| Edition |
Newly revised version, full screen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Warner classics |
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Warner classics.
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| System Details |
DVD; full screen (4:3) presentation; Dolby Digital 2.0, NTSC. |
| Note |
Title from container. |
| Performer |
Dancers: Mikhail Baryshnikov, Darcey Bussell, Lesley Collier, Jonathan Cope, Anthony Dowell, Wayne Eagling, Alessandra Ferri, Cynthia Harvey, Irina Kolpakova, Galina Mezentseva, Brian Shaw, Tatyana Terekhova, Konstantin Zaklinsky. |
| Note |
Originally produced in 1998. |
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Features productions of the Royal Ballet, the Kirov Ballet, the Paris Opera Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre. |
| Event |
Videodisc release of several ballet productions filmed around the world. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Contents |
Clog dance and Maypole dance from La fille mal gardée / choreography, Frederick Ashton ; music, Ferdinand Hérold ; performed by the Royal Ballet, featuring Brian Shaw -- Variations and Grand pas de deux from The nutcracker / choreography, Lev Ivanov, Peter Wright ; music, P.I. Tchaikovsky ; performed by the Royal Ballet, featuring Lesley Collier and Anthony Dowell -- Mad scene and Myrtha and the Wilis from Giselle / choreography, Jean Coralli, Jules Perrot ; music, Adolphe Adam ; performed by the Kirov Ballet, featuring Galina Mezentseva and Konstantin Zaklinsky -- Garland waltz and Rose adagio from The sleeping beauty / choreography, Marius Petipa ; music, P.I. Tchaikovsky ; performed by the Kirov Ballet, featuring Irina Kolpakova -- Dance of the knights and Juliet's bedroom pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet / choreography, Kenneth MacMillan ; music, Sergei Prokofiev ; performed by the Royal Ballet; featuring Alessandra Ferri and Wayne Eagling -- Kingdom of the shades from La bayadère / choreography, Rudolf Nureyev after Marius Petipa ; music, Ludwig Minkus ; featuring Paris Opera Ballet corps de ballet -- Act III pas de deux from The prince of the pagodas / choreography, Kenneth MacMillan ; music, Benjamin Britten ; performed by the Royal Ballet, featuring Darcey Bussell and Jonathan Cope -- Act I from Don Quixote / choreography, Mikhail Baryshnikov after Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky ; music, Ludwig Minkus ; featuring Cynthia Harvey (Kitri), Mikhail Baryshnikov (Basil) and Richard Schafer (Don Quixote), Brian Adams (Sancho Panza), Victor Barbee (Gamache), Frank Smith (Lorenzo), Patrick Bissell (Espada). |
| Summary |
This compilation showcases the talent of many of the greatest dancers of recent years, filmed at the world's leading venue and features many stunning ballet sequences. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Ballets -- Excerpts.
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Ballet programs.
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| Genre/Form |
Ballet films.
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| Added Author |
Ashton, Frederick, 1904-1988. Choreographer.
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Ivanov, Lev, 1834-1901. Choreographer.
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Coralli, Jean, 1779-1854. Choreographer.
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Perrot, Jules, 1810-1892. Choreographer.
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Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910. Choreographer.
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MacMillan, Kenneth. Choreographer.
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Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993. Choreographer.
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Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- Choreographer.
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Hérold, Ferdinand, 1791-1833. Composer.
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Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893. Composer.
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Adam, Adolphe, 1803-1856. Composer.
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Prokofiev, Sergey, 1891-1953. Composer.
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Minkus, L., 1826-1917. Composer.
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Britten, Benjamin, 1913-1976. Composer.
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Shaw, Brian, 1928-1992. Dancer.
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Collier, Lesley. Dancer.
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Dowell, Anthony. Dancer.
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Mezent︠s︡eva, Galina. Dancer.
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Zaklinskiĭ, Konstantin. Dancer.
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Terekhova, Tatʹi︠a︡na. Dancer.
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Kolpakova, Irina Aleksandrovna, 1933- Dancer.
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Ferri, Alessandra, 1963- Dancer.
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Eagling, Wayne. Dancer.
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Bussell, Darcey. Dancer.
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Cope, Jonathan, 1963- Dancer.
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Harvey, Cynthia, 1957- Dancer.
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Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 1948- Dancer.
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NVC Arts (Firm)
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Kultur International Films.
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Royal Ballet.
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Mariinskiĭ teatr (1991- )
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Opéra de Paris. Ballet.
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American Ballet Theatre.
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Coralli, Jean, 1779-1854.
Giselle
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| Note |
Title on disc surface and container: Ballet favorites |
| Added Title |
Swan Lake (Choreographic work: Petipa and Ivanov)
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Fille mal gardée (Choreographic work : Ashton)
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Nutcracker (Choreographic work : Ivanov)
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Sleeping beauty (Choreographic work : Petipa)
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Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
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Bayadère (Choreographic work : Nureyev after Petipa, M)
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Prince of the pagodas (Choreographic work : MacMillan)
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Don Quixote (Choreographic work : Baryshnikov after Gorski and Petipa, M)
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| ISBN |
9780769791289 |
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076979128X |
| Standard No. |
032031474796 |
| Music No. |
D4747 Kultur |
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