The Silver Jubilee Royal Variety Gala [excerpts]
- Title
- The Silver Jubilee Royal Variety Gala [excerpts] [videorecording] / ATV ; directed by Dwight Hemion ; produced by Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion.
- Published by
- U.K. : ATV, c1977.
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Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance. | FormatMoving image | AccessUse in library | Call number*MGZIA 4-4065 RNC | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Additional authors
- Description
- 1 videocassette (46 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)
- Summary
- Excerpts from a charity benefit performance celebrating the 25th wedding anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. The telecast includes views of the Queen and her party greeting the artists backstage after the performance.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Gift of the Rudolf Nureyev Foundation.
- Series statement
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Uniform title
- Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M) Pas de deux.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Variety.
- Dance.
- Music.
- Video.
- Contents
- [Comedy sequence and song] (ca. 5 min.) / performed by the Muppets (Jim Henson, Frank Oz, and others).
- [Songs and dances] (ca. 10 min.) / performed by Shirley MacLaine and four dancers. MacLaine sings "If my friends could see me now" from Sweet Charity ; sings and dances to "Gypsy in my soul" ; and dances the Donkey serenade hustle.
- [Don Quixote pas de deux] (ca. 11 min.) / choreography not uncredited, probably after Marius Petipa ; music, L. Minkus ; danced by Rudolf Nureyev and Yoko Morishita.
- [Comedy sequence and dance] (ca. 4 min.) / choreography, Gillian Lynne ; performed by the Muppets and six dancers costumed as Muppets.
- [Songs] (ca. 9 min.) / performed by Harry Belafonte with a female singer and musical ensemble.
- [Comedy sequence with song and dance] (ca. 2 min.) / performed by Bob Hope with Rudolf Nureyev and an unidentified woman.
- [Finale] (ca. 3 min.) / bows by performers, whose names are announced by Bob Hope ; singing of the national anthem ; views of Queen Elizabeth II and her party in their box.
- [Backstage scenes and end credits] (ca. 2 min.) / with narration by an announcer off-camera ; views of Queen Elizabeth II and her party greeting the artists.
- Call number
- *MGZIA 4-4065 RNC
- Note
- Accompanied by data sheet.
- End credits only.
- Credits (note)
- Show staged by Robert Nesbitt ; compiled by Colin Lewis and John Pullen ; design, Norman Smith.
- Performer (note)
- Host: Bob Hope.
- Event (note)
- Recorded in performance at the London Palladium in 1977.
- Title
- The Silver Jubilee Royal Variety Gala [excerpts] [videorecording] / ATV ; directed by Dwight Hemion ; produced by Gary Smith and Dwight Hemion.
- Imprint
- U.K. : ATV, c1977.
- Country of producing entity
- U.K.
- Series
- Rudolf Nureyev Collection.
- Event
- Recorded in performance at the London Palladium in 1977.
- Credits
- Show staged by Robert Nesbitt ; compiled by Colin Lewis and John Pullen ; design, Norman Smith.
- Performer
- Host: Bob Hope.
- Music played by Jack Parnell and his orchestra.
- Added author
- Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993, dancer.
- Morishita, Yōko, 1948- dancer.
- Henson, Jim, puppeteer.
- Oz, Frank, puppeteer.
- MacLaine, Shirley, 1934- perormrer.
- Belafonte, Harry, 1927-2023, performer.
- Hope, Bob, 1903-2003. Host. Performer
- Elizabeth II, Queen of Great Britain, 1926-2022.
- Hemion, Dwight. Producer. Director
- Smith, Gary. Producer
- Lynne, Gillian, choreographer.
- Muppets.
- DHCA.
- Added title
- Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Petipa, M) Pas de deux.
- Research call number
- *MGZIA 4-4065 RNC