Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Dai, Ai-lian.
2. Bai, Shuxiang
3. Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018.
4. Daniele, Graciela, 1939-
5. Godreau, Miguel.
6. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.
7. Schorer, Suki.
8. Li, Chengxiang.
9. Kantor, Mary Yung.
10. Kantor, Sidney.
11. Brockway, Merrill.
12. Tatge, Catherine.
13. Central Ballet of China.
14. Peking School of Dancing.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (60 min.) :bsd., col. with b&w sequences ;c1/2 in.

Summary

1. Documentary on the company's 1986 visit to New York City.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Catherine Tatge.

Uniform title

1. Variations for four (Choreographic work : Dolin)
2. New Year's sacrifice (Choreographic work : Chiang, Tsu-hui)
3. Swan lake (Choreographic work : Burmeĭster and Gusev after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
4. Maid of the sea (Choreographic work)
5. Giselle (Choreographic work)
6. Concerto barocco (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Subject

1. Central Ballet of China
2. Peking School of Dancing
3. Ballet > China
4. Ballet companies > China

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Documentaries and factual films and programs.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Performance excerpts from Variations for four, The New Year's sacrifice, The demon and the mermaid, Swan lake Act II, and The maid from the sea, and from rehearsals of The demon and the mermaid, Swan lake, and Giselle. Brief history of ballet in China. Ballet pioneer Dai Ai Lian is seen in film clips from 1946 and in her present capacity as artistic advisor of the company. Bai Shuxiang, a ballerina of the 1950s, rehearses Swan lake and Red detachment of women. Children at the Beijing Dance Academy are seen in ballet, folk and Chinese classical dance classes. The company members attend classes in New York City with Graciela Daniele, Paul Taylor, and Miguel Godreau. Alicia Markova coaches two dancers in the Swan lake Act II pas de deux; Suki Schorer teaches two women an excerpt from Concerto barocco. Ballet master Zhang Chunzeng and several dancers discuss their experiences (in Mandarin with English subtitles).

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-613

Note

1. Distributed in 1987 by Direct Cinema, Ltd.

Credits (note)

1. Executive producers, Sidney Kantor and Mary Yung Kantor ; writer, Glenn Berenbeim ; editor, Paul Barnes.

Performer (note)

1. Narrator: William Hao.

Title

1. On the move [videorecording] : the Central Ballet of China / produced by Sheridan International, Ltd. and Simarka Productions, Inc. in association with Tatge Productions, Inc. ; directed by Merrill Brockway ; produced by Catherine Tatge.

Imprint

1. c1987.

Credits

1. Executive producers, Sidney Kantor and Mary Yung Kantor ; writer, Glenn Berenbeim ; editor, Paul Barnes.

Performer

1. Narrator: William Hao.

Local subject

1. Dance company tours -- United States.

Added author

1. Dai, Ai-lian.
2. Bai, Shuxiang, dancer.
3. Taylor, Paul, 1930-2018. Teacher
4. Daniele, Graciela, 1939- Teacher
5. Godreau, Miguel. Teacher
6. Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004.
7. Schorer, Suki.
8. Li, Chengxiang.
9. Kantor, Mary Yung. Producer
10. Kantor, Sidney. Producer
11. Brockway, Merrill. Director
12. Tatge, Catherine. Producer
13. Central Ballet of China.
14. Peking School of Dancing.

Added title

1. Variations for four (Choreographic work : Dolin)
2. New Year's sacrifice (Choreographic work : Chiang, Tsu-hui)
3. Swan lake (Choreographic work : Burmeĭster and Gusev after Ivanov and Petipa, M)
4. Maid of the sea (Choreographic work)
5. Giselle (Choreographic work)
6. Concerto barocco (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-613