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The Dying Swan
composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921 (1886); choreographed by Michel Fokine, 1880-1942; produced by Carl Simons and Julia Matheson, NVC Arts; performed by Olga Moiseyeva (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 1995), 4 mins
From the early 20th century, the Maryinsky Ballet, later the Kirov, dazzled audiences with the beauty of dance. This fascinating footage of many of the company’s greatest dancers draws on five years’ research in Russia’s film archives. Extracts from: Swan Lake, Raymonda, Viennese Waltz, Reflection, Le Corsai...
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composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921 (1886); choreographed by Michel Fokine, 1880-1942; produced by Carl Simons and Julia Matheson, NVC Arts; performed by Olga Moiseyeva (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 1995), 4 mins
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From the early 20th century, the Maryinsky Ballet, later the Kirov, dazzled audiences with the beauty of dance. This fascinating footage of many of the company’s greatest dancers draws on five years’ research in Russia’s film archives. Extracts from: Swan Lake, Raymonda, Viennese Waltz, Reflection, Le Corsaire, Laurencia, The Tale of Serf Nikish, The Dying Swan, Pas de Quatre, Syrinx, Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet, The Ice Maiden, Les Sylphides
Date Written / Recorded
1886
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Olga Moiseyeva
Contributor
Michel Fokine, 1880-1942, Carl Simons, Julia Matheson, NVC Arts
Author / Creator
Michel Fokine, 1880-1942, Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921, Olga Moiseyeva
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995 C Major Entertainment
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The Dying Swan
composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921 (1886); choreographed by Michel Fokine, 1880-1942; produced by Carl Simons and Julia Matheson, NVC Arts; performed by Natalia Makarova, 1940- (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 1995), 3 mins
From the early 20th century, the Maryinsky Ballet, later the Kirov, dazzled audiences with the beauty of dance. This fascinating footage of many of the company’s greatest dancers draws on five years’ research in Russia’s film archives. Extracts from: Swan Lake, Raymonda, Viennese Waltz, Reflection, Le Corsai...
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composed by Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921 (1886); choreographed by Michel Fokine, 1880-1942; produced by Carl Simons and Julia Matheson, NVC Arts; performed by Natalia Makarova, 1940- (Berlin, Berlin State: C Major Entertainment, 1995), 3 mins
Description
From the early 20th century, the Maryinsky Ballet, later the Kirov, dazzled audiences with the beauty of dance. This fascinating footage of many of the company’s greatest dancers draws on five years’ research in Russia’s film archives. Extracts from: Swan Lake, Raymonda, Viennese Waltz, Reflection, Le Corsaire, Laurencia, The Tale of Serf Nikish, The Dying Swan, Pas de Quatre, Syrinx, Spartacus, Romeo and Juliet, The Ice Maiden, Les Sylphides
Date Written / Recorded
1886
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Natalia Makarova, 1940-
Contributor
Michel Fokine, 1880-1942, Carl Simons, Julia Matheson, NVC Arts
Author / Creator
Michel Fokine, 1880-1942, Camille Saint-Saëns, 1835-1921, Natalia Makarova, 1940-
Date Published / Released
1995
Publisher
C Major Entertainment
Copyright Message
Copyright © 1995 C Major Entertainment
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FLA.CO.MEN
directed by Luc Riolon, 1959-; choreographed by Israel Galván, 1973-; designed by Ruben Camacho, fl. 2016, Concha Rodríguez, fl. 1994-2016, Ruben Camacho, fl. 2016; produced by Farid Rezkallah, Arte France, Maison de la danse and 24 Images (London, England: Marquee Arts, 2016), 1 hour 8 mins
FLA.CO.MEN, a concerto for one dancer and six musicians, is the creation of a true maverick: a wildly unpredictable deconstruction of a centuries-old art form. The customary guitars and steel-jawed machismo are there, but so is avant-garde jazz and self-mockery, delicacy, lyricism, clowning one moment and haunting...
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directed by Luc Riolon, 1959-; choreographed by Israel Galván, 1973-; designed by Ruben Camacho, fl. 2016, Concha Rodríguez, fl. 1994-2016, Ruben Camacho, fl. 2016; produced by Farid Rezkallah, Arte France, Maison de la danse and 24 Images (London, England: Marquee Arts, 2016), 1 hour 8 mins
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FLA.CO.MEN, a concerto for one dancer and six musicians, is the creation of a true maverick: a wildly unpredictable deconstruction of a centuries-old art form. The customary guitars and steel-jawed machismo are there, but so is avant-garde jazz and self-mockery, delicacy, lyricism, clowning one moment and haunting beauty the next. Galván's technical prowess is jaw dropping: he can generate and sustain intricate rhythms like a master percussionis...
FLA.CO.MEN, a concerto for one dancer and six musicians, is the creation of a true maverick: a wildly unpredictable deconstruction of a centuries-old art form. The customary guitars and steel-jawed machismo are there, but so is avant-garde jazz and self-mockery, delicacy, lyricism, clowning one moment and haunting beauty the next. Galván's technical prowess is jaw dropping: he can generate and sustain intricate rhythms like a master percussionist, but his instrument is his body; indeed to draw a distinction between music and dance in his work is impossible. While he is drenched in tradition and has won every flamenco prize there is to win, Galván certainly no traditionalist. Just as dance critics around the world have attested, Galván's restless curiosity, quirky sense of humour and sublime flamenco artistry will keep you hooked.
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Date Written / Recorded
2016-09-15
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Contributor
Israel Galván, 1973-, Concha Rodríguez, fl. 1994-2016, Ruben Camacho, fl. 2016, Farid Rezkallah, Arte France, Maison de la danse, 24 Images
Author / Creator
Israel Galván, 1973-, Luc Riolon, 1959-
Date Published / Released
2016
Publisher
Marquee Arts
Copyright Message
Copyright © 2016 Marquee Arts
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Intimate Pages
directed by Thomas Grimm, 1942-; designed by Walter Nobbe, Walter Nobbe; produced by Thomas Grimm, 1942-; performed by Frances Carty, Albert van Nierop, Catherine Becque, fl. 1976, Dianne Walker, 1951-, Bruce Michelson, fl. 1994 and Ian Stewart, fl. 1970, Rambert Dance Company (ArtHaus Musik, 1986), 28 mins
Intimate Pages The musical and thematic basis for choreographer Christopher Bruce’s ballet “Intimate Pages” was the String Quartet No. 2 by the Czech composer Leoš Janáèek. Indeed, Bruce even borrowed the quartet’s title for his choreographed work. A victim of unrequited love, the composer wrote this de...
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directed by Thomas Grimm, 1942-; designed by Walter Nobbe, Walter Nobbe; produced by Thomas Grimm, 1942-; performed by Frances Carty, Albert van Nierop, Catherine Becque, fl. 1976, Dianne Walker, 1951-, Bruce Michelson, fl. 1994 and Ian Stewart, fl. 1970, Rambert Dance Company (ArtHaus Musik, 1986), 28 mins
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Intimate Pages The musical and thematic basis for choreographer Christopher Bruce’s ballet “Intimate Pages” was the String Quartet No. 2 by the Czech composer Leoš Janáèek. Indeed, Bruce even borrowed the quartet’s title for his choreographed work. A victim of unrequited love, the composer wrote this delicate and finely crafted work in 1928, the last year of his life. For a little over a decade he had been corresponding with a young ma...
Intimate Pages The musical and thematic basis for choreographer Christopher Bruce’s ballet “Intimate Pages” was the String Quartet No. 2 by the Czech composer Leoš Janáèek. Indeed, Bruce even borrowed the quartet’s title for his choreographed work. A victim of unrequited love, the composer wrote this delicate and finely crafted work in 1928, the last year of his life. For a little over a decade he had been corresponding with a young married woman he had met in 1917, having written in the intervening period over six hundred letters. The ballet conveys both the joy and the anguish expressed in the music. Lonely Town, Lonely Street Robert North’s jazz ballet “Lonely Town, Lonely Street”, in which he himself takes part, is a passionate and energy-laden portrait of a lonely person in the big city. The work takes its title from the popular music of Bill Withers on which it is based, and from the stage design by Andrew Storer, whose set with fire escapes represents a rundown neighbourhood in a North American metropolis. The titles of the compositions alone give an indication of the stage action: “Song for Guy”, “Lonely Town, Lonely Street”, “Another day to run”, “Let me in your life”, “I don’t want you on my mind”, “Who is he and what is he to you”, “Ain’t no sunshine when she’s gone” and “You”. Sergeant Early’s Dream Woven into the musical accompaniment of English, Irish and American folksongs, Christopher Bruce’s dance work “Sergeant Early’s Dream” tells a story of migration to the New World from the Old. The thoughts of the emigrants are filled with sadness as they give up their familiar surroundings, the family home, friends and neighbours and ultimately their roots. Yet they discover that they carry within themselves their own culture, and it is this which gives them a sense of identity and belonging. Consequently the ballet – built around contrasts and marked rhythms – recurrently conjures up fleeting references to a past life: the folklore of the Old World and the harsh lives, the loves and the tragedies of the people they knew there. Christopher Bruce, one of the leading contemporary British choreographers, has very close ties to the Rambert Dance Company. He trained here, joined the company in 1963 and soon rose to prominence as one of its leading dancers. In 1969 he created the first of many ballets he has devised for the troupe’s repertoire. From 1975 to 1979 he took a hand in directing the ensemble, later returning after a number years of freelance choreography to take up the position of artistic director in 1996.
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Date Written / Recorded
1986
Field of Study
Dance
Content Type
Performance
Performer / Ensemble
Rambert Dance Company, Frances Carty, Albert van Nierop, Catherine Becque, fl. 1976, Dianne Walker, 1951-, Bruce Michelson, fl. 1994, Ian Stewart, fl. 1970
Contributor
Walter Nobbe, Thomas Grimm, 1942-, Rambert Dance Company
Author / Creator
Thomas Grimm, 1942-, Rambert Dance Company, Frances Carty, Albert van Nierop, Catherine Becque, fl. 1976, Dianne Walker, 1951-, Bruce Michelson, fl. 1994, Ian Stewart, fl. 1970
Date Published / Released
1986
Publisher
ArtHaus Musik
Topic / Theme
Dance
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