Alicia Alonso : prima ballerina assoluta / [produced for DVD by Allan Altman].

Format Video (DVD)
Publication InfoPleasantville, NY : Video Artists International, [2005], 1958-1985.
Description1 videodisc (74 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + booklet (11 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm) in container.
Subjects

Other author/creatorAlonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, dancer, choreographer.
Other author/creatorPliset͡s︡kiĭ, Azariĭ, dancer.
Other author/creatorGuffanti, Hugo, dancer.
Other author/creatorParés, José, dancer.
Other author/creatorPlá, Mirta, dancer.
Other author/creatorAraújo, Luipo, dancer.
Other author/creatorBosch, Aurora, dancer.
Other author/creatorEsquivel, Jorge, dancer.
Other author/creatorYouskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994, dancer.
Other author/creatorHayden, Melissa, dancer.
Other author/creatorKaye, Nora, 1920-1987, dancer.
Other author/creatorSlavenska, Mia, dancer.
Other author/creatorAlonso, Alberto, choreographer.
Other author/creatorLefebre, Jorge, choreographer.
Other author/creatorMéndez, Alberto, choreographer.
Other author/creatorPetipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer.
Other author/creatorDolin, Anton, 1904-1983, choreographer.
Other author/creatorAltman, Allan, producer.
Other author/creatorBeaudet, Jean, conductor.
Other author/creatorVoorhees, Donald, conductor.
Other author/creatorDuchesne Cuzán, Manuel, 1932- conductor.
Other author/creatorVideo Artists International.
Other author/creatorOrquesta Sinfónica Nacional (Cuba), performer.
Other author/creatorBallet Nacional de Cuba.
Other author/creatorCBC Symphony Orchestra, performer.
Other author/creatorBell Telephone Hour Orchestra, performer.
Variant title At head of title screen: Video Artists International presents a production of National Ballet of Cuba, Alicia Alonso, founder and general director
SeriesAl Jones collection
Al Jones collection.
Contents Swan lake. Black swan Pas de deux / music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; choreography, Alicia Alonso (after Marius Petipa) -- Romeo & Juliet. Bedroom scene / music by Hector Berlioz ; choreography, Alberto Alonso -- Giselle. Act II Pas de deux / music by Adolphe Adam ; choreography, Alicia Alonso (after Jean Coralli & Jules Perrot) -- Coppélia. Dr. Coppélius and the doll (Swanilda) / music by Léo Delibes ; choreography, Alicia Alonso (after the original by Arthur Saint-Léon and the version by Marius Petipa) -- Don Quixote. Act III Pas de deux / music by Ludwig Minkus ; choreography, Alicia Alonso (after Marius Petipa and Anatole Obukhov) -- Pas de Quatre / music by Cesare Pugni ; choreography, Alicia Alonso (after Jules Perrot) -- La fille mal gardée. Lisette keeps her love a secret / music by Peter Ludwig Hertel ; choreography, Alicia Alonso (after Jean Dauberval) -- Oedipus rex. Bedroom scene / music by Leo Brouwer ; choreography, Alicia Alonso & Jorge Lefebre -- La Péri / music by Friedrich Burgmüller ; choreography, Alberto Méndez -- Carmen Suite. Variation & Habanera / music by Rodion Shchedrin (after Bizet) ; choreography, Alberto Alonso.
Abstract Ballerina Alicia Alonso performs scenes from several classic ballets, including Swan Lake and Romeo & Juliet, with members of the Ballet National de Cuba.
General noteBiographical notes by Ernest Gilbert and Jon Tolansky (11 pages : illustrations) inserted in container.
General noteSpecial features: Black swan. Pas de deux / music by Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky ; choreography, Marius Petipa (Alicia Alonso, Igor Youskevitch, dancers ; Orchestre de Radio-Canada ; Jean Beaudet, conductor (L'heure du concert, Radio-Canada, December 4, 1958)) -- Pas de Quatre / music by Cesare Pugni ; choreography, Anton Dolin (after Jules Perrot) (Alicia Alonso, Melissa Hayden, Nora Kaye, Mia Slavenska, dancers ; Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra ; Donald Voorhees, conductor (Bell Telephone Hour (New York), April 1, 1960)).
Performer Alicia Alonso ; with, variously: Azari Plisetsky, Hugo Guffanti, José Parés, Mirta Plá, Loipa Araújo, Aurora Bosch, Jorge Esquivel ; other dancers ; National Symphony Orchestra of Cuba ; Manuel Duchesne Cuzán, conductor.
Date/time/place of a event noteTaped 1963-1985; special features taped in 1958 and 1960.
Technical detailsDVD, all regions, full screen (4:3) presentation; mono.
Genre/formDance Performance.
Genre/formDVD-Video discs.
Genre/formDance.
Other title Heure du concert (Television program)
Other title Bell Telephone hour (Television program)
UPC 089948434399
Publisher number4343 Video Artists International
Stock numberMidwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com