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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

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
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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