volcanohunter Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 VAI has gone digging into the archives of Canadian television for some French choreography. From the description on Amazon: Ballets Français features some of the most important proponents of modern French dance. Legendary ballerina Alexandra Danilova stars in Mademoiselle Fifi (1955), a delightful comic piece created for her and the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. The celebrated French ballerina Violette Verdy is partnered by Scott Douglas in a poignant Romeo and Juliet (1958), choreographed by the chief architect of modern French ballet, Serge Lifar, to the music of Tchaikovsky. Two of the major French dancer-choreographers of the post-World War II era are also represented: Jean Babilée, who performs in his charming and acrobatic Balance à Trois (1965); and Janine Charrat, whose Préludes Nos. 8 & 20, set to music from Bach s Well-Tempered Clavier, is danced by the French ballet star Claire Sombert (1965). 1. Mademoiselle Fifi Choreography by Zachary Solov; Music by Théodore de LajarteDancers: Alexandra Danilova, Roman Jasinsky, Michael Maule (1955) 2. Balance à Trois Choreography by Jean Babilée; Music by Jean-Michel DamaseDancers: Jean Babilée, Gerda Daum, Adolfo Andrade (1965) 3. Préludes Nos. 8 and 20 Choreography by Janine Charrat; Music by Johann Sebastian BachDancer: Claire Sombert (1965) 4. Adagio - Pas de deux Choreography by Gérard Ohn; Music by Tomaso Albinoni, arr. Remo GiazottoDancers: Claire Sombert and Adolfo Andrade (1965) 5. Romeo and JulietChoreography by Serge Lifar; Music by Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyDancers: Violette Verdy and Scott Douglas (1958) Run time: 65 minutes The release date is listed as June 23, 2015. Unfortunately, Amazon has misspelled the title as "Ballets Frangais," which could make it difficult to find. Link to comment
Helene Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Thank you so much for this info and to VAI. Verdy, Babilee, Danilova . Link to comment
kbarber Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Thank you so much for this info and to VAI. . to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation too, for recording it in the first place and keeping it in their archives. Link to comment
sandik Posted May 23, 2015 Share Posted May 23, 2015 If this were Facebook that would be a really big like (to the CBC for filming this work, and keeping it around!) I'm trying to think if I've ever seen anything by Charrat before. Link to comment
KarenAG Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Wow! Thank you, Sandik, for this info. It's interesting that Yvette Chauvire is not featured. Any thoughts or ideas about that, members? Link to comment
sandik Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 Wow! Thank you, Sandik, for this info. It's interesting that Yvette Chauvire is not featured. Any thoughts or ideas about that, members? I'm just a commenter -- vocanohunter is the one that brought back the goods on this! Link to comment
volcanohunter Posted May 24, 2015 Author Share Posted May 24, 2015 It's interesting that Yvette Chauvire is not featured. Perhaps she never graced the CBC/Radio-Canada sound stages. Link to comment
Helene Posted May 24, 2015 Share Posted May 24, 2015 The NYPL catalog shows a few items on video, mostly from French video, with a match on Chauvire: https://nypl.bibliocommons.com/search?t=smart&q=chauvire&commit=Search&searchOpt=catalogue&formats=DVD|VC|FILM and none for the keywords "ballet" + "cbc" (44 items) + "chauvire". Link to comment
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