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Balanchine essays : arabesque / produced by the George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. in association with Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc. ; artistic directors, conceived and written by Merrill Ashley and Suki Schorer ; producer, Catherine Tatge ; director, Merrill Brockway.
LIBRA Music Videorecording 123
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Video
- Author/Creator:
- Ashley, Merrill, author.
- Schorer, Suki, author.
- Series:
- Balanchine library
- Nonesuch dance collection
- The Balanchine library
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ballet--Study and teaching--New York (State).
- Ballet.
- Ballet--Study and teaching.
- New York (State).
- Genre:
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videocassette (45 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in.
- 1/2 in.
- polychrome
- Other Title:
- Arabesque
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. : Nonesuch Records, [1994]
- System Details:
- VHS; hi-fi.
- analog
- magnetic
- stereo
- VHS
- Summary:
- Drawing upon their experience as principal dancers with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley provide a detailed analysis and demonstration of the ballet step arabesque, according to the principles of Balanchine technique. Schorer, a longtime teacher at the School of American Ballet, sets exercises intended to help the dancer learn and practice correct form, and both she and Ashley recall images Balanchine used in class to elicit desired movement qualities from the dancers. Brief phrases from Balanchine's ballets illustrate the choreographic application of Balanchine technique. Excerpts from The nutcracker and Serenade open and close the program.
- Contents:
- Arabesque pliée
- Arabesque with relevé
- Arabesque penchée
- Arabesque elongée
- Arabesque piquée / illustrated by an excerpt from Symphony in C
- Arabesque sautée / excerpt from Donizetti variations
- Arabesque sissone [on pointe] / excerpt from Divertimento no. 15
- Arabesque sissone [jumping]
- Arabesque traveling backward / excerpt from Raymonda variations
- Arabesque traveling forward / excerpt from Swan lake
- Hops on pointe / excerpt from Raymonda variations
- [Arabesque falling off-balance] / excerpts from Divertimento no. 15 and The four temperaments.
- Participant:
- Instructors: Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley.
- Demonstrators: Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, and Rebecca Metzger.
- Credits:
- Musical director and pianist, Gordon Boelzner.
- Notes:
- Credits included in accompanying leaflet.
- "Nonesuch 40185-3"--Cassette label and container.
- OCLC:
- 34397884
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