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Maria Fay’s Floor Barre - The Video (2003)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 PAL), £20.41

During the many years of her teaching career, Maria Fay became increasingly concerned by the number of dancers who suffered serious injuries, and began to put together a series of floor exercises which would...

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Matthew Bourne’s Nutcracker! New Adventures Dance Company (2003)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 88 minutes), £19.99

Matthew Bourne’s clever, funny, and touching modern take on The Nutcracker begins in the bleak setting of Dr. Dross’s Orphanage and follows Clara’s journey through a shimmering ice-skating wonderland...

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Mime Matters: The Royal Academy of Dance (2002)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 min), £17.99

Demonstrations of mime sequences from classic ballets (Le Carnaval, Coppélia, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake) by a cast including Deanne Bergsma, David Bintley, Alina Cojocaru, Anthony Dowell, Luke Heydon,...

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Three by Duato (2002)

Subject

Dance; Spanish studies

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 82 min), £24.99

Three modern works by Spanish master choreographer and director of the Compania Nacional de Danza de Espana, Nacho Duato. Presented are ‘Por Vos Muero’, inspired by Spanish music and dance from the 15th...

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Firebird, The and les Noces (2002)

aka: Stravinsky Staged

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 2 PAL, 145 min), £24.99

A performance by the Royal Ballet filmed live at the Royal Opera House in 2001 and broadcast on BBC2 on 26/1/02 under the title STRAVINSKY STAGED. The principals in The Firebird are Leanne Benjamin and...

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Laban Dance Works, Recreations from Laban’s Chamber Dance Repertoire, 1923-1928 (2002)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL NTSC, 30 mins approx.), £17.99

A short documentary showing the reconstruction and performance of excerpts from some of Rudolf Laban’s early dance works, by staff and students at the Laban Centre in London.

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Shakespeare Dance Trilogy (1999 Video)

aka: Romeo and Juliet Moor’s Pavane, The Hamlet

Director

A. Murgazin

Producer

Felix Slidovker

Subject

Dance

Three dances inspired by Shakespeare’s works danced by members of the Kirov Ballet and recorded on location at a medieval castle. The dances are linked by the framing device of a troupe of players. Romeo...

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Hans Van Manen, Grand Vizier (1998)

Subject

Dance; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 minutes), £22.99

No. 4 in the series on the history of dance films is a compilation of works made for camera by one of the first major choreographers to investigate the potential of the medium for dance. It features works...

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Dancing Images, Early and Avant-Garde Dance Films (1997)

Subject

Dance; Media studies

Distribution

Sale, VHS (PAL, 75 minutes), £22.99

No. 3 in the series on the history of dance films is a compilation of 9 films made between 1920 and 1989. Includes Opus II, III & IV, by Walter Ruttmann; Emak Bakia by Man Ray; La Marche des Machines by...

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Early Dance: Part 1: From the Greeks to the Renaissance (1995)

Subject

Dance

Distribution

Sale, DVD (Region 0 NTSC, 22 minutes), £29.99

Isa Partsch-Bergsohn and Hal Bergsohn present the concise history of Greek to Elizabethan dance using engravings, prints, and paintings with accompanying music and narration. Period-costumed dancers...

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