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Made for Television
Léo Delibes (from Coppélia, ou la Fille aux Yeux d’Émail, produced 1870)
George Balanchine
Produced by L. Leonidoff. Costumes by Karinska
Swanilda/Coppélia, Tanaquil Le Clercq; Frantz, Jacques d’Amboise; Dr. Coppélius, Robert Helpmann; corps de ballet
Performance Type
Television
See Also
Note
An abridged treatment of the Coppélia story.
Recorded Performances
Television

December 25, 1952, NBC

Source Notes

Balanchine, Tanaquil Le Clercq, Jacques d’Amboise

George Balanchine
Performance Type
Television
See Also
Note
In the late 1940s or early 1950s, Balanchine choreographed a pas de deux for Tanaquil Le Clercq and Nicholas Magallanes, telecast by CBC Television, Montreal. The ballet had elements of the Coppélia story.
Source Notes

Tanaquil Le Clercq