Reel 1. Ballroom dances from the first quarter of the 18th century: Minuet / choreography, Pierre Rameau ; music, Handel (from the opera Alcina) ; danced by Luisa Meshekoff and Hugh Murphy.
The Richmond (hornpipe) / choreography, Mr. Isaac ; danced by Diane Epstein and Thomas Baird.
Gasconne (contredanse) / choreography, Feuillet ; danced by Miriam Cooper, Elizabeth DuVal, Diane Epstein, Luisa Meshekoff, Thomas Baird, Carlos Fittante, Hugh Murphy, and Todd Putnam.
Theatrical dances from the first half of the 18th century: Chaconne de Phaéton / choreography, Louis Pécourt ; music, Lully (from the opera Phaéton) ; danced by Miriam Cooper.
Entrée d'Apollon / music, Lully (from Le triomphe de l'amour) ; danced by Thomas Baird.
Chaconne de Galathée / choreography, L'Abbé ; music, Lully (from the opera Acis et Galathée) ; danced by Luisa Meshekoff and Hugh Murphy.
Excerpt from the ballet Le peintre amoureux de son modèle / music, Ferrere ; danced by Thomas Baird (the painter), Catherine Turocy (his wife), Miriam Cooper (the model), and Diane Epstein (servant).
Reel 2. Ballroom dances of the 1790's: Le menuet / danced by Patricia Beaman and Hugh Murphy.
La valse / danced by Miriam Cooper and Hugh Murphy.
La nouvelle rose / danced by Patricia Beaman, Catherine Turocy, Thomas Baird, and Hugh Murphy.
L'union [and] La belle Iris / danced by Patricia Beaman, Miriam Cooper, Elizabeth DuVal, Catherine Turocy, Thomas Baird, Carlos Fittante, Hugh Murphy, and Todd Putnam.
Presentational dances of the last quarter of the 18th century: The sailor's hornpipe / danced by Thomas Baird.
The Scottish reel / danced by Patricia Beaman, Miriam Cooper, Elizabeth DuVal, Catherine Turocy, Thomas Baird, Carlos Fittante, Hugh Murphy, and Todd Putnam.
Call number
*MGZIDF 2194
Note
Recording made possible by the New York Baroque Dance Company and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Access (note)
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Credits (note)
Choreography/reconstruction, Catherine Turocy and Elizabeth Aldrich (guest choreographer) ; costumes (pre-1790), Marie Anne Chiment and Marilyn [listed on frame as Marie] Skow ; costumes (1790's) loaned by the Court Dance Company.
Performer (note)
Danced by the New York Baroque Dance Company: Catherine Turocy (artistic director), Thomas Baird, Patricia Beaman, Miriam Cooper, Elizabeth DuVal, Diane Epstein, Carlos Fittante, Luisa Meshekoff, Hugh Murphy, and Todd Putnam.
Music performed by Concert Royal: James Richman (harpsichord, artistic director), Diane Bruce (Baroque violin), Carla Moore (Baroque violin), David Cerutti (Baroque viola), and Christine Gummere (Baroque cello).
Narrators: Catherine Turocy and Elizabeth Aldrich.
Event (note)
Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, on March 3, 1989, by Carol Ruthberg; camera, Richard Conners.
Funding (note)
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Title
Dance in revolution [electronic resource] / [presented by] the New York Baroque Dance Company and Concert Royal.
Imprint
c1989.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Performer
Danced by the New York Baroque Dance Company: Catherine Turocy (artistic director), Thomas Baird, Patricia Beaman, Miriam Cooper, Elizabeth DuVal, Diane Epstein, Carlos Fittante, Luisa Meshekoff, Hugh Murphy, and Todd Putnam.
Music performed by Concert Royal: James Richman (harpsichord, artistic director), Diane Bruce (Baroque violin), Carla Moore (Baroque violin), David Cerutti (Baroque viola), and Christine Gummere (Baroque cello).
Narrators: Catherine Turocy and Elizabeth Aldrich.
Credits
Choreography/reconstruction, Catherine Turocy and Elizabeth Aldrich (guest choreographer) ; costumes (pre-1790), Marie Anne Chiment and Marilyn [listed on frame as Marie] Skow ; costumes (1790's) loaned by the Court Dance Company.
Event
Videotaped in performance at the Bruno Walter Auditorium, New York Public Library at Lincoln Center, on March 3, 1989, by Carol Ruthberg; camera, Richard Conners.
Funding
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council for the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video files only at the Library for the Performing Arts.