Balanchine essays, Arabesque

The Resource Balanchine essays, Arabesque
Label
Balanchine essays, Arabesque
Title part
Arabesque
Statement of responsibility
artistic directors, conceived and written by Merrill Ashley and Suki Schorer ; producer, Catherine Tatge ; director, Merrill Brockway ; a production of the George Balanchine Foundation, Inc. in association with Tatge/Lasseur Productions, Inc
Title variation
Arabesque
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
Drawing upon their experience as principal dancers with George Balanchine's New York City Ballet, Suki Schorer and Merrill Ashley provide a detailed analysis and demonstration of the ballet step arabesque, according to the principles of Balanchine technique. Schorer, a longtime teacher at the School of American Ballet, sets exercises intended to help the dancer learn and practice correct form, and both she and Ashley recall images Balanchine used in class to elicit desired movement qualities from the dancers. Brief phrases from Balanchine's ballets illustrate the choreographic application of Balanchine technique. Excerpts from The nutcracker and Serenade open and close the program
Cataloging source
PSC
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Choreography, George Balanchine ; music director, pianist, Gordon Boelzner ; editor, Janine Melillo ; camera, John Feher, Les Liebowitz, Dave Smith
Language note
In English
PerformerNote
Instructors, Suki Schorer, Merrill Ashley ; dancers, Jeffrey Edwards, Maydelle Fason, Rebecca Metzger
Runtime
45
Technique
live action
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