Balanchine essays, The barre, part two
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Title
Balanchine essays, The barre, part two
Collection
The George Balanchine Foundation Essays Video Archive
Names
Ashley, Merrill (Conceptor)
Schorer, Suki (Conceptor)
Edwards, Jeffrey (Dancer)
Fason, Maydelle (Dancer)
Metzger, Rebecca (Dancer)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Boelzner, Gordon (Instrumentalist)
Horgan, Barbara (Producer)
Tatge, Catherine (Producer)
Brockway, Merrill (Director)
George Balanchine Foundation (Producer)
Tatge/Lasseur Productions (Producer)
Ashley, Merrill (Teacher)
Schorer, Suki (Teacher)
Date / Origin
Date Issued: 1994
Place: New York, NY
Publisher: George Balanchine Foundation, Inc.
Table Of Contents
Port de bras -- Rond de jambe jeté -- Battement fondu -- Rond de jambe en l'air -- Battement frappé -- Petit battement sur le cou-de-pied -- Battement serré -- Ballonné battu -- Développé -- Dégagé -- Enveloppé -- Grand rond de jambe -- Grand battement.
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 9133
Subjects
Ballet -- Study and teaching
Barre (Apparatus)
Genres
Filmed Dance
Instructional Films
Notes
Creation/Production Credits: produced by the George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. in association with Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc. ; artistic directors, conceived and written by Merrill Ashley and Suki Schorer ; executive producer, Barbara Horgan ; producer, Catherine Tatge ; director, Merrill Brockway.
Content: For The barre, part one, see *MGZIC 9-4790.
Creation/Production Credits: Musical director and pianist, Gordon Boelzner.
Performers: Instructors: Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley.
Performers: Demonstrators: Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, and Rebecca Metzger.
Date: Recorded on June 28, 1994.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (48 min., 19 sec.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
Drawing upon their experience as principal dancers with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley provide a detailed analysis and demonstration of ballet barre exercises, according to the principles of Balanchine technique. Schorer, a longtime teacher at the School of American Ballet, sets exercises intended to help the dancer learn and practice correct form, and both she and Ashley recall images Balanchine used in class to elicit desired movement qualities from the dancers.
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: NYPY96-F98
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12387746
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): f5042f20-a384-0138-e457-212b204aa05d
Rights
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Date Issued
1994
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Balanchine essays, The barre, part two" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1994. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5042f20-a384-0138-e457-212b204aa05d
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1994). Balanchine essays, The barre, part two Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5042f20-a384-0138-e457-212b204aa05d
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Balanchine essays, The barre, part two" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 13, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/f5042f20-a384-0138-e457-212b204aa05d
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