Tempest, The
- Synopsis
- A performance by the San Francisco Ballet of The Tempest choreographed by Michael Smuin; music by Seiko Chihara after Purcell. Directed for stage by Emile Ardolino.The programme is hosted by Gene Kelly and prefaced by Kelly interviewing Smuin about the dancers and designers he worked with on the production.
- Series
- Dance in America
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States
- Medium
- Television
- Technical information
- Colour / Sound
- Notes
- The Museum of Performance & Design holds a copy of Act 2 of the ballet (57mins) performed on May 19, 1980 at the War Memorial Opera House, San Francisco. The Museum also holds rehearsal footage. These two recordings are catalogued separately.
- Subjects
- Dance
- Keywords
- ballet; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)
- Related items
- San Francisco Ballet Rehearsing the Tempest Act 2 December 11, 1979
- Tempest: Act 2, The
Credits
- Director
- Emile Ardolino
- Music
- Henry Purcell; Seiko Chihara
- Production Design
- Tony Walton (2)
- Costume
- Willa Kim
- Choreographer
- Michael Smuin
- Contributor
- Gene Kelly
- Cast
Alexander Filipov Andre Reyes Antonio Lopez Attila Ficzere David McNaughton Evelyn Cisneros Horacio Cifuentes Jonathan Miller (2) Juno Meyer Nigel Courtney Tomm Ruud Val Caniparoli Zoltan Peter
Production Company
- Name
KQED
- Address
- USA
- Name
WNET
Archive
- Name
Dance Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- 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
- Name
Paley Center for Media
- Web
- http://www.paleycenter.org/ External site opens in new window
- Phone
- (212) 621-6600
- Address
- 25 West 52 Street
New York
New York
110019
USA - Notes
- Formerly Museum of Television and Radio (MTR). The name changed in 2007.
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