These three wonderful ballets plus a pas de deux were performed by the American Ballet Theater at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, on 11 June 1984. Les Sylphides: Music by Frideric Chopin, choreography by Michel Fokine, conducted by Paul Connelly and featuring dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov, Cynthia Harvey, Marianna Tcherkassky, Cheryl Yeager. Sylvia: Music by Leo Delibes, choreography by George Balanchine, conducted by Alan Barker and featuring dancers Patrick Bissell, Martina Van Hamel. Triad: Music by Serge Prokofiev, choreography by Kenneth MacMillan, conducted by Alan Barker with violin solo by Dennis Cleveland and featuring dancers Robert La Fosse, Amanda McKerrow, Johan Renvall. Paquita: Music by Ludwig Minkus, choreography by Natalia Makarova, conducted by Paul Connelly and featuring dancers Fernando Bujones, Cynthia Gregory.
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ACMI Identifier
319372
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Adaptations → Television adaptations
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Television adaptations
Feature films → Feature films - Great Britain
Music & Performing Arts → American Ballet Theater
Music & Performing Arts → Ballet
Music & Performing Arts → Ballet companies
Music & Performing Arts → Ballets - Excerpts
Music & Performing Arts → Ballets - Film and video adaptations
Music & Performing Arts → Dance companies
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
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VHS; Access Print (Section 1)