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Interpreters Archive
MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching excerpts from Firebird and Orpheus (Firebird Berceuse; Eurydice's solo) §
Music:
Igor Stravinsky
Dancers:
Heléne Alexopoulos (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers:
Arlene Croce, Nancy Reynolds
Taped:
June 27, 1995, New York City; 82 minutes
Interpreters Archive
MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching ballerina variation, 1st movement, from Symphony in C §
Music:
Georges Bizet
Dancers:
Jennie Somogyi (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers:
Arlene Croce, Nancy Reynolds
Taped:
June 28, 1995, New York City; 77 minutes
Interpreters Archive
MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching excerpts from Pas de Dix (ballerina variation; excerpt from finale) §
Music:
Alexander Glazounov
Dancers:
Jennie Somogyi (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers:
Arlene Croce, Nancy Reynolds
Taped:
June 28, 1995, New York City; 86 minutes
Interpreters Archive
MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching excerpts from George Balanchine's The Nutcracker § Sugar Plum Fairy variation (partial); pas de deux
Music:
Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Dancers:
Jennie Somogyi, Wendy Whelan, Damian Woetzel (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers:
Arlene Croce, Francis Mason, Nancy Reynolds
Taped:
June 28, 1995, and April 15, 1996, New York City; 110 minutes
Interpreters Archive
MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching the pas de deux from Scotch Symphony §
Music:
Felix Mendelssohn
Dancers:
Judith Fugate, Peter Boal (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers:
Francis Mason, Nancy Reynolds
Taped:
April 14-15, 1996, New York City; 109 minutes
Interpreters Archive
MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching "Sanguinic" variation from The Four Temperaments and Sylvia: Pas de Deux (ballerina solo) §
Music:
Paul Hindemith, Léo Delibes
Dancers:
Wendy Whelan, Damian Woetzel, Judith Fugate (New York City Ballet)
Interviewers:
Arlene Croce, Francis Mason, Nancy Reynolds
Taped:
April 14-15, 1996, New York City; 112 minutes
Interpreters Archive
PATRICIA WILDE coaching excerpts from Raymonda Variations (2 ballerina variations; pas de deux) §
Music:
Alexander Glazounov
Dancers:
Laura Desiree, Blythe Turner, Stanko Milov (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre)
Interviewers:
Nancy Goldner
Taped:
May 23-24, 1996, Pittsburgh; 120 minutes
Interpreters Archive
PATRICIA WILDE coaching excerpts from Square Dance (pas de deux from 1st movement; excerpts from "girls dance"; finale) §
Music:
Antonio Vivaldi, Arcangelo Corelli
Dancers:
Laura Desiree, Alexander Nagiba (Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre)
Interviewers:
Nancy Goldner
Taped:
May 24, 1996, Pittsburgh; 70 minutes
Interpreters Archive
MARIE-JEANNE coaching Concerto Barocco, with JOHN TARAS, SUKI SCHORER, and MERRILL ASHLEY §
Music:
Johann Sebastian Bach
Dancers:
Students from School of American Ballet
Interviewers:
Stephanie Jordan, Nancy Reynolds
Taped:
June 16-17, 1996, New York City; 116 minutes
Interpreters Archive
MARIA TALLCHIEF coaching excerpts from Apollo and Swan Lake with PAUL MEJIA §
Music:
Igor Stravinsky, Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
Dancers:
Maria Terezia Balogh, Michael Clark, Todd Edson (Fort Worth Dallas Ballet)
Interviewers:
Nancy Goldner
Taped:
May 31-June 1, 1997, Fort Worth, Texas;107 minutes
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