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Additional authors

1. Bolm, Adolf, 1894-1951
2. Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
3. Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008.
4. Kisselgoff, Anna.
5. Page, Irvine H. (Irvine Heinly), 1901-
6. Klekovic, Patricia.
7. Johnson, Kenneth.
8. Ross, Betsy.
9. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013.
10. Long, Larry, 1936-2009.
11. Kayan, Orrin.
12. Lipinski, Dolores.
13. Barzel, Ann.
14. Tandy, Jessica.
15. Delfau, André.
16. Tallchief, Maria.
17. Stone, Bentley.
18. Caravette, Loretta.
19. Flaum, Thea.

Description

1. 1 cassette. 59 min. : sd. color with b&w sequences NTSC.; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Documentary on the life and work of Ruth Page, profusely illustrated with film and video footage of her ballets. The documentary follows her from her childhood in Indianapolis to her membership in the Pavlova, Bolm, and Ballets Russes companies; her marriage to Tom Fisher; her collaborations with Harald Kreutzberg and Isamu Noguchi; the creation of her early works for Chicago's first ballet company, and her Americana ballets, notably Frankie and Johnny; her choreography for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo; her opera ballets and ballet versions of operas; the establishment of the Ruth Page Foundation School of Dance; and television re-creations of her ballets. Commentaries are offered by her brother Irvine; critics Clive Barnes, Anna Kisselgoff, and Ann Barzel; arts administrator Ardis Krainik; dancers Betsy Ross Davis, Frederic Franklin, and Maria Tallchief; as well as several longtime members of her Chicago-based companies: Larry Long, Orrin Kayan, Dolores Lipinski, Kenneth Johnson, and Patricia Klekovic. Represented in brief dance excerpts are Adolph Bolm's Danse macabre, The flapper and the quarterback, Variations on Euclid, Love song, An American pattern, Delirious delusion, Hear ye! Hear ye!, Bolero, Frankie and Johnny, The bells, Billy Sunday, Susanna and the barber, Mephistophela, Camille, The merry widow, Die Fledermaus, Carmina burana, Carmen, The nutcracker, and Alice.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of Ruth Page Foundation.

Series statement

1. Ruth Page Video Archives ; 129

Uniform title

1. Frankie and Johnny (Choreographic work : Page and Stone, B)
2. Billy Sunday (Choreographic work : Page)
3. Fledermaus (Choreographic work : Page)
4. Carmen (Choreographic work : Page)
5. Merry widow (Choreographic work : Page)

Subject

1. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
2. Fisher, Thomas Hart
3. Kreutzberg, Harald, 1902-1968
4. Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
5. Ruth Page Foundation School of Dance
6. Ruth Page's International Ballet
7. Frankie and Johnny (Choreographic work : Page and Stone, B)
8. Ballet in television > Ruth Page: Once upon a dancer
9. Chicago Opera Ballet
10. Milwaukee Ballet Company
11. Ravinia Opera Company
12. Lyric Opera of Chicago
13. Noguchi, Isamu, 1904-1988
14. Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-1249 cassette 129

Note

1. Produced by Thea Flaum Productions for WTTW-TV, Chicago. Producer/writer: Thea Flaum. Co-producer: Loretta Caravette [Petersohn]. Narrator: Jessica Tandy. Reproduced by Thea Flaum Productions as part of the Ruth Page Video Archives, and listed in *MGYB (Page) 90-9600 Ruth Page Video Archives, 1990, p. 538.

Title

1. Ruth Page: Once upon a dancer [videorecording]

Imprint

1. 1988.

Series

1. Ruth Page Video Archives ; 129

Local subject

1. Ballet in television. Ruth Page: Once upon a dancer.

Added author

1. Bolm, Adolf, 1894-1951, choreographer.
2. Page, Ruth, 1899-1991, choreographer.
3. Barnes, Clive, 1927-2008. Commentator
4. Kisselgoff, Anna. Commentator
5. Page, Irvine H. (Irvine Heinly), 1901- Commentator
6. Klekovic, Patricia. Commentator
7. Johnson, Kenneth. Commentator
8. Ross, Betsy. Commentator
9. Franklin, Frederic, 1914-2013. Commentator
10. Long, Larry, 1936-2009. Commentator
11. Kayan, Orrin. Commentator
12. Lipinski, Dolores. Commentator
13. Barzel, Ann. Commentator
14. Tandy, Jessica. Narrator
15. Delfau, André. Designer
16. Tallchief, Maria. Commentator
17. Stone, Bentley. Commentator
18. Caravette, Loretta. Producer
19. Flaum, Thea. Producer. Author

Added title

1. Frankie and Johnny (Choreographic work : Page and Stone, B)
2. Billy Sunday (Choreographic work : Page)
3. Fledermaus (Choreographic work : Page)
4. Carmen (Choreographic work : Page)
5. Merry widow (Choreographic work : Page)

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-1249 cassette 129