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Additional authors

1. Balanchine, George
2. Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
3. Love, Kermit
4. Ardolino, Emile
5. Kinberg, Judy
6. Colette, 1873-1954.
7. Wolff, Katharine
8. Holmes, Ralph
9. Villella, Edward, 1936-
10. Venza, Jac
11. Rosenthal, Manuel, 1904-2003.
12. Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018
13. Byars, Christopher
14. Sackett, Francis
15. Young, Bryant
16. Hess, Alexia
17. Ellis, Richard
18. Tomlinson, Mel
19. Freedman, Susan
20. Hunt, Karen
21. Glaze, Gary
22. Golden, Emily
23. Pruett, Elizabeth
24. Shaulis, Jane
25. Stone, William
26. Tramon, Carl
27. Welting, Ruth
28. New York City Ballet
29. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (54 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Lyrical fantasy based on Colette's text, combining music, dance, and puppetry.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of WNET/13, New York.

Uniform title

1. Enfant et les sortilèges (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Music.
3. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5992

Credits (note)

1. English translation, Katharine Wolff; design concept, puppets, models, and costumes, Kermit Love; production design supervised by David Mitchell; lighting, Ralph Holmes; creative consultant, Edward Villella; executive producer, Jac Venza.

Performer (note)

1. Christopher Byars (boy); Francis Sackett (mother); Bryant Young (armchair); Alexia Hess, Julie Johnson Kirsten (lady chair); Richard Ellis (clock); Mel Tomlinson (teapot); Susan Freedman (Chinese cup); Karin von Aroldingen (fire); Patrick Hinson, Kipling Houston, Laurence Matthews, Bruce Padgett, Francis Sackett (shepherds); Stacy Caddell, Susan Gluck, Darla Hoover, Miriam Mahdaviani, Roma Sosenko (shepherdesses); Karen Hunt (princess); Richard Ellis, Bryant Young (cats); Jim Kroupa (wounded tree); Renee Estopinal, Nina Fedorova, Florence Fitzgerald, Jerri Kumery (dragonflies); Antonia Franceschi, Bruce Edward Hall, Lauren Hauser (bats); Helene Alexopoulos, Michele Bailey, Evelyn Carton, Lisa Chalmers, Barbara Seibert, Garielle Whittle (moths); Laurence Matthews, Bryant Young (frogs); Richard Ellis, Timothy Fox (owls); Bartholomew Acocella, Andrew Alleyne, Peter Boal, Knowl Johnson, Justic Model, Demian Schane, John Selya, James Sewell (toads).

Event (note)

1. Telecast on the Dance in America series on May 25, 1981.

System details (note)

1. DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.

Title

1. The spellbound child [videorecording] / WNET/Thirteen ; directed by Emile Ardolino ; produced by Emile Ardolino and Judy Kinberg ; conceived for television by George Balanchine in collaboration with Kermit Love ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music by Maurice Ravel (L'enfant et les sortilèges) ; based on a poem by Colette.

Imprint

1. New York, N.Y. : WNET, 1981.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

System details

1. DVD, transferred from Digital Betacam cassette.

Event

1. Telecast on the Dance in America series on May 25, 1981.

Credits

1. English translation, Katharine Wolff; design concept, puppets, models, and costumes, Kermit Love; production design supervised by David Mitchell; lighting, Ralph Holmes; creative consultant, Edward Villella; executive producer, Jac Venza.

Performer

1. Danced by members of the New York City Ballet.

Cast

1. Christopher Byars (boy); Francis Sackett (mother); Bryant Young (armchair); Alexia Hess, Julie Johnson Kirsten (lady chair); Richard Ellis (clock); Mel Tomlinson (teapot); Susan Freedman (Chinese cup); Karin von Aroldingen (fire); Patrick Hinson, Kipling Houston, Laurence Matthews, Bruce Padgett, Francis Sackett (shepherds); Stacy Caddell, Susan Gluck, Darla Hoover, Miriam Mahdaviani, Roma Sosenko (shepherdesses); Karen Hunt (princess); Richard Ellis, Bryant Young (cats); Jim Kroupa (wounded tree); Renee Estopinal, Nina Fedorova, Florence Fitzgerald, Jerri Kumery (dragonflies); Antonia Franceschi, Bruce Edward Hall, Lauren Hauser (bats); Helene Alexopoulos, Michele Bailey, Evelyn Carton, Lisa Chalmers, Barbara Seibert, Garielle Whittle (moths); Laurence Matthews, Bryant Young (frogs); Richard Ellis, Timothy Fox (owls); Bartholomew Acocella, Andrew Alleyne, Peter Boal, Knowl Johnson, Justic Model, Demian Schane, John Selya, James Sewell (toads).

Performer

1. Puppeters: Richard Ellis, Bruce Edward Hall, Jim Kroupa, Roman Paska, Jim Rowland, Bryant Young.
2. Vocal cast: Gary Glaze (teapot, arithmetic, frog); Emily Golden (lady chair, cat); Karen Hunt (princess); Elizabeth Pruett (shepherdess, bat); Jane Shaulis (mother, Chinese cup, shepherd, dragonfly, squirrel); William Stone (clock, cat); Dan Sullivan (armchair, wounded tree); Carl Tramon (the boy); Ruth Welting (fire, nightingale).
3. Music performed by the New York City Ballet Orchestra, conducted by Manuel Rosenthal.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-513.

Local subject

1. Ballet in television. Enfant et les sortilèges.
2. Television. Dance in America.

Added author

1. Balanchine, George, choreographer.
2. Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Enfant et les sortilèges.
3. Love, Kermit. Designer. Costume designer
4. Ardolino, Emile. Producer
5. Ardolino, Emile. Director
6. Kinberg, Judy. Producer
7. Colette, 1873-1954. Librettist
8. Wolff, Katharine. Translator
9. Holmes, Ralph, lighting designer.
10. Villella, Edward, 1936- Consultant
11. Venza, Jac, producer.
12. Rosenthal, Manuel, 1904-2003. Conductor
13. Aroldingen, Karin von, 1941-2018, dancer.
14. Byars, Christopher, dancer.
15. Sackett, Francis, dancer.
16. Young, Bryant, dancer.
17. Hess, Alexia, dancer.
18. Ellis, Richard, dancer.
19. Tomlinson, Mel, dancer.
20. Freedman, Susan, dancer.
21. Hunt, Karen. Singer
22. Glaze, Gary. Singer
23. Golden, Emily. Singer
24. Pruett, Elizabeth. Singer
25. Shaulis, Jane. Singer
26. Stone, William. Singer
27. Tramon, Carl. Singer
28. Welting, Ruth. Singer
29. New York City Ballet.
30. WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

Added title

1. Enfant et les sortilèges (Choreographic work : Balanchine)

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5992