| Description |
1 online resource (45 min.) : sound, color |
| Summary |
Drawing upon their experience as principal dancers with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley provide a detailed analysis and demonstration of ballet transfer of weight, according to the principles of Balanchine technique. Schorer, a longtime teacher at the School of American Ballet, sets exercises intended to help the dancer learn and practice correct form, and both she and Ashley recall images Balanchine used in class to elicit desired movement qualities from the dancers. Includes walking, running, pas de couru into jeté, tendu battement, tendu jeté, temps lié, pas de basque, balancé, waltz, stepping onto pointe, piqué, ballotté, and tombé |
| Notes |
Title from resource description page (viewed Mar. 18, 2014) |
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Originally filmed in 1998 |
| Cast |
Performed by Merrill Ashley and Suki Schorer |
| Notes |
This edition in English |
| Subject |
Ballet -- Study and teaching.
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Ballet -- Study and teaching.
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| Genre/Form |
Ballet films.
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Dance films.
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Feature films.
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Filmed dance.
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Instructional films.
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Dance films.
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Films de danse.
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| Form |
Streaming video
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| Author |
Tatge, Catherine, film producer.
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Horgan, Barbara, film producer.
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Balanchine, George, choreographer.
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Ashley, Merrill, dancer.
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Schorer, Suki, dancer.
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Brockway, Merrill, film director.
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George Balanchine Foundation, production company.
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