Learning on ScreenBehind the Scenes with the Royal Ballet
- Synopsis
- Documentary on the Royal Ballet, focusing on rehearsals for Kenneth MacMillan’s Romeo and Juliet and Frederick Ashton’s Monotones. No.2. In voiceover commentary Ashton talks about the Company, the importance of the Romeo and Juliet production with multiple casts; and the creation of Monotones. Margot Fonteyn, Rudolf Nureyev, Lynn Seymour and Christopher Gable are seen rehearsing the three big pas de deux (balcony scene, crypt, bedroom). The ballet’s designer, Nicholas Georgiadis confers with Covent garden staff members on the sets and discusses details of a costume with Lynn Seymour. Anthony Twiner is the pianist and the film is presented by Peter Snell and Ion Voyantzis.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Medium
- Television
- Transmission details
- 14 Apr 1966 (Channel: BBC)
- Duration
- 26 mins
Credits
- Director
- Ion Voyantzis
- Producer
- Ion Voyantzis
- Writer
- Ion Voyantzis
- Music
- Sergei Prokofiev
- Production Design
- Nicholas Georgiadis
- Costume
- Nicholas Georgiadis
- Choreographer
- Kenneth MacMillan
- Contributor
- Frederick Ashton; Peter Snell
- Cast
Rudolf Nureyev Romeo Margot Fonteyn Juliet
Additional Details
- Theatre
- Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
- Theatre company
- Royal Ballet Company
- Production type
- Dance
- Plays
- Romeo and Juliet
- Subjects
- Dance
- Keywords
- ballet; Royal Ballet; Shakespeare, William (1564-1616); Rehearsals
- Related items
- Romeo and Juliet
Production Company
- Name
BBC
- Notes
- The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
Archive
- Name
Dance Collection, Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- 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
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