Balanchine Celebration 1993 June 8 [Wide shot] [electronic resource] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music, Igor Stravinsky.
1 streaming video file (NTSC) (62 min.) : sd., col.
Uniform title
Firebird (Choreographic work : Balanchine and Robbins)
Genre/Form
Dance.
Video.
Contents
Fireworks (ca. 5 min.) / instrumental work ; performed by New York City Ballet Orchestra.
Firebird (ca. 30 min.) / choreography, Balanchine and Jerome Robbins ; scenery and costumes, Marc Chagall ; scenery executed under the supervision of Volodia Odinokov ; costumes executed by Karinska ; Firebird costume executed by Dain Marcus ; original lighting, Ronald Bates ; performed by Lourdes Lopez (Firebird), Leonid Kozlov (Prince Ivan), Simone Schumacher (Prince's bride) ; Tatiana Garcia-Stefanovich, Michele Gifford, Dana Hanson, Lydia Harmsen, Romy Karz, Sherri LeBlanc, Janey McGeary, Rebecca Metzger, Monique Meunier, Jenifer Ringer, Jennifer Tinsley, and Melissa Walter (maidens) ; Charles Anderson, Christopher Boehmer, Espen Giljane, Arch Higgins, Russell Kaiser, Robert Lyon, Richard Marsden, Peter Naumann, Bruce Padgett, Sean Savoye, Gordon Stevens (?), and Runsheng Ying (youths) ; Gordon Stevens (Kastchei the wizard) ; Jade Adams, Samantha Allen, Sant'gria Bello, Emily Coates, Aura Dixon, Wendy Drapala, Amanda Edge, James Fayette, Jennifer Fuchs, Pauline Golbin, Tom Gold, Heather Hawk, Arch Higgins, Isabel Kimmel, Dena Kinstlinger, Anna Liceica, Zoe Mackler, Deanna McBrearty, Alexander Ritter, Andrew Robertson, Pascale van Kipnis, Inmaculada Velez, Elizabeth Walker, Jian Wang, Miranda Weese, Robert Wersinger, Todd Williams, and John Winfield (his subjects).
Call number
*MGZIC 9-4339A
Note
Two of the four works performed on June 8, 1993. For the fourth work, see *MGZIC 9-4340A and *MGZIC 9-4340B Symphony in three movements. Stravinsky violin concerto, which was also performed on this evening, is not available for viewing. See other performances of this ballet.
Recording made possible by the cooperation of New York City Ballet, The George Balanchine Trust, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Access (note)
Streaming video file includes other performances with permissions required to view. Please contact the NYPL Jerome Robbins Dance Division at dance@nypl.org for further information.
Credits (note)
Lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performer (note)
Performed by New York City Ballet.
Conductor: Hugo Fiorato.
Event (note)
Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on June 8, 1993, during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Jay Millard. Wide shot version ; for close shot, see *MGZIC 9-4339B.
Funding (note)
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.
Terms of use (note)
Copyright: Firebird choreography by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
Title
Balanchine Celebration 1993 June 8 [Wide shot] [electronic resource] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music, Igor Stravinsky.
Imprint
c1993.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Performer
Performed by New York City Ballet.
Conductor: Hugo Fiorato.
Credits
Lighting, Mark Stanley.
Event
Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on June 8, 1993, during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Jay Millard. Wide shot version ; for close shot, see *MGZIC 9-4339B.
Funding
Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.
Terms of use
Copyright: Firebird choreography by George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins (c) The George Balanchine Trust.
Restricted access
Streaming video file includes other performances with permissions required to view. Please contact the NYPL Jerome Robbins Dance Division at dance@nypl.org for further information.