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The black swan: pas de deux from Act 3 of Swan lake

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Victor Jessen Video Archive

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The black swan

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Title
The black swan: pas de deux from Act 3 of Swan lake
Additional title: Swan lake (Choreographic work)
Names
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910 (Choreographer)
Jessen, Victor (Cinematographer)
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 (Dancer)
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994 (Dancer)
Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.) (Performer)
Collection

Victor Jessen Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1948 - 1954 (Approximate)
Table of Contents
Entree -- Adagio -- Variation -- Variation -- Coda.
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1674
Topics
Ballet
Jessen, Victor
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: choreography after [Marius] Petipa ; music by [Peter Ilich] Tchaikovsky ; performed by Ballet Theatre.
Content: Brief Youskevitch dance solo before Intermission screen and title credits at approx. 2 min.
Creation/production credits: Credits partially from book entitled, Without permission by Victor Jessen ; additional credits from the Dance Division's *MGZB Ballet Theatre program (Apr. 20, 1949).
Creation/production credits: Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Performers: Dancers: Nora Kaye and Igor Youskevitch.
Funding: Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Content: Complete work; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera location.
Biographical/historical: This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout several theater.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 1 videocassette (Digital Betacam) (28 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18147171
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): ed18cf40-f86e-0130-7c71-3c075448cc4b
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

  • 1818: Creator Born
  • 1910: Creator Died
  • 1948: Created (Approximate)
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The black swan" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1948 - 1954. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed18cf40-f86e-0130-7c71-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "The black swan" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 19, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed18cf40-f86e-0130-7c71-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1948 - 1954). The black swan Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/ed18cf40-f86e-0130-7c71-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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The black swan