Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Williams, Stanley, 1925-1997.
2. Tobias, Tobi.
3. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
4. DHCA.

Description

1. 2 videocassettes (U-matic, NTSC) (79 min.) : sd., col.; 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Interview with Stanley Williams, formerly a dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and now a teacher at the School of American Ballet, New York.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Dance in America.

Subject

1. Bournonville, August, 1805-1879
2. Balanchine, George
3. Martins, Peter, 1946-
4. Kongelige Danske ballet
5. School of American Ballet
6. New York City Ballet
7. Bournonville divertissements (Choreographic work : Williams after Bournonville)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Interviews.
3. Video.
4. Unedited footage.

Contents

1. Cassette 1 (ca. 37 min.). Stanley Williams looks back upon his training in Bournonville ballet technique and the life of a student at the Royal Theater in Copenhagen. He discusses his experiences in the U.S., including George Balanchine's influence upon his teaching, his staging of Bournonville choreography for the students of the School of American Ballet, and the genesis of his ballet Bournonville divertissements, telecast under the title Bournonville dances. Other topics include the special qualities of August Bournonville's choreography, Danish dancers in the New York City Ballet (especially Peter Martins), and a comparison of Danish and American dancers.
2. Cassette 2 (ca. 42 min.). Williams continues his discussion of Bournonville's choreography, including its timing, use of jumps and beats, and port de bras; the roles he danced in Bournonville ballets (among them James in La sylphide); the challenges of staging Bournonville today; the "discovery" of Bournonville by the west in the 1950s; the preservation of Bournonville's works in Denmark; and male-female characterizations and relationships in Bournonville ballets.

Call number

1. *MGZIC 9-4800

Note

1. Unedited footage.
2. Title from information provided by donor.

Performer (note)

1. Interviewer: Tobi Tobias (off-camera).
2. Interviewee: Stanley Williams.

Event (note)

1. Recorded on January 18, 1982, for WNET/Thirteen's Dance in America program Bournonville dances. For the complete program, see *MGZIC 9-448 Bournonville dances.

Title

1. [Stanley Williams interview] [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1982.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Performer

1. Interviewer: Tobi Tobias (off-camera).
2. Interviewee: Stanley Williams.

Event

1. Recorded on January 18, 1982, for WNET/Thirteen's Dance in America program Bournonville dances. For the complete program, see *MGZIC 9-448 Bournonville dances.

Local subject

1. Ballet technique -- Bournonville.
2. Ballet in television. Bournonville dances.
3. Television. Dance in America.

Added author

1. Williams, Stanley, 1925-1997. Interviewee
2. Tobias, Tobi. Interviewer
3. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
4. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIC 9-4800