Balanchine Celebration, part two [electronic resource]/ produced by Thirteen/WNET in association with New York City Ballet, NVC Arts, and NOS Television ; directed by Matthew Diamond ; produced by Judy Kinberg ; choreography by George Balanchine.
2 streaming video files (NTSC) (86 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequence
Summary
Second part of the closing night program of the New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration. For the first part of this telecast, see: *MGZIC 9-4138. In addition to performance footage, this telecast includes comments by ballet master in chief Peter Martins, archival footage of Balanchine, and reminiscences by dancers Melinda Roy, Lourdes Lopez, Judith Fugate, Diana White, Maria Calegari, Darci Kistler, Katrina Killian, and Heléne Alexopoulos.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Dance in America.
Gift of Marilyn Dean Schwalm, additional copy.
Uniform title
Western symphony (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Who cares? (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Stars and stripes (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Cassette 1 (ca. 59 min.). Western symphony: Fourth movement, Rondo / music, Hershy Kay; scenery, John Boyt; costumes, Karinska; danced by Susan Jaffe (American Ballet Theatre), Nikolaj Hübbe, and ensemble.
Agon: selections / music, Igor Stravinsky; danced by Peter Boal, Zippora Karz, and Kathleen Tracey (first pas de trois); Albert Evans, Arch Higgins, and Wendy Whelan (second pas de trois); Darcey Bussell (Royal Ballet) and Lindsay Fischer (pas de deux).
Who cares?: selections / music, George Gershwin; cast: The man I love: Viviana Durante (Royal Ballet) and Robert La Fosse; I'll build a stairway to paradise: Lourdes Lopez; Embraceable you: Heather Watts and Jock Soto; Fascinatin' rhythm: Judith Fugate; Who cares?: Melinda Roy and Ronald Perry (Dance Theatre of Harlem); My one and only: Elizabeth Loscavio (San Francisco Ballet); Liza: Jeremy Collins (American Ballet Theatre); I got rhythm [this section re-recorded on cassette 2].
Cassette 2 (ca. 27 min.). Who cares?: I got rhythm / danced by entire cast and ensemble.
Stars and stripes: Fourth and fifth campaigns / music, John Philip Sousa, adapted and orchestrated by Hershy Kay; danced by Margaret Tracey, Damian Woetzel, and ensemble.
Closing speech and toast by Peter Martins, with Lincoln Kirstein, Jerome Robbins, Mikhail Baryshnikov, and company members.
Call number
*MGZIDF 7476
Access (note)
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Credits (note)
Executive producer, Jac Venza; writer, Holly Brubach; lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performer (note)
Host: Robert MacNeil.
Event (note)
Performance recorded at New York State Theater, New York, on June 27, 1993. Telecast by Thirteen/WNET on the Great Performances: Dance in America series.
Funding (note)
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.
Title
Balanchine Celebration, part two [electronic resource]/ produced by Thirteen/WNET in association with New York City Ballet, NVC Arts, and NOS Television ; directed by Matthew Diamond ; produced by Judy Kinberg ; choreography by George Balanchine.
Imprint
New York, N.Y. : Thirteen/WNET, c1993.
Country of producing entity
U.S.
Event
Performance recorded at New York State Theater, New York, on June 27, 1993. Telecast by Thirteen/WNET on the Great Performances: Dance in America series.
Credits
Executive producer, Jac Venza; writer, Holly Brubach; lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performer
Host: Robert MacNeil.
Performed by New York City Ballet with guest artists.
Conductors: Hugo Fiorato, Gordon Boelzner, and Maurice Kaplow.
Restricted access
Patrons can access streaming video file only at the Library for the Performing Arts.
Funding
Preservation of this video was supported by a grant from the National Historical Publications and Records Commission.