Alicia Alonso : prima ballerina assoluta / [produced for DVD by Allan Altman].

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Ballerina Alicia Alonso performs scenes from several classic ballets, including Swan Lake and Romeo & Juliet, with members of the Ballet National de Cuba.

Bibliographic Details
Uniform Title:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Corporate Authors: Video Artists International
Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (Cuba) (Performer)
Ballet Nacional de Cuba
CBC Symphony Orchestra (Performer)
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra (Performer)
Other Authors: Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019 (Dancer, Choreographer)
Pliset︠s︡kiĭ, Azariĭ (Dancer)
Guffanti, Hugo (Dancer)
Parés, José (Dancer)
Plá, Mirta (Dancer)
Araújo, Luipo (Dancer)
Bosch, Aurora (Dancer)
Esquivel, Jorge (Dancer)
Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994 (Dancer)
Hayden, Melissa (Dancer)
Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987 (Dancer)
Slavenska, Mia (Dancer)
Alonso, Alberto (Choreographer)
Lefebre, Jorge (Choreographer)
Méndez, Alberto (Choreographer)
Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910 (Choreographer)
Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983 (Choreographer)
Altman, Allan (Producer)
Beaudet, Jean (Conductor)
Voorhees, Donald (Conductor)
Duchesne Cuzán, Manuel, 1932- (Conductor)
Language:English
Published: Pleasantville, NY : Video Artists International, [2005], 1958-1985.
Series:Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Rovi K-12 education materials.
Subjects:
Ballets > Excerpts.
Ballerinas.
Filmed dance.
Dance > Performance.
Genre:
Excerpts.
Filmed dance.
Dance
Performance.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Variant Title:
Video Artists International presents a production of National Ballet of Cuba, Alicia Alonso, founder and general director.
Format: Video DVD
Description
Summary:
Ballerina Alicia Alonso performs scenes from several classic ballets, including Swan Lake and Romeo & Juliet, with members of the Ballet National de Cuba.
Note:Biographical notes by Ernest Gilbert and Jon Tolansky (11 pages : ill.) inserted in container.
Special features: Black swan. Pas de deux / music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; choreography, Marius Petipa (Alicia Alonso, Igor Youskevitch, dancers ; Orchestre de Radio-Canada ; Jean Beaudet, conductor (L'heure du concert, Radio-Canada, December 4, 1958)) -- Pas de Quatre / music by Cesare Pugni ; choreography, Anton Dolin (after Jules Perrot) (Alicia Alonso, Melissa Hayden, Nora Kaye, Mia Slavenska, dancers ; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour (New York), April 1, 1960))
Videorecording.
Call Number:CN7 D0058439 VideoDVD
System Details:DVD, all regions, full screen (4:3) presentation; mono.
Participant or Performer:
Alicia Alonso ; with, variously: Azari Plisetsky, Hugo Guffanti, José Parés, Mirta Plá, Loipa Araújo, Aurora Bosch, Jorge Esquivel ; other dancers ; National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba ; Manuel Duchesne Cuzán, conductor.
Event Details:
Taped 1963-1985; special features taped in 1958 and 1960.