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Title
La valse
Additional title: Valses nobles et sentimentales (Choreographic work : Balanchine)
Names
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Jessen, Victor (Cinematographer)
Le Clercq, Tanaquil (Dancer)
Jillana (Dancer)
Wilde, Patricia, 1928- (Dancer)
Hobi, Frank (Dancer)
Adams, Diana. (Dancer)
Bliss, Herbert, 1923-1960 (Dancer)
Magallanes, Nicholas (Dancer)
Moncion, Francisco (Dancer)
Karinska, Barbara (Costume designer)
New York City Ballet (Performer)
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937 (Composer)
Collection

Victor Jessen Video Archive

Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1951 (Questionable)
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 1691
Topics
Ballet
Jessen, Victor
Genres
Filmed dance
Filmed performances
Notes
Statement of responsibility: choreography, [George] Balanchine ; music by [Maurice] Ravel ; performed by New York City Ballet.
Performers: Some cast members change during different performances; for example, Patricia Wilde's role in the Third waltz is sometimes performed by another dancer.
Content: Credits partially from book entitled, Without permission by Victor Jessen ; additional credits from the Dance Division's *MGZB New York City Ballet program (Apr. 25, 1951).
Creation/production credits: Costumes by Karinska ; lighting by Jean Rosenthal.
Creation/production credits: Filmmaker, Victor Jessen.
Performers: Dancers possibly include: Vida Brown, Edwina Fontaine, Jillana (Second waltz) ; Patricia Wilde, Frank Hobi (Third waltz) ; Yvonne Mounsey, Michael Maule (Fourth waltz) ; Diana Adams, Herbert Bliss (Fifth waltz) ; Diana Adams (Sixth waltz) ; Herbert Bliss, Vida Brown, Edwina Fontaine, Jillana (Seventh waltz) ; Tanaquil LeClercq, Nicholas Magallanes (Eighth waltz) ; Tanaquil LeClercq, Nicholas Magallanes, Francisco Moncion and members of the New York City Ballet (La valse).
Venue: Some segments filmed during multiple performances possibly at the Opera House, Chicago, Ill. in Apr. 1951.
Funding: Transferred from film and cataloged with funds provided by the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.
Content: Complete work; sometimes brief segments overlap with repeated sections from different camera location.
Biographical/historical: This film was pieced together by the filmmaker Victor Jessen from multiple performances filmed from various camera angles throughout the theater.
Physical Description
Videocassette
Extent: 2 videocassettes (Digital Betacam) (77 min.) : silent, black and white ; 1/2 in.
Type of Resource
Moving image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b18147135
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): c7aec2c0-f87b-0130-ff2a-3c075448cc4b
Rights Statement
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Item timeline of events

  • 1951: Created
  • 2018: Digitized
  • 2025: Found by you!
  • 2026

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "La valse" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1951. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c874e0e0-f87b-0130-695b-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "La valse" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 15, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c874e0e0-f87b-0130-695b-3c075448cc4b

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1951). La valse Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c874e0e0-f87b-0130-695b-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia Citation

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La valse