nysusan Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 I thought I remembered seeing this on video, possibly with Vergie Derman in the female role, but I've searched my collection, Amazon & DVD Talk and can't find it anywhere. Does anyone else remember this, or was I dreaming? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks, Susan Link to comment
rg Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 to the best of my knowledge the MONOTONES video you're thinking of - see below - was never released commercially. it was telecast here as the library entry notes as a salute to the u.s. in honor of our bi-centennial. you may have had an off-the-air copy, but, as noted, i don't think it ever made it to commercial distribution. The Royal Ballet salutes the U.S.A. 1978. (140 min.) : sd., color Notes: Performance by the Royal Ballet at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London, telecast live by satellite on WNEW-TV/Channel 5, New York on July 22, 1978. A BBC presentation in association with Metromedia Television, New York. Producer: Brian Large. Television directors: Colin Nears, Bob Lockyer, and Brian Large. Host: Gene Kelly. CONTENTS. - Elite syncopations. Choreography: Kenneth Macmillan. Music: Scott Joplin. Costumes: Ian Spurling. Performed by Vergie Derman, Monica Mason, Alfreda Thorogood, Michael Colemen, Wayne Eagling, Stephen Jefferies, Wayne Sleep, Jennifer Penney, and Derek Deane. Four Schumann pieces Choreography: Hans van Manen. Music: Robert Schumann (String quartet in A major, op. 41, no. 3) Designer: Jean Paul Vroom. Performed by Anthony Dowell, Jennifer Penney, Wayne Eagling, Lesley Collier, Julian Hosking, Wendy Ellis, Michael Corder, Marguerite Porter, Mark Silver, Wendy Groombridge, and Derek Deane. - La fille mal gardée: Fanny Elssler pas de deux. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Ferdinand Hérold. Performed by Wendy Ellis and Michael Coleman. The sleeping beauty: Bluebird and Princess Florine pas de deux. Choreography: Marius Petipa. Music: Petr Chaikovskii. Performed by Jennifer Penney and Wayne Eagling. Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Percy Grainger. Performed by Lesley Collier, Wayne Sleep, and Graham Fletcher. Monotones II. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Erik Satie. Performed by Vergie Derman, Derek Deane, and Mark Silver. Brahms waltzes in the manner of Isadora Duncan. Choreography: Frederick Ashton. Music: Johannes Brahms. Performed by Lynn Seymour. Solo piano: Philip Gammon. : Romeo and Juliet: Balcony pas de deux Choreography: Kenneth Macmillan. Music: Sergei Prokof'ev. Performed by Lesley Collier and Anthony Dowell. - Brief commentary by Clive Barnes at end. Link to comment
nysusan Posted July 16, 2004 Author Share Posted July 16, 2004 Thanks for the info. I guess I must have caught this on TV at some point, maybe tuned into a Dance NY or PBS broadcast in the middle because I don't remember some of the other pieces that are listed. After seeing Monotones at the Ashton Festival I was really looking forward to watching the tape again, so it's a shame that it doesn't exist! Link to comment
Alexandra Posted July 16, 2004 Share Posted July 16, 2004 Monotones II was also filmed for British TV for a show called "Anthony Dowell: All the Superlatives," so you may have seen that as well. It also has Troyte (from Enigma) and Thais. But as far as I know, it's not commercially available. Link to comment
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