| Other author/creator | Alonso, Alicia, 1920-2019, dancer, choreographer. |
| Other author/creator | Pliset͡s︡kiĭ, Azariĭ, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Guffanti, Hugo, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Parés, José, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Plá, Mirta, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Araújo, Luipo, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Bosch, Aurora, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Esquivel, Jorge, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Youskevitch, Igor, 1912-1994, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Hayden, Melissa, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Kaye, Nora, 1920-1987, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Slavenska, Mia, dancer. |
| Other author/creator | Alonso, Alberto, choreographer. |
| Other author/creator | Lefebre, Jorge, choreographer. |
| Other author/creator | Méndez, Alberto, choreographer. |
| Other author/creator | Petipa, Marius, 1818-1910, choreographer. |
| Other author/creator | Dolin, Anton, 1904-1983, choreographer. |
| Other author/creator | Altman, Allan, producer. |
| Other author/creator | Beaudet, Jean, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Voorhees, Donald, conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Duchesne Cuzán, Manuel, 1932- conductor. |
| Other author/creator | Video Artists International. |
| Other author/creator | Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (Cuba), performer. |
| Other author/creator | Ballet Nacional de Cuba. |
| Other author/creator | CBC Symphony Orchestra, performer. |
| Other author/creator | Bell 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 |
| Series | Al 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 note | Biographical notes by Ernest Gilbert and Jon Tolansky (11 pages : illustrations) inserted in container. |
| General note | Special 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 note | Taped 1963-1985; special features taped in 1958 and 1960. |
| Technical details | DVD, all regions, full screen (4:3) presentation; mono. |
| Genre/form | Dance Performance. |
| Genre/form | DVD-Video discs. |
| Genre/form | Dance. |
| Other title |
Heure du concert (Television program) |
| Other title |
Bell Telephone hour (Television program) |
| UPC |
089948434399 |
| Publisher number | 4343 Video Artists International |
| Stock number | Midwest Tapes http://www.midwesttapes.com |