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Additional authors

1. Fokine, Isabelle.
2. Schumacher, Gretchen.
3. Baldwin, Donna.
4. Lewis, Julinda.
5. Hodson, Millicent.
6. Ipiotis, Celia.
7. Cranko, John
8. Bush, Jeffrey C.
9. Mercury Ballet (Founded 1980)
10. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Description

1. 1 videocassette (U-matic, NTSC) (27 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Guests are Isabelle Fokine, the granddaughter of Mikhail Fokin; notator Gretchen Schumacher; and Donna Baldwin, artistic director of the Mercury Ballet. They discuss various aspects of reconstructing ballets, including the use of notation and video recordings, copyright, quality control, and the need for more legal protection for choreographers. Baldwin describes her company's revivals, many of which have been produced in collaboration with Elisabeth Schooling. An excerpt of John Cranko's Beauty and the beast, performed by the Mercury Ballet, is screened. In Esoterica balletica, Millicent Hodson comments upon Vaslav Nijinsky's integration of tango rhythms into the choreography of L'après-midi d'un faune.

Series statement

1. Eye on dance ; 62

Uniform title

1. Beauty and the beast (Choreographic work : Cranko)

Subject

1. Television > Eye on dance
2. Copyright > Choreography
3. Tango (Dance)
4. Fokine, Michel, 1880-1942
5. Dance notation
6. Choreography > Reconstruction
7. Television > Passing on dance
8. Schooling, Elisabeth
9. Afternoon of a faun (Choreographic work : Nijinsky)
10. Television > Esoterica balletica
11. Dying swan (Choreographic work : Fokine)

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-2850

Note

1. Produced by ARC Videodance as part of the television series Eye on dance. Recorded on September 29, 1982 at Arc Videodance Studio, New York. Telecast on October 18, 1982. Producers: Celia Ipiotis and Jeff Bush. [Video] director: Richard Sheridan. Program director: Celia Ipiotis. Technical director: Jeff Bush. Host: Julinda Lewis.

Title

1. Passing on dance: Early ballet repertory [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1982.

Series

1. Eye on dance ; 62

Local subject

1. Television. Eye on dance.
2. Television. Esoterica balletica.
3. Choreography -- Reconstruction.

Local subject

1. Television. Passing on dance.

Added author

1. Fokine, Isabelle. Interviewee
2. Schumacher, Gretchen. Interviewee
3. Baldwin, Donna. Interviewee
4. Lewis, Julinda. Host
5. Hodson, Millicent. Commentator
6. Ipiotis, Celia. Producer. Director
7. Cranko, John, choreographer.
8. Bush, Jeffrey C. Producer
9. Mercury Ballet (Founded 1980)
10. ARC Videodance (Firm)

Added title

1. Beauty and the beast (Choreographic work : Cranko)

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-2850