Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Ashley, Merrill.
2. Schorer, Suki.
3. Edwards, Jeffrey
4. Fason, Maydelle
5. Metzger, Rebecca
6. Balanchine, George
7. Boelzner, Gordon.
8. Horgan, Barbara.
9. Tatge, Catherine.
10. Brockway, Merrill.
11. George Balanchine Foundation.
12. Tatge/Lasseur Productions.
13. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videodisc (NTSC) (45 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

1. Drawing upon their experience as principal dancers with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley provide a detailed analysis and demonstration of the ballet steps passé and attitude, according to the principles of Balanchine technique. Schorer, a longtime teacher at the School of American Ballet, sets exercises intended to help the dancer learn and practice correct form, and both she and Ashley recall images Balanchine used in class to elicit desired movement qualities from the dancers. Brief phrases from Balanchine's ballets illustrate the choreographic application of Balanchine technique.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Gift of The George Balanchine Foundation.
2. Gift of Marilyn Dean Schwalm, additional copy.

Alternative title

1. Passé and attitude.

Subject

1. Instruction
2. Dance
3. Ballet > Study and teaching
4. Video

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Instruction.
3. Video.

Contents

1. Passé / illustrated by excerpts from Diamonds [from Jewels], Raymonda variations, Tschaikovsky piano concerto no. 2 [Ballet imperial], and La source -- Passé sauté / excerpt from Scotch symphony -- Passé as a movement / excerpts from Swan lake, Square dance, Agon, The nutcracker, Stars and stripes, and Symphony in C.
2. Attitude / excerpts from Concerto barocco and The nutcracker -- Attitude front / excerpts from La source and Concerto barocco.

Call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5553

Credits (note)

1. Musical director and pianist, Gordon Boelzner.

Performer (note)

1. Instructors: Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley.
2. Demonstrators: Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, and Rebecca Metzger.

Event (note)

1. Recorded on June 28, 1994.

System details (note)

1. DVD, transferred from Beta SP cassette.

Title

1. Balanchine essays. Passé and attitude [videorecording] / produced by the George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. in association with Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc. ; artistic directors, conceived and written by Merrill Ashley and Suki Schorer ; executive producer, Barbara Horgan ; producer, Catherine Tatge ; director, Merrill Brockway.

Imprint

1. New York, NY : George Balanchine Foundation, Inc., c1994.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

System details

1. DVD, transferred from Beta SP cassette.

Credits

1. Musical director and pianist, Gordon Boelzner.

Performer

1. Instructors: Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley.
2. Demonstrators: Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, and Rebecca Metzger.

Event

1. Recorded on June 28, 1994.

Local note

1. Former call number: *MGZIC 9-4789.

Added author

1. Ashley, Merrill. Conceptor. Teacher
2. Schorer, Suki. Conceptor. Teacher
3. Edwards, Jeffrey, dancer.
4. Fason, Maydelle, dancer.
5. Metzger, Rebecca, dancer.
6. Balanchine, George, choreographer.
7. Boelzner, Gordon. Instrumentalist
8. Horgan, Barbara. Producer
9. Tatge, Catherine. Producer
10. Brockway, Merrill. Director
11. George Balanchine Foundation.
12. Tatge/Lasseur Productions.
13. DHCA.

Added title

1. Passé and attitude.

Research call number

1. *MGZIDVD 5-5553