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Introduction to the Database
Preface by Lincoln Kirstein
Background
Chronology: Life and Works
Roles Performed By Balanchine
Chronological Title List
Titles By Category
Festivals Directed By Balanchine
Bibliography
Filmography
Videography
Itineraries Undertaken by
Balanchine's American
Companies
Research Resources
Credits
Acknowledgments
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VIDEOGRAPHY
Balanchine Choreography in Commercial Release
Compiled by Robert Greskovic
With Additional Material by Claude Conyers
[NOTE: Distributors and dates refer to first issue. Distributors change
frequently, so it is best to search for recordings by title.
Many videotapes are also available on DVD.]
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| | Kultur, 1999.
A live performance (1984) at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York. Includes Sylvia: Pas de Deux, danced by Martine Van Hamel and Patrick Bissell.
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| | Video Artists International (VAI), 2003
Telecasts from Radio-Canada and the Bell Telephone Hour, 1954-1966, including performances previously issued on videotape as Maria Tallchief in Montreal and Maria Tallchief: Complete Bell Telephone Hour Performances. Includes excerpts from Swan Lake, Allegro Brillante, Pas de Dix, and Scotch Symphony, with André Eglevsky and a corps de ballet.
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| | Video Artists International (VAI), 2006.
Includes excerpts from a 1984 performance of Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux by Patricia McBride and Reid Olson.
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| | Kultur, 2004.
A two-part documentary film telecast on the Dance in America series on May 28 and June 4, 1984. Includes excerpts from more than thirty Balanchine ballets, including appearances by him as a Tartar Nomad in Jealousy, in the film Dark Red Roses, in 1929 and as Herr Drosselmeyer in The Nutcracker in 1958.
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1996.
Selections from live performances (1993) at the New York State Theater. With members of the New York City Ballet and guest artists. Includes Scherzo à la Russe and excerpts from Apollo, Square Dance, Theme and Variations, Union Jack, Vienna Waltzes, and Walpurgisnacht Ballet.
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1996.
Selections from live performances (1993) at the New York State Theater. With members of the New York City Ballet and guest artists. Includes excerpts from Agon, Stars and Stripes, Western Symphony, and Who Cares?
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1995.
Analysis of details of Balanchine's approach to classical technique, demonstrated by Merrill Ashley (and others) and introduced by Suki Schorer. Includes brief phrases from The Nutcracker, Donizetti Variations, Divertimento No. 15, Raymonda Variations, Swan Lake, Serenade, Symphony in C, and The Four Temperaments.
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1996.
Analysis of details of Balanchine's approach to classical technique, demonstrated by Merrill Ashley (and others) and introduced by Suki Schorer. Includes brief phrases from Agon, Concerto Barocco, Diamonds, Raymonda Variations, Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, La Source, Scotch Symphony, Symphony in C, Swan Lake, Square Dance, The Nutcracker, and Stars and Stripes.
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1996.
Analysis of details of Balanchine's approach to classical technique, demonstrated by Merrill Ashley (and others) and introduced by Suki Schorer. Includes brief phrases from Divertimento No. 15, and Symphony in C.
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| | National Library of Australia, 1999.
A documentary about the de Basil Ballets Russes in Australia and its influence on the development of native ballet companies. With archival footage of brief excerpts of many ballets in the Ballets Russes repertory, including La Concurrence.
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| | Zeitgeist Films, 2005.
A documentary touching on all the Ballets Russes companies, beginning with Diaghilev and ending with Denham's Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. With archival footage of brief excerpts of numerous ballets from various repertories, including Cotillon, The Four Temperaments, and early versions of Danses Concertantes, LeBourgeois Gentilhomme, Ballet Imperial, La Sonnambula (Night Shadow), Mozartiana, and Serenade.
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| | City Lights Media, 2008.
Directed by Richard Blanshard. Narrated by Kevin Kline
A documentary recording the New York City Ballet's visit to St. Petersburg, 2003. Includes generous live-performance excerpts from such rarely filmed Balanchine ballets as Symphony in Three Movements, Symphony in C, Western Symphony, Agon, and Serenade, as well as Jerome Robbins's Glass Pieces and Peter Martins's Hallelujah Junction. Brief footage of Balanchine in Russia on earlier visits.
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| | Kultur, 2002.
A documentary film (1986) on the career of Fernando Bujones. Includes the male variation from Pas de Trois (Glinka).
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1995.
Telecast on the Dance in America series on December 14, 1977. With members of the New York City Ballet. Includes Tzigane, Andante from Divertimento No.15, and The Four Temperaments.
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1995.
Selections from the telecast on the Dance in America series on December 21, 1977. With members of the New York City Ballet. Includes Stravinsky Violin Concerto and excerpts from the Emeralds and Diamonds sections of Jewels.
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1995.
Telecast on the Dance in America series on November 29, 1978. With members of the New York City Ballet. Includes Chaconne and Prodigal Son.
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1995.
Selections from the telecast on the Dance in America series on March 7, 1979. With members of the New York City Ballet. Includes Ballo della Regina, The Steadfast Tin Soldier, Elegie from Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3, and Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux.
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1996.
A documentary film (1989) telecast on the Dance in America series on March 30, 1990. With Maria Tallchief, Melissa Hayden, Mary Ellen Moylan, Allegra Kent, Merrill Ashley, Darci Kistler, and members of Ballet Society and the New York City Ballet. Includes excerpts from The Four Temperaments (Ballet Society rehearsal), Firebird, Concerto Barocco, Scotch Symphony, Stars and Stripes, Agon, Symphony in C, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, Apollo, Ballo della Regina, La Sonnambula (rehearsal), and brief clips from others.
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| | MCA Universal Home Video, 1994.
A musical film (Universal Pictures, 1944), with a large cast led by Vera Zorina and George Raft. Includes a production number featuring Zorina and a beguine danced by the principals.
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| | Home Vision, 1994.
A live performance (1993) at the Royal Opera House, London. Includes Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, danced by Darcey Bussell and Zoltan Solymosi.
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| | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Home Entertainment, 2000.
A musical film (MGM/United Artists, 1938), with a large cast headed by Adolphe Menjou. Includes Romeo and Juliet Ballet and Water Nymph Ballet, danced by Vera Zorina, William Dollar, and members of the American Ballet of the Metropolitan Opera.
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| | Video Artists International, 2006.
Telecasts from Radio-Canada and The Bell Telephone Hour, 1956-1965. Includes Apollo (complete, with birth scene) with Jillana, Francia Russell, and Diana Adams, and excerpts from Stars and Stripes, with Melissa Hayden.
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| | BBC/Opus Arte, 2006.
A live performance (2005) of the complete, three-part ballet at the Palais Garnier, Paris, with members of the Paris Opera Ballet.
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| | Marinsky Label, © State Academic Marinsky Theater, St. Petersburg, Russia 2011.
Complete ballet recorded 2006 in Marinsky Theater with members of the Marinsky Ballet.
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| | MCA Universal Home Video, 2002.
A musical film (Paramount Pictures, 1941), starring Bob Hope, Vera Zorina, and Victor Moore. Includes Tonight at the Mardi Gras, danced by Zorina and Charles Laskey.
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| | Direct Cinema, 1980.
A documentary film (1968) on the career of Edward Villella. Includes excerpts from Tarantella and the Rubies section of Jewels and fragments of Glinkiana, Harlequinade, and Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, with Patricia McBride and members of New York City Ballet.
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| | BBC/Opus Arte, 2004.
A live performance (1991) of the complete ballet at Seattle Center Opera House, with members of Pacific Northwest Ballet.
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| | Video Artists International (VAI), 2014. Produced for DVD by Allan Altman.
Telecasts from Radio-Canada, 1956-1960. Serenade (Complete) with Diana Adams,
Patricia Wilde, Yvonne Mounsey, Jacques d'Amboise, Herbert Bliss. 1957.
Orpheus (Complete) with Nicholas Magallanes, Violette Verdy, Francisco Moncion, Roy Tobias, Judith Green. 1960. Both with the Corps de Ballet of New York City Ballet.
Choreography by George Balanchine. |
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| | Video Artists International (VAI), 2014. Produced for DVD by Allan Altman.
Telecasts from Radio-Canada, 1956-1960. Concerto Barocco (Complete) with Tanaquil LeClercq, Jacques d'Amboise, Diana Adams, Corps de Ballet of New York City Ballet. 1956.
The Nutcracker - Grand pas de Deux with Diana Adams, Nicholas Magallanes. 1957. Pas de Dix (Complete) with Maria Tallchief, André Eglevsky and featured soloists. 1957. Agon (Complete) with Diana Adams, Violette Verdy, Jillana., Francia Russell, Todd Bolender, Arthur Mitchell, Richard Rapp, Roy Tobias, Susan Borree, Carole Fields, Marlene Mesavage. 1960. Choreography by George Balanchine. |
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| | Warner Home Video, 2003.
A film adaptaion (Warner Bros., 1993) of the complete ballet. With members of the New York City Ballet and students of the School of American Ballet.
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| | Video Artists International (VAI), 1999.
Includes a 1984 performance of Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux by Patricia McBride and Reid Owen.
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| | Kultur, 2001.
A documentary film (1978) on the career of Peter Martins. Includes excerpts from Agon, Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux, and Chaconne, with Suzanne Farrell.
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| | The Balanchine Library. Nonesuch, 1995.
A 1981 performance of the complete ballet. With members of the New York City Ballet.
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| | WinStar TV & Video, 2001.
A documentary film (1996) on the career of Suzanne Farrell. Includes excerpts from Meditation, Don Quixote, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Slaughter on Tenth Avenue, Concerto Barocco, Robert Schumann's "Davidsbündlertänze", and brief clips of others, with Jacques d'Amboise, Peter Martins, and members of the New York City Ballet.
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| | MCA Home Video, 1999.
A musical film (Paramount Pictures, 1942), with a large cast of Hollywood stars. Includes That Old Black Magic, a solo danced by Vera Zorina.
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| | Films du Prieuré/ARTE France, 2005.
A documentary (2001) by Dominique Delouche, in French with English subtitles. Violette Verdy coaches dancers from the Paris Opera Ballet in works Balanchine created for her. Includes excerpts from the Emeralds section of Jewels, Liebeslieder Walzer, Sonatine, and Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux. |
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