of Contents

Gayane: Torch dance (Armen's variation) (approx. 3 min.). Perf. by Filipov. -- Tchaikovsky pas de deux (approx. 12 min.). Choreography: George Balanchine. Music: Peter Tchaikovsky. Perf. by Verdy and Villella.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 8136
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-3314 (former)

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Venue: Videotaped in performance at Rockland Community College, Suffern, New York, on October 18, 1970.
Performers: Performed by Aleksandr Filipov, Violette Verdy, and Edward Villella as guest artists with the Eglevsky Ballet Company of Long Island.
Funding: Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (15 min.) :sound, black and white ; 3/4 in.

Identifiers

RLIN/OCLC: NYPY926021231-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12171968
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): cfb45760-8685-0135-5e25-7f5f9e827cd5

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Type Of Resource

Moving Image

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MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Gayane: Excerpt [and] Tchaikovsky pas de deux" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1970. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cfb45760-8685-0135-5e25-7f5f9e827cd5

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1970). Gayane: Excerpt [and] Tchaikovsky pas de deux Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cfb45760-8685-0135-5e25-7f5f9e827cd5

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Gayane: Excerpt [and] Tchaikovsky pas de deux" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 9, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/cfb45760-8685-0135-5e25-7f5f9e827cd5

Wikipedia citation

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