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Listing of the Archive Videos

Project Director: Nancy Reynolds
Editor: Virginia Brooks

§ indicates master tape in the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts

Archive of Lost Choreography

DAME ALICIA MARKOVA recreating excerpts from Le Chant du Rossignol (Nightingale variation; excerpts from pas de deux of Nightingale and Death) §
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Dancer: Iohna Loots (Royal Ballet School)
Advisors: Millicent Hodson, Kenneth Archer
Taped: January 30-February 3, 1995, London; 116 minutes

FREDERIC FRANKLIN recreating a male solo from Raymonda (1946) §
Music: Alexander Glazounov
Dancer: Nikolaj Hübbe (New York City Ballet)
Interviewer: Nancy Reynolds
Taped: May 19, 1997, New York City; 55 minutes

FREDERIC FRANKLIN recreating excerpts from Mozartiana (1945), with SONJA TYVEN and ROBERT LINDGREN
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Dancers: Lilyan Vigo (Southern Ballet Theatre), James Fayette (New York City Ballet), students from North Carolina School of the Arts
Interviewer: Nancy Reynolds
Taped: September 9-24, 1996, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; 68 minutes

FREDERIC FRANKLIN recreating two pas de deux from Le Baiser de la Fée (1940), with MARIA TALLCHIEF and VIDA BROWN (2 tapes) §
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Dancers: Nichol Hlinka, Nikolaj Hübbe, Lourdes López (New York City Ballet)
Interviewer: Jack Anderson
Taped: October 21 and November 18, 1996, January 29, 1997, New York City; 80 minutes; 101 minutes

FREDERIC FRANKLIN recreating female solos from Raymonda (1946), with later Balanchine variations to the same music from Pas de Dix, Raymonda Variations, and Cortège Hongrois §
Music: Alexander Glazounov
Dancers: Corps members of New York City Ballet
Interviewer: Mindy Aloff
Taped: September 13-14, 1998, New York City; 90 minutes

FREDERIC FRANKLIN recreating two pas de deux and STANLEY ZOMPAKOS recreating the Gigue from Mozartiana (1945)
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Dancers: Julie Kent (American Ballet Theater), Nikolaj Hübbe (New York City Ballet), Christopher Barksdale (Kansas City Ballet)
Interviewer: Nancy Reynolds
Taped: January 24, 2000, New York City, and May 5, 2000, Kansas City; 106 minutes

TODD BOLENDER recreating Renard (1947) §
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Dancers: Members of Kansas City Ballet
Interviewer: Nancy Reynolds
Taped: May 4-5, 2000, February 7 and 15,2001, Kansas City; 103 minutes

NANCY MANN recreating a variation from Reminiscence (1935) §
Music: Benjamin Goddard
Dancer: Ashley Bouder (New York City Ballet)
Interviewer: Nancy Reynolds
Taped: January 29, 2001; 34 minutes

Interpreters Archive

MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching excerpts from Firebird and Orpheus (Firebird Berceuse; Eurydice's solo) §
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Dancer: Heléne Alexopoulos (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers: Arlene Croce, Nancy Reynolds
Taped: June 27, 1995, New York City; 82 minutes

MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching ballerina variation, 1st movement, from Symphony in C §
Music: Georges Bizet
Dancer: Jennie Somogyi (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers: Arlene Croce, Nancy Reynolds
Taped: June 28, 1995, New York City; 77 minutes

MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching excerpts from Pas de Dix (ballerina variation; excerpt from finale) §
Music: Alexander Glazounov
Dancer: Jennie Somogyi (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers: Arlene Croce, Nancy Reynolds
Taped: June 28, 1995, New York City; 86 minutes

MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching excerpts from George Balanchine's The Nutcracker §
(Sugar Plum Fairy variation (partial); pas de deux)
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Dancers: Jennie Somogyi, Wendy Whelan, Damian Woetzel (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers: Arlene Croce, Francis Mason, Nancy Reynolds
Taped: June 28, 1995, and April 15, 1996, New York City; 110 minutes

MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching the pas de deux from Scotch Symphony §
Music: Felix Mendelssohn
Dancers: Judith Fugate, Peter Boal (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers: Francis Mason, Nancy Reynolds
Taped: April 14-15, 1996, New York City; 109 minutes

MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching "Sanguinic" variation from The Four Temperaments and Sylvia: Pas de Deux (ballerina solo) §
Music: Paul Hindemith, Léo Delibes
Dancers: Wendy Whelan, Damian Woetzel, Judith Fugate (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers: Arlene Croce, Francis Mason, Nancy Reynolds
Taped: April 14-15, 1996, New York City; 112 minutes

PATRICIA WILDE coaching excerpts from Raymonda Variations (2 ballerina variations; pas de deux) §
Music: Alexander Glazounov
Dancers: Laura Desiree, Blythe Turner, Stanko Milov (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre)
Interviewer: Nancy Goldner
Taped: May 23-24, 1996, Pittsburgh; 120 minutes

PATRICIA WILDE coaching excerpts from Square Dance (pas de deux from 1st movement; excerpts from "girls dance"; finale) §
Music: Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli
Dancers: Laura Desiree, Alexander Nagiba (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre)
Interviewer: Nancy Goldner
Taped: May 24, 1996, Pittsburgh; 70 minutes

MARIE-JEANNE coaching Concerto Barocco, with JOHN TARAS, SUKI SCHORER, and MERRILL ASHLEY
Music: Johann Sebastian Bach
Dancers: Students from School of American Ballet
Interviewers: Stephanie Jordan, Nancy Reynolds
Taped: June 16-17, 1996, New York City; 116 minutes

MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching excerpts from Apollo, Firebird, and Swan Lake, with PAUL MEJIA (2 tapes) §
Music: Igor Stravinsky, Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Dancers: Maria Terezia Balogh, Maria Thomas, Todd Edson, Michael Clark (Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)
Interviewer: Nancy Goldner
Taped: May 31-June 1, 1997, Fort Worth, Texas; 101 minutes; 107 minutes

ALICIA ALONSO coaching excerpts from Theme and Variations §
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Dancers: Paloma Herrera, Angel Corella (American Ballet Theatre)
Interviewer: Doris Hering
Taped: January 29-30, 1998, New York City; 86 minutes

TODD BOLENDER coaching "Phlegmatic" variation from The Four Temperaments §
Music: Paul Hindemith
Dancers: Albert Evans (New York City Ballet), with Christopher Barksdale (Kansas City Ballet)
Interviewer: Robert Greskovic
Taped: September 15, 1997, New York City; 113 minutes

MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching excerpts from Pas de Dix and Allegro Brillante; MARJORIE TALLCHIEF coaching a variation from Pas de Trois (Minkus) (2 Tapes) § (Allegro)
Music: Alexander Glazounov, Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky, Léon Minkus
Dancers: Iliana Lopez, Franklin Gamero, Deanna Seay, Mikhail Nikitine, Melanie Atkins (Miami City Ballet)
Interviewer: Jordan Levin
Taped: January 18-19, 1999, Miami Beach, Florida; Allegro: 93 minutes; Pas de Dix: (TO BE EDITED)

ALLEGRA KENT coaching excerpts from Bugaku and La Sonnambula (2 tapes) §
Music: Toshiro Mayuzumi, Vittorio Rieti (after Bellini)
Dancers: Janie Taylor, Albert Evans, Peter Boal (New York City Ballet)
Interviewer: Robert Gottlieb
Taped: October 17-18, 1999, New York City, 97 minutes; 65 minutes

MELISSA HAYDEN coaching excerpts from Stars and Stripes §
Music: John Philip Sousa (arr. Hershy Kay)
Dancers: Gillian Murphy (American Ballet Theatre), Charles Askegard, (New York City Ballet)
Interviewer: Nancy Reynolds
Taped: November 16-17, 1999, New York City; 73 minutes

MELISSA HAYDEN coaching excerpts from Donizetti Variations §
Music: Gaetano Donizetti
Dancers: Gillian Murphy (American Ballet Theatre), Peter Boal (New York City Ballet)
Interviewer: Nancy Reynolds
Taped: November 22-23, 1999, New York City; 69 minutes

MELISSA HAYDEN coaching excerpts from Episodes and Agon (2 tapes)
Music: Anton Webern, Igor Stravinsky
Dancers: Lisa Apple, Jeff Stanton, Louise Nadeau, Oleg Gorboulev, Christophe Maraval (Pacific Northwest Ballet)
Interviewer: Francia Russell
Taped: April 1-2, 2000, Seattle (TO BE EDITED)

KARIN VON AROLDINGEN coaching excerpts from Davidsbündertänze
Music: Robert Schumann
Dancers: Charles Askegard, Jenifer Ringer (New York City Ballet)
Interviewer: Anna Kisselgoff
Taped: October 29-30, 2000, New York City; 116 minutes

ROSELLA HIGHTOWER and MARINA EGLEVSKY coaching Pas de Trois (Minkus)
Music: Léon Minkus
Dancers: Eugénie Andrin, Yuka Omori (École Supérieure de Danse de Cannes), Peter Lewton (formerly Les Ballets de Monte-Carlo)
Interviewer: Nancy Reynolds
Taped: November 4-5, 2000, Cannes, France (TO BE EDITED)

SUZANNE FARRELL coaching excerpts from Monumentum pro Gesualdo and Movements for Piano and Orchestra §
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Dancers: Jennifer Fournier, Runqiao Du (Suzanne Farrell Ballet)
Interviewers: Joan Acocella, Nancy Reynolds
Taped: September 16, 2001, New York City; 155 minutes

ARTHUR MITCHELL coaching the pas de deux from Agon §
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Dancers: Tai Jimenez, Donald Williams (Dance Theatre of Harlem)
Interviewer: Anna Kisselgoff
Taped: January 7, 2002, New York City; 106 minutes

FREDERIC FRANKLIN coaching excerpts from La Sonnambula
Music: Vittorio Rieti (after Bellini)
Dancers: Kristi Capps, Tricia A. Sundbeck, Dmitri Trubchanov (Cincinnati Ballet)
Interviewer: Mindy Aloff
Taped: August 20, 2002, Cincinnati, Ohio (TO BE EDITED)

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HELGI TOMASSON coaching the male variation from Divertimento from 'Le Baiser de la Fée'
Music: Igor Stravinsky
Dancer: Gonzalo Garcia (San Francisco Ballet)
Interviewer: Sheryl Flatow
Taped: April 21, 2003, San Francisco (TO BE EDITED)

VIOLETTE VERDY and CONRAD LUDLOW coaching Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
Music: Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky
Dancers: Jennie Somogyi, Peter Boal (New York City Ballet)
Interviewer: Jennifer Dunning
Taped: October 26, 2003, New York City (TO BE EDITED)

VIOLETTE VERDY and CONRAD LUDLOW coaching excerpts from 'Emeralds' from Jewels
Music: Gabriel Fauré
Dancers: Carla Köbes, James Fayette (New York City Ballet)
Interviewer: Jennifer Dunning
Taped: October 27, 2003, New York City (TO BE EDITED)

ALLEGRA KENT and TODD BOLENDER coaching 'The Unanswered Question' from Ivesiana
Music: Charles Ives
Dancers: Janie Taylor (New York City Ballet), Herman Cornejo (American Ballet Theatre)
Interviewer: Robert Gottlieb
Taped: March 21, 2004, New York City (TO BE EDITED)

MERRILL ASHLEY coaching principal roles from Ballo della Regina
Music: Giuseppe Verdi
Dancers: Ana Sophia Scheller, Joaquin De Luz (New York City Ballet)
Interviewer: Deborah Jowitt
Taped: April 3-4, 2005, New York City (TO BE EDITED)

EDWARD VILLELLA coaching Tarantella and principal roles from "Rubies" from Jewels
Music: Louis Moreau Gottschalk; Igor Stravinsky
Dancers: Sara Esty and Alex Wong; Jennifer Carlynn Kronenberg and Renato Penteado (Miami City Ballet)
Interviewer: Nancy Reynolds
Taped: April 14-15, 2008 Miami Beach (TO BE EDITED)


 

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