SHAKESPEARE

Synopsis

Dance. Excerpts from Frederick Ashton’s ballet The Dream danced by the Joffrey Ballet and directed and staged by John Hart. Music by Mendelssohn, arranged by John Lanchbery. Videotaped in studio rehearsal with piano accompaniment. The rehearsal footage begins from the end of Bottom’s variation after his transformation to the end of the ballet, but without Bottom’s awakening scene. For the beginning of the ballet up to, but not including, the rustics’ dance see the TOFT tape MGZIC 9-5302 Joffrey Ballet.

Language

English

Country

United States

Medium

Video

Recording date

18 Dec 1976

Duration

28 mins

Credits

Director

John Hart (2)

Music

Felix Mendelssohn; John Lanchbery

Choreographer

Frederick Ashton

Cast

Kevin McKenzie	Oberon
Francesca Corkle	Titania

Additional Details

Theatre company

Joffrey Ballet

Production type

Dance

Plays

Midsummer Night’s Dream, A

Subjects

Dance

Keywords

ballet; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals

Notes

Notes

Information on the content of the extract has been supplied by a Theatre on Film and Tape (TOFT) cataloguer.

Archive

Name

Dance Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division

Email

dance@nypl.org

Web

http://www.nypl.org/research/lpa/dan/dan.html External site opens in new window

Phone

212 870 1657

Fax

212 870 1869

Address

New York Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
New York
NY 10023 7498