American Ballet Theatre in San Francisco (DVD)
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American Ballet Theatre in San Francisco (DVD)
Composers: Various
Artists: Leslie Browne, Fernando Bujones, Susan Jaffe, Robert La Fosse, Cynthia Gregory, Martine Van Hamel, Natalia Makarova, Kevin McKenzie, Michael Owen, American Ballet Theatre, San Francisco Opera Orchestra
Choreographers: Paul Taylor, Antony Tudor, Marius Petipa, Kenneth MacMillan, Lynn Taylor-Corbett
Conductors: Various
Format: NTSC
Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
Number of Discs: 1
Studio: Kultur
DVD Release Date: April 26, 2005
Run Time: 105 minutes
Performed at the War Memorial Opera House in San Francisco, the featured dances are “Airs,” featuring excerpts from Handel’s Concerti Grossi, Op. 3; “Balcony Pas de Deux” from Act I of Sergei Prokofiev’s Romeo and Juliet; Jardin aux Lilas from Ernest Chausson; Great Galloping Gottschalk, which features excerpts from several works by Louis Moreau Gottschalk; and the Black Swan pas de deux from Act III of Tchaikovsky’s Swan Lake.
History
Ballet
In classic or contemporary ballet, dancing may tell a story, express a mood, or simply reflect the music in movement. Ballet as part of staged performances originated in the Italian Renaissance courts of the 15th and 16th centuries and from there spread to France. The creation of classical ballet as we know it today occurred during the reign of the art-loving French king Louis XIV in the mid-17th century. During the Romantic era, ballet technique evolved to express new ideas, most notably with women dancing en point, or on their toes, allowing them to appear weightless and otherworldly.
Among the choreographers who helped bring ballet into the modern age by exploring new visual and dramatic styles are George Balanchine, Antony Tudor and—bridging the worlds of classical dance and Broadway—Agnes de Mille and Jerome Robbins.
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