The DVD: "Stravinsky and the Ballets Russes: The Firebird/Le Sacre du Printemps" (2009) features the original Nijinsky choreograpy performed by the Marinsky Ballet (St. Petersburg)
Farhad Moshiri AV Librarian University of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas ________________________________________ From: [email protected] [[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] [[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, August 12, 2010 11:34 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Videolib] acquisition Well, there are other performances of Rite out there, but I do believe the Joffrey is no longer available on DVD or tape. It appears to be on YouTube (of course) gary > Does anyone have ideas of where I might be able to find a copy of the film > mentioned below? One of my professors is requesting it for a class this > semester and I cannot seem to locate it. Thanks in advance! > > Jennifer > -------- > Jennifer Matthews > (574)631-9038 (work) > [email protected] > > > The search for Nijinsky's Rite of spring [videorecording] / a > co-production of WNET/New York and Danmarks Radio in association with > Czechoslovak Television and BBC, La Sept, NOS Television ; dance directed > by Thomas Grimm ; documentary directed by Judy Kinberg ; produced by Judy > Kinberg and Thomas Grimm. New York, N.Y. : WNET/13, 1989. (58 min.) : sd., > col. with b&w sequences > Notes: Narrator, Kathryn Walker. > Danced by the Joffrey Ballet: Carole Valleskey (A 300-year-old woman), > Paul Shoemaker (Old sage), Beatriz Rodriguez (The chosen one), and others. > Music performed by the Orchestra of the National Theatre, Prague, > conducted by Allan Lewis. > Set coordinator, Ves Harper ; lighting, Jorgen Johannessen and Tim Hunter > ; production executive, Rhoda Grauer ; writer, Holly Brubach. > Concluding performance by the Joffrey Ballet: choreography, Vaslav > Nijinsky, reconstructed and staged by Millicent Hodson ; music, Igor > Stravinsky ; scenario, Igor Stravinsky and Nikolai Roerich ; scenery and > costumes, Nikolai Roerich, reconstructed by Kenneth Archer ; artistic > supervision of reconstruction, Robert Joffrey. > Telecast by WNET/13, New York, on the Great Performances: Dance in America > series on November 24, 1989. > Documentary on the history and reconstruction of Vaslav Nijinsky's ballet > The rite of spring (Le sacre du printemps). The 1913 premiere of the > ballet is illustrated through still photographs and historical footage of > interviews with Igor Stravinsky and Dame Marie Rambert. Dance historian > Millicent Hodson and art historian Kenneth Archer describe the process of > reconstructing the ballet, which is then seen in a performance by the > Joffrey Ballet. > On Jul 29, 2010, at 10:39 AM, Jen Matthews wrote: > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of > issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic > control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in > libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve > as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of > communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video > producers and distributors. > Gary Handman Director Media Resources Center Moffitt Library UC Berkeley 510-643-8566 [email protected] http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/MRC "I have always preferred the reflection of life to life itself." --Francois Truffaut VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors. This email and any files transmitted with it may be confidential or contain privileged information and are intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to which they are addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing, or copying of this email and any attachments is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately delete the email and any attachments from your system and notify the sender. Any other use of this e-mail is prohibited. Thank you for your compliance. VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
