The search for Nijinsky's Rite of spring /

A documentary on Millicent Hodson's and Kenneth Archer's attempts to recreate the original choreography by Vasclav Nijinsky and original sets and costumes by Nicholas Roerich for the original production in 1913 of Igor Stravinsky's ballet, The rite of spring. The full reconstructed ba...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Classical Video Rarities (Firm), Joffrey Ballet (Performer), Národní divadlo v Praze. Orchestr (Performer)
Other Authors:	Kinberg, Judy (Producer), Grimm, Thomas, 1942- (Producer), Walker, Kathryn, 1943- (Narrator), Lewis, Allan (Conductor) (Conductor), Hodson, Millicent, Archer, Kenneth, Nijinsky, Vaslaw, 1890-1950, Roerich, Nicholas, 1874-1947, Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Format:	Video DVD
Language:	English
Language Notes:	In English.
Published:	Tigard, OR : Classical Video Rarities, [2004?]
Series:	Dance in America.
Subjects:	Ballets. Documentary films. Nonfiction films. Rite of spring (Choreographic work : Nijinsky)

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Summary:	A documentary on Millicent Hodson's and Kenneth Archer's attempts to recreate the original choreography by Vasclav Nijinsky and original sets and costumes by Nicholas Roerich for the original production in 1913 of Igor Stravinsky's ballet, The rite of spring. The full reconstructed ballet, Sacre du printemps = The rite of spring : pictures of pagan Russia in two acts (Joffrey Ballet ; Orchestra of the National Theatre, Prague ; Allan Lewis, conductor) follows the documentary.
Item Description:	This disc is a recorded DVD and may fail to play on some DVD equipment. Originally aired by WNET/13 New York in 1989 as part of the series Great performances : dance in America. Videorecording.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc : sound, black and white, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD-R.