Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. McKenzie, Kevin.
2. Chapman, Wes.
3. Cornejo, Herman
4. Hallberg, David
5. Reyes, Xiomara
6. Wiles, Michele
7. Kajiya, Yuriko
8. Riccetto, Maria
9. Hoven, Blaine
10. Stearns, Cory
11. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910
12. Hynd, Ronald
13. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
14. Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856.
15. Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948.
16. Cronson, Mary Sharp.
17. American Ballet Theatre.
18. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (74 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. This program looks at how American Ballet Theatre preserves and revives classic ballets. Excerpts from full-length works scheduled for the company's spring 2008 season are interspersed with commentary from artistic director Kevin McKenzie, who discusses the ballets on the program, their origins and their history at ABT. McKenzie also speaks about what makes a ballet a classic; how ballet technique has changed since the 19th century; the preservation of traditional mime in ballet; the adoption of newer works into the ABT's repertory; and the process by which ballets are revived. McKenzie coaches two mime excerpts from Swan lake and Giselle and dancers demonstrate mime vocabulary.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.

Series statement

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Uniform title

1. Swan lake (Choreographic work : McKenzie, after Ivanov and Petipa)
2. Merry widow (Choreographic work : Helpmann and Hynd)
3. Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Gorski after Petipa, M)
4. Giselle (Choreographic work : Petipa after Coralli and Perrot)
5. Corsair (Choreographic work : Petipa, M after Perrot)
6. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Subject

1. American Ballet Theatre
2. Swan lake (Choreographic work : McKenzie, after Ivanov and Petipa)
3. Merry widow (Choreographic work : Helpmann and Hynd)
4. Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Gorski after Petipa, M)
5. Giselle (Choreographic work : Petipa after Coralli and Perrot)
6. Corsair (Choreographic work : Petipa, M after Perrot)
7. Mime

Genre/Form

1. Video.
2. Dance.

Contents

1. Dance excerpts: Swan lake: pas de trois / choreography by Kevin McKenzie, after Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov; music by Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky; danced by Yuriko Kajiya, Maria Riccetto, Blaine Hoven -- Swan lake: swan queen and prince mime / danced by Michele Wiles and David Hallberg -- The merry widow: act II pas de deux / choreography by Ronald Hynd; music by Franz Lehár; danced by Xiomara Reyes and Gennadi Saveliev -- Don Quixote: act I pas de trois / choreography by Marius Petipa and Alexander Gorsky; music by Ludwig Minkus; danced by Yuriko Kajiya, Maria Riccetto, David Hallberg -- Giselle: act I Giselle, Albrecht and Hilarion mime / choreography after Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot, Marius Petipa; staged by Kevin McKenzie; music by Adolphe Adam; danced by Xiomara Reyes, Herman Cornejo, Gennadi Saveliev -- Le corsaire: act II bedroom pas de deux / choreography by Marius Petipa; music by Adolphe Adam; danced by Michele Wiles, Cory Stearns.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-3737

Event (note)

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 4, 2008.

Title

1. American Ballet Theatre, preserving the classics [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

1. 2008.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
2. Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Performer

1. Host, Mary Sharp Cronson.
2. Moderator, Wes Chapman. Panelist, Kevin McKenzie.
3. Dance performed by members of American Ballet Theatre: Yuriko Kajiya, Maria Riccetto, Blaine Hoven, Michele Wiles, David Hallberg, Xiomara Reyes, Gennadi Saveliev, Herman Cornejo, Cory Stearns.

Event

1. Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on May 4, 2008.

Added author

1. McKenzie, Kevin. Interviewee
2. Chapman, Wes. Moderator
3. Cornejo, Herman, dancer.
4. Hallberg, David, dancer.
5. Reyes, Xiomara, dancer.
6. Wiles, Michele, dancer.
7. Kajiya, Yuriko, dancer.
8. Riccetto, Maria, dancer.
9. Hoven, Blaine, dancer.
10. Stearns, Cory, dancer.
11. Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.
12. Hynd, Ronald, choreographer.
13. Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer
14. Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856. Composer
15. Lehár, Franz, 1870-1948. Composer
16. Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
17. American Ballet Theatre.
18. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Added title

1. Swan lake (Choreographic work : McKenzie, after Ivanov and Petipa)
2. Merry widow (Choreographic work : Helpmann and Hynd)
3. Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Gorski after Petipa, M)
4. Giselle (Choreographic work : Petipa after Coralli and Perrot)
5. Corsair (Choreographic work : Petipa, M after Perrot)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-3737