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Shakespeare Dance Trilogy

Alternative title
Romeo and Juliet Moor’s Pavane, The Hamlet
Synopsis
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 and Juliet. Choreography Nataly Rizhenko and Viktor Smirnov-Golovanov; music Tchaikovsky. 22min.
The Moor’s Pavane. Choreography Jose Limon; music Purcell. 24min.
Hamlet. Choreography Nataly Rizhenko; music Tchaikovsky. 24min.

Music for the Tchaikovsky scores performed by the State Academic Orchestra of the USSR, conductor Eugene Svetlanov; music for the Purcell score performed by the Symphony Orchestra of St Petersburg Conservatory.
Country
Russian Federation
Medium
Video
Technical information
Colour / Sound
Year of release
1999
Duration
70 mins

Credits

Director
A. Murgazin
Producer
Felix Slidovker
Cinematographer
Alexander Taffel
Music
Henry Purcell; Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Art Direction
Eleonora Vinitskaya
Choreographer
José Limón; Nataly Rizhenko; Viktor Smirnov-Golovanov
Cast
Vlastimil GaralisHamlet
Svetlana SmirnovaJuliet
Nikita DolgushinIago
Svetlana SmirnovaOphelia

Additional Details

Theatre company
Kirov Ballet
Production type
Dance
Plays
Hamlet; Othello; Romeo and Juliet
Subjects
Dance
Keywords
Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

Notes
Picture quality is poor.

Production Company

Name

Directfilm

Name

FPA Ekran

Name

Gostelradio

Archive

Name

Dance Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division

Email
dance@nypl.org
Web
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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

Museum of Performance & Design

Email
reference@mpdsf.org
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Phone
415 755 4800 ext 818
Address
Veterans Building, 4th Floor
401 Van Ness Avenue 402
San Francisco
CA 94102
United States

Distributor (Sale)

Name

Dance Books Ltd

Web
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Phone
01420 525 299
Address
Southwold
Isington Road
Binsted
GU34 4PH
Hampshire

Online Retailer

Name

amazon.co.uk

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