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Physical Desc
1 videodisc (72 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Exceptional studio productions from the late 1950's, all three of the Tchaikovsky ballet performances featured on this DVD are released for the first time. The perfect partners, Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes give stunning performances with Fonteyn at her most beguiling as Aurora in Sleeping beauty, the ballet in which she and the Sadler's Wells ballet made their historic American debut in 1949."--Container.
8) Le rossignol
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 user guide (6 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
Russian
Description
Getting into his grandfather's pottery workshop at night, a little boy finds an unusually large vase. Fascinated, the child feels the still-warm material, which - whether by a miracle or the hand of a magician, who knows? - at once changes into a magnificent piece of Chinese porcelain. Presently, from behind the great blue-enamelled trees, there appears a fisherman in his sampan....That's how the story of The nightingale, told all in music, begins,...
10) Debussy in Paris
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Series
Physical Desc
1 audio disc (71 min.) : digital, stereo ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
None
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (55 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"The impresario Serge Diaghilev was the creator and driving force of the Ballets Russes. He persuaded, cajoled, and charmed the greatest talents of the early twentieth century to join his company. Artists (Pablo Picasso and Henri Matisse), composers (Igor Stravinsky and Erik Satie), choreographers (Michel Fokine and George Balanchine), and dances (Vaslav Nijinsky and Anna Pavlova) all collaborated to realize Diaghilev's dream of a seamless fusion...
15) The Nutcracker
Series
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 79 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
From an imperial-era Russian Christmas party, a young girl named Clara is whisked in her dreams to an imaginary world populated by the animated creations of the wizard toy maker Drosselmeier. Clara innocently develops a crush on the imaginary Nutcracker prince. Upon her arrival in the Land of the Sweets, she dances a yearning pas de deux with the Nutcracker Prince. It makes the ballet far more interesting. The frequent involvement of Drosselmeyer...
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (19 pages : color illustrations ; 18 cm)
Language
English
Description
"...An unforgettable evening with the stars of The Royal Ballet. Featuring some of the best-loved highlights of all time drawn from the company's classical repertory, including ballets bny its two great 20th-century choreographers -- Founder Choreographer Frederick Ashton and Kenneth McMillan -- this DVD is a stunning showcase of an internationally admired and loved company and its world-renowned dancers"--Container.
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