L'oeuf à la coque ; Carmen
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Title
L'oeuf à la coque ; Carmen
Collection
Names
Petit, Roland, 1924-2011 (Choreographer)
Petit, Roland, 1924-2011 (Dancer)
Jessen, Victor (Cinematographer)
Marchand, Colette (Dancer)
Jeanmaire, Zizi, 1924- (Dancer)
Perrault, Serge (Dancer)
Ballets de Paris de Roland Petit (Performer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 1950
Table Of Contents
L'oeuf à la coque (The boiled egg) (ca. 13 min.) / music by Maurice Thiriet ; scenery and costumes by Stanislas Lepri ; dancers, Colette Marchand (The boiled egg), Serge Perrault (her partner), and members of Les Ballets de Paris -- Carmen [three sections only] (ca. 25 min.) / music by Georges Bizet ; scenery and costumes by Antoine Clave ; dancers, Renee Jeanmaire (Carmen), Roland Petit (Don Jose), Serge Perrault (Toreador), and members of Les Ballets de Paris.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1673
Shelf locator: *MGZHB 12-1988 (Additional copy)
Subjects
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Content: During third section of Carmen the lights fade out; sections four and five are not included.
Content: Essential parts; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera location.
Creation/Production Credits: Credits partially from book entitled, Without permission by Victor Jessen ; additional credits from the Dance Division's *MGZB Jeanmaire, Renne [program].
Creation/Production Credits: Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at the Biltmore Theatre, Los Angeles, Calif. in 1950.
Funding: Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
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
Extent: 1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (40 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Identifiers
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b18147143
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e7b5a9e0-f86e-0130-7f22-3c075448cc4b
Rights
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Type Of Resource
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MLA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "L'oeuf à la coque ; Carmen" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1950. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e7b5a9e0-f86e-0130-7f22-3c075448cc4b
APA format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1950). L'oeuf à la coque ; Carmen Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e7b5a9e0-f86e-0130-7f22-3c075448cc4b
Chicago/Turabian Format
Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "L'oeuf à la coque ; Carmen" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/e7b5a9e0-f86e-0130-7f22-3c075448cc4b
Wikipedia citation
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