| Description |
1 online resource (110 min.) : sound, color |
| Series |
Dance in video, volume 2 |
| 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 |
| Notes |
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, Léo 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) |
| Event |
Videotaped during rehearsal and interview at the New York City Ballet studios, Lincoln Center, New York, N.Y. on 2010 November 7 |
| Notes |
This project was assisted by a special grant for The National Endowment for the Arts |
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This edition in English |
| In |
Coaching Principal Roles From La Source |
| Subject |
Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891. Sylvia.
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| SUBJECT |
Source (Choreographic work : Balanchine) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n97827409
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Source (Choreographic work : Balanchine) fast (OCoLC)fst01385248 |
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Sylvia (Delibes, Léo) fast (OCoLC)fst01385052 |
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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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Ballet -- Study and teaching.
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Choreography.
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Music and dance.
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Pas de deux.
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| Genre/Form |
Instructional films.
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Instructional films.
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Films de formation.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Balanchine, George, choreographer.
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Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891, composer (expression)
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Helgi Tómasson, 1942- dancer, teacher, interviewee (expression)
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Reynolds, Nancy, 1938- film director.
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Johnson, Robert, interviewer (expression)
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Hyltin, Sterling, dancer.
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Garcia, Gonzalo, dancer.
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Verdy, Violette, 1933-2016, interviewee (expression), teacher, dancer.
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Container of (expression): Delibes, Léo, 1836-1891.
Sylvia.
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George Balanchine Foundation, production company, publisher.
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