Copland, Aaron
Contents: El Salón México (12:00) -- Billy the Kid: Introduction: The open prairie ; Street in a frontier town ; Mexican dance and finale ; Prairie night (card game at night) ; Gun battle ; Celebration (after Billy's capture) ; Billy's death (the open prairie again) -- Danzón cubano -- Organ symphony.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL COPTchaikovsky, Peter Ilich
Contents: Introduction -- Prologue. No. 1, March -- Act I (complete). No. 5, Scene ; No. 6, Waltz ; No. 7, Scene ; No. 8, Pas d'action. Adagio ("Rose adagio") ; Dance of the maids of honour and pages ; Aurora's variation ; Coda ; No. 9, Finale -- Act III. No. 22, Polonaise ; No. 23, Pas de quatre. Variation 1, The golden fairy ; Variation 2, The silver fairy ; Variation 3, The sapphire fairy ; Variation...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Music Magazine 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL TCHLee, Laura
Summary: A history of ballet provides plot synopses of famous ballets and introduces the language, steps, and costumes of the dance.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2007
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J WHITE CHILawrence, Robert
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 1950
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 792.8 LAWSummary: 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 WINBritten, Benjamin
Contents: Plymouth town (26:55) ; Nocturne (31:40) / Benjamin Britten -- Ballads for orchestra. Allegro moderato alla canzone (4:47) ; Alla marcia solenne (3:25) ; Andante calmante (5:31) ; Allegro furioso (3:29) / Grace Williams.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Music Magazine 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BRIElfman, Danny
Contents: Intro -- Frolic -- Gamelan -- Rag -- Lyric -- Finale.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC RABOrquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
Contents: Uirapurú / Heitor Villa-Lobos (18:41) -- Suite de caballos de vapor = Horse-power suite / Carlos Chávez (25:21) -- Estancia / Alberto Ginastera (12:15).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorian 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL LATSummary: A new movie version of a timeless Christmas fantasy set in motion when a young girl receives the gift of a nutcracker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997
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1 available in KBL Holiday Storage, Call number: DVD Holiday NCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS NUTRichter, Max
Summary: Max Richter's Exiles is a kaleidoscopic achievement featuring the world-premiere recording of Richter's electrifying ballet music. Also new orchestral versions of iconic pieces from Richter's Infra 5, Woolf Works, The Blue Notebooks, Waltz with Bashir, and Sunlight.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL RICSummary: This ballet based on the story of Sparacus and the Roman slave's fight for freedom, gives full expression to the virility and strength for which Russia's male dancers are renowned.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2006
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SPABley, Carla.
Contents: The opening -- Interlude: Shovels -- The survivors -- Grave train -- Death rolls -- Morning (part one) -- Interlude: Lament -- Intermission music -- Silent spring -- Fanfare -- Mother of a dead man -- Some dirge -- Morning (part two) -- The new funeral march -- The new National Anthem -- The survivors.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Victor 1999
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Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL ROUGruen, John.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Abrams 1981
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 792.8 GRUSummary: "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 NUTWhittet, Ellen O'Connell
Summary: A lyrical and meditative memoir on the damage we inflict in the pursuit of perfection, the pain of losing our dreams, and the power of letting go of both.With a promising career in classical ballet ahead of her, Ellen O'Connell Whittet was devastated when a misstep in rehearsal caused a career-ending injury. Ballet was the love of her life. She lived for her moments under the glare of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WHITTET, ELLEN O'CONNELL WHISummary: An insecure New York City ballet dancer wins the lead in Swan Lake, but slowly loses her grip on sanity when she thinks a seductive newcomer is out to steal her role.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2011
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BLACopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Black 2011Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER BLASummary: Based on an ancient Indian poem, Sakuntala, the story concerns Nikia's love for Solor, who loves her in return, and Solor's obligation to wed Gamzatti. Gamzatti murders her rival and the inconsolable Solor envisions Nikia inviting him to join her in the Kingdom of the Shades. This performance exhibits the perfection achieved by the Kirov corps de ballet.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2008
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA BAYRavel, Maurice
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: EMI Classics 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL RAVStill, William Grant
Contents: Symphony no. 1 (Afro-American) / William Grant Still (23:57) -- The river : Suite (26:35) : Spring ; Meander ; Giggling rapids ; Lake ; Vortex ; Riba ; Village virgins / Duke Ellington ; orch. Ron Collier.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Chandos Records 1993