The five gifts of life
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Title
The five gifts of life
Collection
New York City Ballet Video Archive
Names
Bolender, Todd (Dancer)
Hayden, Melissa (Dancer)
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Dancer)
Mounsey, Yvonne (Dancer)
Wilde, Patricia, 1928- (Dancer)
Dollar, William (Choreographer)
Dohnányi, Ernő, 1877-1960 (Composer)
Twain, Mark, 1835-1910 (Author)
Saudek, Robert, 1911-1997 (Producer)
New York City Ballet (Dancer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1953
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 6554
Shelf locator: *MGZHB 8-1729
Shelf locator: *MGZIDVD 5-5330 (former)
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Content: Kinescope. Produced by Robert Saudek Associates. Telecast on Omnibus, WCBS-TV, on April 26, 1953. Host: Alistair Cook. Choreography: William Dollar. Based on The five boons of life by Mark Twain. Music: Ernest Dohnányi (Variations on a nursery tale). Performed by Todd Bolender, Melissa Hayden, Jacques D'Amboise, Yvonne Mounsey, Patricia Wilde, and members of the New York City Ballet. Commissioned for television.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic) (19 min.) : sound, black and white ; 3/4 in
Languages
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY797028264-F
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12157726
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): dc192540-c7ea-0135-b762-35f9be639dd2
Rights
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The five gifts of life" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1953. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dc192540-c7ea-0135-b762-35f9be639dd2
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1953). The five gifts of life Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dc192540-c7ea-0135-b762-35f9be639dd2
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The five gifts of life" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 13, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/dc192540-c7ea-0135-b762-35f9be639dd2
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