Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Miller, Patricia
2. Arpino, Gerald
3. Doubrovska, Felia, 1896-1981.
4. Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975.
5. Joffrey Ballet
6. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (30 min.) : sd., b&w; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Compilation of footage from three different studio rehearsals. In the first rehearsal (ca. 12 min.), choreographer Gerald Arpino works with the cast on selected sections of the ballet, without musical accompaniment; there are numerous repetitions. The second rehearsal (ca. 7 min.) is a complete run-through with music. The third rehearsal (ca. 11 min.), is a run-through with a brief interruption and some repetition about halfway through the piece; following the end of the piece, the final three min. are repeated.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of the Joffrey Ballet.

Series statement

1. Joffrey Ballet Collection

Uniform title

1. Epode (Choreographic work : Arpino)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Dance rehearsals.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1805

Note

1. Title and dates from original container.
2. Music for Epode is Ballet suite, no. 2 by Dmitrii Shostakovich.
3. Epode was written as a tribute to Felia Doubrovska.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in studio rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, in New York, on Jan. 17, March 28, and April 27, 1979.

Funding (note)

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details (note)

1. DVD.

Title

1. Epode [videorecording] / [presented by] the Joffrey Ballet ; choreography by Gerald Arpino ; music by Dmitri Shostakovich.

Imprint

1. 1979.

Country of producing entity

1. United States.

Series

1. Joffrey Ballet Collection

Performer

1. Danced by members of the Joffrey Ballet: Patricia Miller and four male dancers, possibly Glenn White, Laurence Blake, Michael Bjerknes, and Andrew Levinson.

Event

1. Videotaped in studio rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, in New York, on Jan. 17, March 28, and April 27, 1979.

Funding

1. This videorecording was preserved with support provided in part by Save America's Treasures through a partnership between the National Endowment for the Arts and the National Park Service, Department of the Interior.

System details

1. DVD.

Local note

1. Former classmark: *MGZIC 9-5306.

Added author

1. Miller, Patricia, dancer.
2. Arpino, Gerald, choreographer.
3. Doubrovska, Felia, 1896-1981.
4. Shostakovich, Dmitriĭ Dmitrievich, 1906-1975. Instrumental music. Selections; arranged.
5. Joffrey Ballet.
6. DHCA.

Added title

1. Epode (Choreographic work : Arpino)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-1805