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Additional authors

1. Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729
2. Perrier, Charles
3. Schroder, Kevin
4. Whitley-Bauguess, Paige
5. Baird, Thomas (Dancer)
6. Partsch-Bergsohn, Isa.
7. Bergsohn, Harold.
8. Dance Horizons (Firm). Video
9. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 streaming video file (31 min.) : sd., col.

Summary

1. Lecture on the history of dance, illustrated with contemporary paintings and prints. Topics include the influence of the Italian commedia dell'arte on entertainments during the reign of Louis XIII of France; the development of dance into a theatrical art form, as evinced by La délivrance de Renaud; the court ballet under Louis XIV, beginning with the Ballet de la nuit; the contributions of Jean Baptiste Lully; horse ballets; ballets at Versailles, particularly Les plaisirs de l'isle enchantée; Le bourgeois gentilhomme as an example of the comédie-ballets of Lully and Molière; the establishment of the Academy of the Dance (later the Paris Opéra) under the leadership of Pierre Beauchamp; the stage designs of Jean Bérain; the opera ballet Le triomphe de l'amour and the rise of the professional dancer; social dancing.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Marilyn Dean Schwalm, additional copy.

Series statement

1. Early dance ; part 2.

Subject

1. Louis XIII, King of France, 1601-1643
2. Louis XIV, King of France, 1638-1715
3. Lully, Jean-Baptiste, 1632-1687
4. Molière, 1622-1673
5. Beauchamp, Pierre, 1631-1705
6. Bérain, Jean, 1640-1711
7. Opéra de Paris
8. Délivrance de Renaud (Choreographic work : Belleville)
9. Ballet de la nuit [1653] (Choreographic work)
10. Plaisirs de l'îsle enchantée (Choreographic work)
11. Triomphe de l'amour (Choreographic work : Beauchamps)
12. Ballet > History > 17th century
13. Ballet > History > 18th century
14. Dance > France > 17th century
15. Commedia dell'arte

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Educational/cultural films and programs.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Dance excerpts: Harlequin / choreography and performance, Charles Perrier -- Demonstration of basic body positions / by Kevin Schroder -- Folie d'espagne dance variations [excerpts] / music, Martin Marais ; danced by Paige Whitley-Bauguess and Thomas Baird -- Passacaille for a man and a woman from Jean Baptiste Lully's opera Persée, arranged as a solo and performed as a theatrical dance in a mask / choreography, Louis Pécour ; danced by Paige Whitley-Bauguess.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-7264

Note

1. Part number from wrapper.

Access (note)

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Performer (note)

1. Narrators, Pierre Herbineaux, Mary Maher, Carrie Patterson, and John M. Wilson.

System details (note)

1. Streaming video.

Title

1. Early dance. [Part 2], the Baroque era [electronic resource] / directed by Hal [Harold] Bergsohn ; written and produced by Isa Partsch-Bergsohn.

Imprint

1. Pennington, NJ : Dance Horizons Video, distributed by Princeton Book Company, Publishers, c1995.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Early dance ; part 2.

System details

1. Streaming video.

Performer

1. Narrators, Pierre Herbineaux, Mary Maher, Carrie Patterson, and John M. Wilson.

Restricted access

1. Patrons can access streaming video file online only at the Library for the Performing Arts.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIA 4-2196.

Connect to:

1. NYPL Digital Collections

Local subject

1. Opera ballet. Persée.
2. Baroque dancing.
3. Horse ballets.

Added author

1. Pécourt, Guillaume Louis, 1653-1729, choreographer.
2. Perrier, Charles, choreographer.
3. Perrier, Charles, dancer.
4. Schroder, Kevin, dancer.
5. Whitley-Bauguess, Paige, dancer.
6. Baird, Thomas (Dancer), dancer.
7. Partsch-Bergsohn, Isa. Producer. Author
8. Bergsohn, Harold. Director
9. Dance Horizons (Firm). Video
10. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-7264