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Margot Fonteyn introduces the London Festival Ballet. Graduation ball / music, Johann Strauss (arr. Dorati) ; choreography, David Lichine ; produced by BBC TV in association with Home Video Productions ; producer, Patricia Foy.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Standardized Title:
- Graduation ball (Choreographic work : Lichine)
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ballets.
- Genre:
- Ballet television programs.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (42 minutes)
- Other Title:
- London Festival Ballet double bill
- Place of Publication:
- Berlin : C Major Entertainment, 1981.
- System Details:
- video file
- Summary:
- Graduation Ball - A comedy set in a fashionable Viennese girls' school. An end-of-term dance, to which the cadets of a neighbouring military academy have been invited, begins with formal politeness and some shyness. Natural liveliness and youthful high spirits soon break through however - particularly when the headmistress and the elderly general are discovered to have embarked on a flirtation.
- Participant:
- Margot Fonteyn, presenter ; Trevor Wood (Headmistress), David Long (General), Manola Asensio (Sylphide), Jay Jolley (Scotsman), Lucia Truglia (Pigtails), Andria Hall (Junior lead pupil), Jean Louis Cabane (Junior lead cadet), Matz Skoog (Drummer), Mary McKendry, Janette Mulligan (Fouette girls), members of the London Festival Ballet ; Orchestra of the London Festival Ballet ; Terence Kern, conductor.
- Notes:
- Title from title screen (viewed February 23, 2022).
- Contains:
- Music: Strauss, Johann, 1825-1899. Works. Selections; arranged.
- OCLC:
- 1309919859
- Publisher Number:
- ASP5200994/marc
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