| Description |
1 online resource (84 min.) : sound, color |
| Summary |
Suzanne Farrell coaching Meditation |
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Suzanne Farrell discusses George Balanchine's Meditation, which was the first ballet Balanchine created for Farrell; where she learned that this was happening; how did she discover what Meditation would be; how was she dressed for the first rehearsal; when did the costume dress come into the process; Jacques d'Amboise's original outfit for the opening night, and how it changed to a more contemporary costume after that performance; wearing her hair down for the first time on stage and how that affected her movement; the importance of the eyes in this work; how Farrell had trouble with the opening entrance; Balanchine leaving for Hamburg during the middle of the rehearsal process so didn't work on Meditation for several weeks at that point; how this piece has very detailed movement but not typical Balanchine steps; Farrell's book entitled, Holding onto the Air, refers to a comment Balanchine made to her during the choreographic process of the opening entrance; how learning and teaching the man's role has been an advantage for her; Balanchine giving the piece to her in 1965 and how he didn't want anyone else to perform it, so she didn't let other companies perform it until after Balanchine's death; how Farrell starts teaching this ballet; Balanchine wanting visual expressions to come out of the movement and music; and the bond that Balanchine and Farrell had because of how they listening to music in the same way |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 18, 2014) |
| Credits |
Music, Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky (Meditation, Op. 42, no. 1, from Souvenir d'un Lieu Cher, three pieces for piano and violin, 1878, orchestrated by Alexander Glazounov) ; costumes, Karinska ; technical director, William Otterson ; camera, Pedro Padilla ; sound, Ishai Ratz ; boom operator, Erin B. Tinsley ; production and post production, Otterson Creative Media, Inc.; on-line editor, Pedro Padilla ; photographer, Fred Fehl |
| Performer |
Interviewer, George Jackson ; pianist, Glenn Sales |
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Dancers, Elisabeth Holowchuk (soloist, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet) and Michael Cook (principal dancer, The Suzanne Farrell Ballet) |
| Event |
Recorded at John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts |
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Videotaped during rehearsal and interview at the Eisenhower studio, John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, D.C. on 2009 September 10-11 |
| Notes |
This edition in English |
| In |
Coaching Meditation |
| Subject |
Farrell, Suzanne, 1945-
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| SUBJECT |
Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- fast (OCoLC)fst00027781 |
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Meditation (Choreographic work : Balanchine) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97823830
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Meditation (Choreographic work : Balanchine) fast (OCoLC)fst01787017 |
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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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Meditation.
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Ballet -- Study and teaching.
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Choreography.
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Meditation.
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Music and dance.
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Pas de deux.
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| Genre/Form |
Dance films.
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Feature films.
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Filmed dance.
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Instructional films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Instructional films.
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Dance films.
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Filmed dance.
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Feature films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Films de formation.
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Films de danse.
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Danse filmée.
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
Karinska, Barbara, costume designer.
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Balanchine, George, choreographer.
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Jackson, George, 1931- interviewer (expression)
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Cook, Michael, dancer.
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Holowchuk, Elisabeth, dancer.
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Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- film director.
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Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- interviewee (expression), performer.
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Container of (expression): Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich, 1840-1893.
Souvenir d'un lieu cher. Méditation; arranged.
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George Balanchine Foundation, production company.
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