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Dance in video, volume 2
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Subject |
Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Sylvia.
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Source (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
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Ballet -- Study and teaching.
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Choreography.
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Pas de deux.
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Music and dance.
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Alt Name |
Balanchine, George,
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Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891,
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Tomasson, Helgi, 1942-
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Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-
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Johnson, Robert,
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Hyltin, Sterling,
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Garcia, Gonzalo,
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Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016,
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Container of (expression): Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.
Sylvia.
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George Balanchine Foundation,
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Alternate Title |
Container of (work): Source (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
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Add Title |
Interpreters' archive. Violette Verdy and Helgi Tomasson coaching principal roles from La Source |
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Coaching principal roles from La Source |
Description |
1 online resource (110 min.) : sound, color. |
Time |
014934 |
Note |
Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 18, 2014). |
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Title from opening video credits. |
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La Source was briefly called Pas de Deux: La Source. |
Credits |
Music, Leo Delibes (excerpts from La Source, ou Naila, 1866 and Sylvia, ou La Nymphe de Diane, 1876) ; costumes, Karinska ; technical director, William Otterson ; cameras, James Clarke, Pedro Padilla ; sound, Robert Matteo ; production, Otterson TV, Inc. ; post production, Twenty Two Productions, Inc. ; on-line editor, Jim MacDonald ; photographer, Martha Swope. |
Performer |
Interviewer, Robert Johnson ; pianist, Nancy McDill. |
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Dancers, Sterling Hyltin and Gonzalo Garcia (principal dancers, New York City Ballet). |
Note |
Videotaped during rehearsal and interview at the New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y. on 2010 November 7. |
Summary |
Violette Verdy and Helgi Tomasson discuss George Balanchine's La Source; some funny jokes in Balanchine's choreography; the difficult promenades in this work; the accents that help to create the atmosphere; the famous dive at the end; Verdy learning something about herself by being chosen for this role; Tomasson began dancing La Source soon after arriving at New York City Ballet; Tomasson learning from Verdy; the typical Balanchine movement in this work; accomodating the feet and arms for speed; Balanchine bringing out the best in the dancers; the most typical of French School movements in this ballet; Balanchine talking about hands and flowers; the trickiest parts in the choreography; the hardest, most surprising and difficult things for dancers to learn in this work; and how Balanchine knew more about dancers then they knew about themselves. |
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Interview by Robert Johnson; performed by Sterling Hyltin, Gonzalo Garcia, Violette Verdy and Helgi Tomasson. Violette Verdy and Helgi Tomasson coaching leading roles from La Source. |
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This project was assisted by a special grant for The National Endowment for the Arts. |
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This edition in English. |
OCLC # |
877952083 |
Link |
Coaching Principal Roles From La Source |
Additional Format |
Original version: Violette Verdy and Helgi Tomasson coaching principal roles from La Source. New York : George Balanchine Foundation, 2012 (OCoLC)860701787 |
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