American Ballet Theatre, A Shakespeare Festival [28/01/2007]

Synopsis
Wes Chapman, Ballet Master for American Ballet theatre, moderates a panel discussion about Lar Lubovitch’s ballet, Othello. Panelists include Lubovitch and Kevin McKenzie, Artistic Director of the American Ballet Theatre. Lubovitch discusses the process of creating a concise narrative, his choice of composer, sets and costume. Dance content: Excerpts, Act II: First quintet; Iago and Emilia duet; Othello and Iago duet; Bianca solo; Bianca and Iago duet; Bianca, Iago, and Cassio trio; Angry duet; Final scene -- Demonstration of Medieval court dances -- Excerpt, Act III. Scene i.
Series
Works & Process at the Guggenheim
Language
English
Country
United States
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Transmission details
28 Jan 2007
Duration
67 mins

Credits

Producer
Kevin McKenzie; Mary Sharp Cronson
Choreographer
Lar Lubovitch
Contributor
Lar Lubovitch; Wes Chapman
Cast
David Hallberg 
Jared Matthews 
Sarawanee Tanatanit 
Sascha Radetsky 
Stella Abrera 
Xiomara Reyes 

Additional Details

Theatre company
American Ballet Theatre
Production type
Documentary/Educational/News
Plays
Othello
Subjects
Dance
Keywords
ballet; dance; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
Related items
Lar Lubovitch’s Othello

Notes

Notes
The recording continued 29 January 2007

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

How to cite this record

Shakespeare, "American Ballet Theatre, A Shakespeare Festival [28/01/2007]". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/shakespeare/search/index.php/title/av69268 (Accessed 26 Nov 2024)