Alicia Markova recreating excerpts from Le chant du rossignol /

Dame Alicia Markova reconstructs George Balanchine's choreography for the role of the Nightingale, which she created in his ballet Le chant du rossignol (The song of the nightingale) for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1925. She begins by describing the action (based on the fairy tale...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author:	George Balanchine Foundation
Other Authors:	Andersen, H. C. (Hans Christian), 1805-1875, Archer, Kenneth, Balanchine, George, Hodson, Millicent, Loots, Iohna, MacGibbon, Ross, Markova, Alicia, Dame, 1910-2004, Reynolds, Nancy, 1938-, Stravinsky, Igor, 1882-1971
Format:	Video
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : George Balanchine Foundation, 1996
Series:	Dance in video.
Subjects:	Balanchine, George. Markova, Alicia, > Dame, > 1910-2004. Song of the nightingale (Choreographic work : Balanchine) Ballet > Study and teaching. Short films. Internet videos. Filmed dance. Nonfiction films.
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Summary:	Dame Alicia Markova reconstructs George Balanchine's choreography for the role of the Nightingale, which she created in his ballet Le chant du rossignol (The song of the nightingale) for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1925. She begins by describing the action (based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen) as the music is played, then works intensively with dancer Iohna Loots on the nightingale's variation and pas de deux with Death, a role intended to be performed by a female dancer. Historians Millicent Hodson and Kenneth Archer, who assisted in the reconstruction, appear briefly on camera.
Item Description:	Previously released on DVD. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource (video file (114 min.)