Library division & collection with this item:

This Item

The Royal Ballet in Birthday offering

View this item elsewhere:

Title
The Royal Ballet in Birthday offering
Additional title: Birthday offering (Choreographic work : Ashton)
Names
Ashton, Frederick, Sir, 1904-1988 (Choreographer)
Glazunov, Aleksandr Konstantinovich, 1865-1936 (Composer)
Levasseur, André (Costume designer)
Wood, Edmée (Cinematographer)
Beriosova, Svetlana, 1932- (Dancer)
Page, Annette (Dancer)
Linden, Anya (Dancer)
Park, Merle (Dancer)
Sibley, Antoinette (Dancer)
Parkinson, Georgina (Dancer)
Mason, Monica (Dancer)
Doyle, Desmond (Dancer)
Shaw, Brian (Dancer)
Grant, Alexander, 1925- (Dancer)
Lawrence, Bryan (Dancer)
Hynd, Ronald (Dancer)
Rosson, Keith, dancer (Dancer)
Drew, David (Dancer)
Nerina, Nadia (Dancer)
Royal Ballet (Performer)
Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation (Funder)
Collection

Edmée Wood Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1963 (Inferred)
Table of Contents
Birthday offering (ca. 23 min.) -- Detail of part of first dance [close shot] (ca. 1 min.) -- Principal solo as danced by Nadia Nerina (ca. 1 min.).
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1729
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Creation/production credits: choreography by Frederick Ashton ; music by Alexander Glazounow [i.e. Glazunov] ; costumes by André Levasseur ; performed by The Royal Ballet.
Creation/production credits: Photography by Film Service of Edmée Wood.
Performers: Performed by The Royal Ballet: Svetlana Beriosova, Annette Page, Anya Linden, Merle Park, Antoinette Sibley, Georgina Parkinson, Monica Mason, Desmond Doyle, Brian Shaw, Alexander Grant, Bryan Lawrence, Ronald Hynd, Keith Rosson, David Drew.
Venue: Filmed in rehearsal with costumes in 1963.
Funding: Transferred to video and cataloged with funds provided by the Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation.
Physical Description
Film reel
Extent: 1 film reel (26 min.) : sound, black and white ; 16 mm
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
Other local Identifier: Edmee Wood Collection
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18031255
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): e8806800-f87d-0130-4db4-3c075448cc4b
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.

Item timeline of events

  • 1904: Creator Born
  • 1963: Issued
  • 1988: Creator Died
  • 2017: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Royal Ballet in Birthday offering" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1963. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea3ced40-f87d-0130-b771-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The Royal Ballet in Birthday offering" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed December 9, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea3ced40-f87d-0130-b771-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1963). The Royal Ballet in Birthday offering Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea3ced40-f87d-0130-b771-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ea3ced40-f87d-0130-b771-3c075448cc4b | title= (moving image) The Royal Ballet in Birthday offering, (1963) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=December 9, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

The Royal Ballet in Birthday offering