The Mystery Film with Bujones

[ginasf]

HI... help please. A long time ago I saw a short film about the School of the American Ballet from the late 60s or early 70s. It was in black and white and featured a great variation by a very young Bujones (probably in Stanley Williams' class). Does anyone know the title of this film? Any ideas?

[rg]

Bujones is recorded in the film by Virginia Brooks listed below, tho' i can't say he dances a variation; it was telecast around this time and there are off-the-air videos in various collections. needless to remark, the NYPL for the Perf. Arts at Lincoln Center has a copy.

it's all i can think of with regard to your question, however.

NYPL dance cat. entry:

School of American Ballet (Motion picture) 1973. 43 min. 1540 ft. : sd. b&w. ; 16 mm.

Filmed by Virginia Brooks in the spring of 1972. Sound: Anthony Zaza. Executive producer: Julian Hochberg.

Summary: Documentary on the School of American Ballet, New York City. Faculty and students are seen in various classes and in rehearsal. Introduced by Eugenie Ouroussow, executive director, and Natalie Molostwoff, associate director. The teachers who appear are: Alexandra Danilova, Felia Doubrovska, Muriel Stuart, Helene Dudin, Antonina Tumkovsky, Elise Reiman, Stanley Williams (teaching the men's class) and Helgi Tomasson (teaching adagio class). George Balanchine and Madame Danilova are seen conducting a rehearsal for the advanced students' workshop performance of Swan lake, Act I. Fernando Bujones appears both in class and in rehearsal for his graduation performance. Includes excerpts from the workshop performance, May 24, 1972, of Swan lake, Act I, staged by Alexandra Danilova. Soloists were Connie Rosenberg, Jann Mari Trambert, and Fernando Bujones.