A Choreographer's Notebook: Stravinsky Piano Ballets by Peter Martins (Great Performances: Dance in America season 12 episode 12) (1984) (no video link)
Title
A Choreographer's Notebook: Stravinsky Piano Ballets by Peter Martins (Great Performances: Dance in America season 12 episode 12) (1984) (no video link)
Subject
Ballet
Television programs
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No video link found. This content is associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library originally recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. No link has yet been found to provide online access and the original videotape has not yet been digitized.
Description
Content description from New York Times Archives (https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/13/arts/tv-review-peter-martins-presents-4-dances-to-stravinsky.html):
AT a WNET/Channel 13 luncheon for a few journalists several months ago, Peter Martins conceded that he was still a bit uneasy about bringing the New York City Ballet to television. He would be happier if the screen were more flexible, being able to expand like an accordion from the standard 19-inch diagonal to something perhaps as large as 90 inches. Fortunately, though, Mr. Martins, who with Jerome Robbins is co-ballet master of the company, is continuing to work in television, and tonight's ''Dance in America'' presentation on WNET/13 at 8 demonstrates that his concern for scale can have its rewards.
''A Choreographer's Notebook: Stravinsky Piano Ballets by Peter Martins,'' a cumbersome title if ever there was one, features four dances that he has choreographed since 1980, all of them using the music of Igor Stravinsky, who, of course, long worked closely with the great George Balanchine. Except for the final piece, ''Concerto for Two Pianos,'' which uses 3 soloists and a corps of 12 ballerinas, these are physically ''small'' works and are ideally suited to the small screen. The entire production was taped on the stage at Lincoln Center's State Theater using only a pale blue backdrop that furnishes a neutral, non distracting space for the dancing.
Ephemera: Available at the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One page from Under Cover magazine with program circled and handwritten notes.
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AT a WNET/Channel 13 luncheon for a few journalists several months ago, Peter Martins conceded that he was still a bit uneasy about bringing the New York City Ballet to television. He would be happier if the screen were more flexible, being able to expand like an accordion from the standard 19-inch diagonal to something perhaps as large as 90 inches. Fortunately, though, Mr. Martins, who with Jerome Robbins is co-ballet master of the company, is continuing to work in television, and tonight's ''Dance in America'' presentation on WNET/13 at 8 demonstrates that his concern for scale can have its rewards.
''A Choreographer's Notebook: Stravinsky Piano Ballets by Peter Martins,'' a cumbersome title if ever there was one, features four dances that he has choreographed since 1980, all of them using the music of Igor Stravinsky, who, of course, long worked closely with the great George Balanchine. Except for the final piece, ''Concerto for Two Pianos,'' which uses 3 soloists and a corps of 12 ballerinas, these are physically ''small'' works and are ideally suited to the small screen. The entire production was taped on the stage at Lincoln Center's State Theater using only a pale blue backdrop that furnishes a neutral, non distracting space for the dancing.
Ephemera: Available at the CCDR Collections at Arizona State University. One page from Under Cover magazine with program circled and handwritten notes.
Limitations: This page displays video content associated with a videotape in the CCDR Collections audiovisual library recorded by Joann W. Kealiinohomoku. Please be advised that, because this videotape has not yet been digitized for direct access, we cannot guarantee that the video content on this page is an exact match with the content originally recorded by Dr. Kealiinohomoku. We also cannot guarantee function or access for re-hosted video content.
Original Format
TV broadcast recorded off air by JWK: Betamax tape
Creator
Peter Martins (choreographer)
Walter Cronkite (presenter)
Publisher
Public Broadcasting Company (PBS)
Date
1984 February 13
Citation
“A Choreographer's Notebook: Stravinsky Piano Ballets by Peter Martins (Great Performances: Dance in America season 12 episode 12) (1984) (no video link),” Cross-Cultural Dance Resources Collections, accessed April 25, 2024, https://ccdrcollections.omeka.net/items/show/263.