Martins, Peter
Summary: Combines low-impact stretching with strength-building exercises.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Quill/William Morrow 1997
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.71 MARSummary: "Reset documents the creation of Benjamin Millepied's first ballet as Artistic Director of the Paris Opera Ballet, the oldest national ballet company in the world - and one of the most prestigious. The appointment of Millepied, best known for his choreography for the film Black Swan (2010), was an untraditional choice and his first ballet was eagerly anticipated. The film shows a work of love...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in TC Film Fest DVDs, Call number: DVD TCFF RESSummary: Profiles the New York City Ballet, led by Ballet in Chief Peter Martins, during its 2003 engagement at the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, marking the 20th anniversary of the death of ballet legend and New York City Ballet co-founder George Balanchine. Martins, members of the company, and various Russian dancers share their memories of Balanchine and discuss his influence. Includes...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2009
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: DVD DOC BRISummary: A ballet based on Shakespeare's tragicomedy that focuses on King Leontes, who accuses his boyhood friend of betrayal, condemns his wife for adultery, and banishes his newborn daughter. The story is taken up fifteen years later when the wronged and innocent parties are re-united with the king who has since come to his senses and now lives in a state of perpetual grief and regret.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA WINSummary: "Nutcracker Sweeties" is Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington's big band attack on Tchaikovsky. "The Judas Tree" was Kenneth MacMillan's last ballet, created especially for Irek Mukhamedov.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2006
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS NUTSummary: The classic story, in which a prince's love for a swan queen overcomes an evil sorcerer's spell, is accompanied by illustrations inspired by the George Balanchine ballet productions.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE SWAMassenet, Jules
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca 2008
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA THASummary: The world of storyteller Beatrix Potter comes to life in this ballet through the magic of music and dance.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2009
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2 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV TALCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TAL RATED GBellini, Vincenzo
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Metropolitan Opera 2010
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SONLondon Philharmonic Orchestra
Summary: Glyndebourne Festival Opera's 1972 production of Verdi's opera, based on Shakespeare's tragic play which studies the all consuming ambition of Macbeth and his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Arthaus Musik 2005
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MACNebres, Charlotte
Summary: "The only thing Charlotte loves as much as ballet is Christmas. So, when she gets the opportunity to play Marie in the New York City Ballet's The Nutcracker, she leaps at the chance. Dancing takes practice-hours of adjusting her arms and perfecting her jumps. With the help of her Trinidadian and Filipino families, encouragement from her sister, and a view of her mom and dad in the audience,...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House 2023
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1 available in Beginning Readers - New Reader (Green), Call number: JBR GREEN NEBVerdi, Giuseppe
Summary: The action takes place in ancient Egypt, and tells of the love of Radames, the captain of the guard, for a slave girl, Aida. She is the daughter of the King of Ethiopia, who is captured by Radames and the Egyptian troops. Tricked into betraying military secrets, Radames is condemned to be buried alive. He is joined by Aida, who dies with him.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Decca Music Group Classics 2011
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA AIDSummary: A ballet based loosely on Anton Chekhov's play Three sisters. Second program is a documentary portrait of the influential British choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan, with extracts from many of his ballets including The burrow, Romeo and Juliet, Gloria, Manon and The prince of the pagodas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Kultur 2009
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS WINSummary: Bonus features (all on disc 2): Backstage at the Met with host Renée Fleming: interviews with Patricia Racette, Marcello Giordani, Maria Zifchak and Carolyn Choa; Anthony Minghella talks about Madama Butterfly.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Classical 2011
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2 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA MADContents: Too shy (Kajagoogoo) (3:43) -- Always something there to remind me (Naked Eyes) (3:39) -- Talk talk (remix) (Talk Talk) (3:16) -- Kids in America (Kim Wilde) (3:23) -- Turning Japanese (The Vapors) (3:40) -- The politics of dancing (Re-flex) (3:55) -- 19 (Paul Hardcastle) (3:37) -- Homicide (999) (3:41) -- Romanticide (Combo Audio) (3:08) -- Guilty (Classix Nouveaux) (3:12) -- (Get a) Grip (on...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Records Group North America 1993
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD POP/ROCK LIVSummary: A workout program designed for everyone that employs elements of classical ballet, consisting of: warm-up; stretches; abdominal exercises; floor barre routines; pliés; tendu; dégagé; passé; arabesque raises; reverence; little jumps; front attitude; grand battlement front.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Palm Pictures 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 613.71 MARSummary: The DVD introduces a brand new Wiggly character, Shirley Shawn the Unicorn. The children will love hearing about and dancing around with this 'scrumptious' unicorn! The wide styles of music on this DVD reflect the diversity of the wonderful art form that ballet is! Hope is that this brand new and fun Wiggly music inspires the child listeners' imagination to dress up like the characters in the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV WIGFraser, John
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1988
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.84 FRAPayne, Charles.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 1978
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 792.84 PAYSummary: It's been fifteen years since 'Riverdance' first tapped its way onto the world stage thrilling millions of people around the globe. This performance was filmed live in the Beijing Exhibition Center to celebrate the show's fifteenth anniversary as part of its twelve city tour of China in 2010. The incredible beauty, energy, and skill of the dance combined with the captivating rhythms of the...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: distributed by KULTUR International 2010
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Summary: "An alphabetic celebration of the world of ballet"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday Books for Young Readers 2020