King Lear and Music for All Time

Synopsis

Compilation of two performances recorded at Leningrad State Conservatory Rimsky-Korsakov in 1990 and performed by Nikita Dolgushin and students of the Conservatory. Cassette 1 (c62min): King Lear. A choreographic fantasy on motifs from King Lear; music by Sulkhan Nasidze. Cassette 2: Conclusion of King Lear and Music for All Time. A tribute to Tchaikovsky. Three ballets choreographed by Dolgushin - Hamlet (c26min), Mozartiana (beginning, approx 5min) and Cassette 3 (c47min) Conclusion of Mozartiana (c23min) and Romeo and Juliet (c24min).

Country

Former USSR

Medium

Video

Technical information

Colour / Sound

Duration

170 mins

Credits

Choreographer

Nikita Dolgushin

Cast

Nikita Dolgushin

Hamlet

Additional Details

Theatre

Lenigrad State Conservatory

Production type

Dance

Plays

Hamlet; King Lear; Romeo and Juliet

Subjects

Dance

Keywords

ballet; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616)

Notes

General

Credits and timings from the NYPL online catalogue. The programme notes held by NYPL cite double casts for ‘King Lear’ and ‘Romeo and Juliet’ and therefore it is not known who the dancers were in this recording.

History

Music For All Time was recorded April 29th 1990.

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
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New York
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