Moor’s Pavane, The

Synopsis: José Limón’s ballet set to music by Benjamin Britten with Rudolf Nureyev as Othello and Lynn Seymour as Desdemona. The NYPL cataloguing record notes that the tape contains three almost complete performances. The first and third are filmed from central vantage points and the second from the stage left side of the auditorium. Most of the excerpts are in close shot.
Language: English
Country: United States
Medium: Video
Technical information: Colour / Sound
Subjects: Dance
Keywords: Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Cinematographer

Wallace Potts

Music

Benjamin Britten

Costume

Pauline Lawrence

Choreographer

José Limón

Cast