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Additional authors

1. Schorer, Suki
2. Hanson, Dana
3. McBrearty, Deanna
4. Boal, Peter
5. Whelan, Wendy
6. Angle, Jared
7. Kistler, Darci, 1964-
8. Hübbe, Nikolaj
9. McDill, Nancy
10. Schaff, Gabriel
11. Balanchine, George
12. Millard, Jay
13. Barrera, Juan
14. Balanchine, George
15. New York City Ballet
16. Harmill Communications
17. New York Public Library. Dance Collection
18. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (100 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Lecture-demonstration by Suki Schorer, former principal dancer with New York City Ballet, longtime faculty member at the School of American Ballet, and author of Suki Schorer on Balanchine Technique (Knopf, 1999). She begins with a discussion of company class as taught by Balanchine: his general philosophy and guiding principles, points of emphasis, qualities he sought to instill in his dancers, interaction with the dancers, sensitivity to the relationship of music and dance. The dancers, in practice clothes, demonstrate selected barre and center exercises. Schorer then addresses aspects of partnering: the use of the hands, the degree of support given to the woman, and the traditional vs. Balanchine approach. Excerpts from Balanchine's ballets, introduced in detail by Schorer, illustrate the points made in her discussion.

Uniform title

1. Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine after Ivanov)
2. Duo concertant (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
3. Pas de deux [1960] (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Subject

1. Dance
2. Video
3. Balanchine, George
4. Lecture-demonstrations
5. Ballet > Study and teaching > United States
6. Dance teachers > United States

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Contents

1. Technique demonstration [class] / danced by Dana Hanson, Deanna McBrearty, Peter Boal. Includes exercises performed at the barre and in the center. An extended sequence compares the use of tombés in various Balanchine ballets (Divertimento no. 15, Concerto barocco, Agon) and contrasts how they are executed according to traditional and Balanchine styles.
2. Agon. [First] pas de trois / danced by Dana Hanson, Deanna McBrearty, Peter Boal.
3. Technique demonstration [partnering] / danced by Wendy Whelan, Jared Angle.
4. Nutcracker. [Grand] pas de deux (excerpt) / opening section ; danced by Dana Hanson and Jared Angle.
5. Technique demonstration [excerpts from Duo concertant] / danced by Darci Kistler, Nikolaj Hübbe.
6. Duo concertant (excerpt) / danced by Darci Kistler, Nikolaj Hübbe ; music played by Gabriel Schaff (violin), Nancy McDill (piano).
7. Tschaikovsky pas de deux (excerpt) / beginning of adagio ; danced by Deanna McBrearty and Jared Angle.
8. Tschaikovsky pas de deux. Adagio / danced by Wendy Whelan and Nikolaj Hübbe, in costume.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3893

Note

1. Accompanied by house program.
2. Recording made possible by the cooperation of Suki Schorer; dancers of New York City Ballet; Kay Mazzo for Duo concertant; Barbara Horgan, trustee, The George Balanchine Trust; New York City Ballet; New York State Theater; and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image, Dance Division, The New York Public Library.

Credits (note)

1. Choreography, George Balanchine.

Performer (note)

1. Speaker: Suki Schorer.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., on January 17, 2000, by Harmill Communications ; camera, Juan Barrera, Jim Scurti ; editing, Jay Millard.

Funding (note)

1. This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
2. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Terms of use (note)

1. Copyright: Duo concertant choreography by George Balanchine (c) Ms. Kay Mazzo.

Title

1. Suki Schorer on George Balanchine as teacher [videorecording] / a New York City Ballet seminar.

Imprint

1. c2000.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Terms of use

1. Copyright: Duo concertant choreography by George Balanchine (c) Ms. Kay Mazzo.

Event

1. Videotaped at New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., on January 17, 2000, by Harmill Communications ; camera, Juan Barrera, Jim Scurti ; editing, Jay Millard.

Credits

1. Choreography, George Balanchine.

Performer

1. Speaker: Suki Schorer.
2. Danced by members of New York City Ballet: Jared Angle, Peter Boal, Dana Hanson, Nikolaj Hübbe, Darci Kistler, Deanna McBrearty, Wendy Whelan.
3. Musicians: Nancy McDill (piano), Gabriel Schaff (violin).

Funding

1. This recording is made possible with public funds from the New York State Council on the Arts, a State Agency.
2. Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Local subject

1. Lecture-demonstrations.

Added author

1. Schorer, Suki. Speaker
2. Hanson, Dana, dancer.
3. McBrearty, Deanna, dancer.
4. Boal, Peter, dancer.
5. Whelan, Wendy, dancer.
6. Angle, Jared, dancer.
7. Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer.
8. Hübbe, Nikolaj, dancer.
9. McDill, Nancy. Instrumentalist
10. Schaff, Gabriel. Instrumentalist
11. Balanchine, George, choreographer.
12. Millard, Jay.
13. Barrera, Juan.
14. New York City Ballet.
15. Harmill Communications.
16. New York Public Library. Dance Collection.
17. DHCA.
18. Balanchine, George. Agon

Added title

1. Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Balanchine after Ivanov)
2. Duo concertant (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
3. Pas de deux [1960] (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3893