GREAT PERFORMANCES: DANCE IN AMERICA: CHOREOGRAPHY BY BALANCHINE, PART 4 (TV)
Summary
One in this series of dance programs. This program, hosted by Edward Villella, features members of the New York City Ballet performing a number of ballets choreographed by George Balanchine. The first ballet, "Ballo della Regin," features Merrill Ashley and Robert Weiss. The ballet is based on the third act of Giuseppi Verdi's opera "Don Carlos." Next, Mikhail Baryshnikov and Patricia McBride dance a pas de deux based on Hans Christian Andersen's tale "The Steadfast Tin Soldier" to Georges Bizet's "Jeux d'Enfants." Following this performance is a three-part tribute to the music of Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky, with a medley of dances that Balanchine selected specifically for this program. Tchaikovsky's "Elegie," from his "Suite No. 3," which features Karin von Aroldingen and Sean Lavery, is followed by the "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux" with McBride and Baryshnikov. This pas de deux was originally written for "Swan Lake," but it was never choreographed until Balanchine resurrected it. The program concludes with "Allegro Brillante," from Tchaikovsky's "Third Piano Concerto," danced by Suzanne Farrell and Peter Martins.
Details
- NETWORK: PBS WNET New York, NY
- DATE: March 7, 1979 Wednesday 8:00 PM
- RUNNING TIME: 1:08:48
- COLOR/B&W: Color
- CATALOG ID: T:28258
- GENRE: Dance
- SUBJECT HEADING: Ballet; Dance
- SERIES RUN: PBS - TV series, 1976-
- COMMERCIALS: N/A
CREDITS
- Jac Venza … Executive Producer
- Merrill Brockway … Producer
- Emile Ardolino … Series Coordinating Producer, Director
- Judy Kinberg … Producer
- Arlene Croce … Writer
- Robert Irving … Conductor, Music (Misc. Credits), Music Director
- George Balanchine … Choreographer, Music (Misc.), Choreographed and reconceived for TV by
- New York City Ballet Orchestra, The … Symphony Orchestra
- John Adams … Music (Misc. Credits), Music Supervisor
- New York City Ballet … Dance Company
- Edward Villella … Host
- For "Ballo della Regins":
- Giuseppe Verdi … Composer
- Merrill Ashley … Dancer
- Robert Weiss … Dancer
- Debra Austin … Dancer
- Bonita Borne … Dancer
- Stephanie Saland … Dancer
- Sheryl Ware … Dancer
- For "The Steadfast Tin Soldier":
- Georges Bizet … Composer
- Hans Christian Andersen … Writer, Based on the story by
- Patricia McBride … Dancer
- Mikhail Baryshnikov … Dancer
- For "Elegie":
- Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch (see also: Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyitch) … Composer
- von Aroldingen, Karin … Dancer
- Sean Lavery … Dancer
- Maria Calegari … Dancer
- Carole Divet … Dancer
- Nina Fedorova … Dancer
- Susan Freedman … Dancer
- Lourdes Lopez … Dancer
- Carol-Marie Strizak … Dancer
- For "Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux":
- Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky … Composer
- Patricia McBride … Dancer
- Mikhail Baryshnikov … Dancer
- For "Allegro Brillante":
- Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky … Composer
- Suzanne Farrell … Dancer
- Peter Martins … Dancer
- Renee Estopinal … Dancer
- de Ribere, Lisa … Dancer
- Marjorie Spohn … Dancer
- Heather Watts … Dancer
- Tracy Bennett … Dancer
- Stephen Caras … Dancer
- Victor Castelli … Dancer
- Joseph Duell … Dancer
- Gordon Boelzner … Instrumentalist, Pianist