Summary: "For the first time, this beloved holiday story is told based on George Balanchine's quintessential production. The storyline mimics the choreography of the famous ballet and the illustrations are inspired by the backdrops and scenery from the actual New York City Ballet production"--
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Little Simon
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Place a hold to request this item.Copland, Aaron
Contents: El Salón México (12:00) -- Billy the Kid: Introduction: The open prairie ; Street in a frontier town ; Mexican dance and finale ; Prairie night (card game at night) ; Gun battle ; Celebration (after Billy's capture) ; Billy's death (the open prairie again) -- Danzón cubano -- Organ symphony.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL COPLihoreau, Tim
Summary: Learn about the music and stories of ballet in the second book of The Very Young Person's Guide To... series. Pull on your pointe shoes and follow our heroes as they explore beautiful scenes inspired by some of ballet's most loved music, including Swan Lake, Giselle, The Nutcracker, Spartacus, and The Firebird. Young readers can discover iconic moments including Swan Lake's Dance of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: DK Publishing 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 792.8 LIHSign Libra
Contents: Le chat -- Amber -- Daybreak -- Aqua -- Clocks -- Zephyr -- Carte Blanche -- Degel -- Coco de mer -- Tambourine.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in LP Phonograph Record, Call number: VINYL ELECTRONIC SIGTchaikovsky, Peter Ilich
Contents: Introduction -- Prologue. No. 1, March -- Act I (complete). No. 5, Scene ; No. 6, Waltz ; No. 7, Scene ; No. 8, Pas d'action. Adagio ("Rose adagio") ; Dance of the maids of honour and pages ; Aurora's variation ; Coda ; No. 9, Finale -- Act III. No. 22, Polonaise ; No. 23, Pas de quatre. Variation 1, The golden fairy ; Variation 2, The silver fairy ; Variation 3, The sapphire fairy ; Variation...
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Music Magazine 2000
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL TCHLee, Laura
Summary: A history of ballet provides plot synopses of famous ballets and introduces the language, steps, and costumes of the dance.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers 2007
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1 available in Multi-Media Kits, Call number: KIT J WHITE CHISummary: "Marvel Studios' 'The Falcon and The Winter Soldier' stars Anthony Mackie as Sam Wilson aka The Falcon, and Sebastian Stan as Bucky Barnes, aka The Winter Soldier. The pair, who came together in the final moments of 'Avengers: Endgame,' team up on a global adventure that tests their abilities and patience" --Container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV FAL1 available in Browsing Hot DVDs, Call number: HOT DVD
Summary: A ballet based loosely on Anton Chekhov's play Three sisters. Second program is a documentary portrait of the influential British choreographer, Kenneth MacMillan, with extracts from many of his ballets including The burrow, Romeo and Juliet, Gloria, Manon and The prince of the pagodas.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Distributed by Kultur 2009
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS WINBritten, Benjamin
Contents: Plymouth town (26:55) ; Nocturne (31:40) / Benjamin Britten -- Ballads for orchestra. Allegro moderato alla canzone (4:47) ; Alla marcia solenne (3:25) ; Andante calmante (5:31) ; Allegro furioso (3:29) / Grace Williams.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: BBC Music Magazine 2006
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL BRIElfman, Danny
Contents: Intro -- Frolic -- Gamelan -- Rag -- Lyric -- Finale.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD SHOW MUSIC RABOrquesta Sinfónica Simón Bolívar
Contents: Uirapurú / Heitor Villa-Lobos (18:41) -- Suite de caballos de vapor = Horse-power suite / Carlos Chávez (25:21) -- Estancia / Alberto Ginastera (12:15).
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: Dorian 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL LATSummary: A Peter Wright production of the ballet, The Nutcracker, performed at Covent Garden.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 1994
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: A new movie version of a timeless Christmas fantasy set in motion when a young girl receives the gift of a nutcracker.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 1997
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Summary: Max Richter's Exiles is a kaleidoscopic achievement featuring the world-premiere recording of Richter's electrifying ballet music. Also new orchestral versions of iconic pieces from Richter's Infra 5, Woolf Works, The Blue Notebooks, Waltz with Bashir, and Sunlight.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL RICSummary: This ballet based on the story of Sparacus and the Roman slave's fight for freedom, gives full expression to the virility and strength for which Russia's male dancers are renowned.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2006
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1 available in Opera DVDs, Call number: DVD OPERA SPABley, Carla.
Contents: The opening -- Interlude: Shovels -- The survivors -- Grave train -- Death rolls -- Morning (part one) -- Interlude: Lament -- Intermission music -- Silent spring -- Fanfare -- Mother of a dead man -- Some dirge -- Morning (part two) -- The new funeral march -- The new National Anthem -- The survivors.
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: RCA Victor 1999
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD JAZZ BURRoussel, Albert
Format: sound recording-musical
Publisher / Publication Date: 1991
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD CLASSICAL ROUSummary: "Nutcracker Sweeties" is Billy Strayhorn and Duke Ellington's big band attack on Tchaikovsky. "The Judas Tree" was Kenneth MacMillan's last ballet, created especially for Irek Mukhamedov.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Kultur 2006
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1 available in Performing Arts DVDs, Call number: DVD PERFORMING ARTS NUTWhittet, Ellen O'Connell
Summary: A lyrical and meditative memoir on the damage we inflict in the pursuit of perfection, the pain of losing our dreams, and the power of letting go of both.With a promising career in classical ballet ahead of her, Ellen O'Connell Whittet was devastated when a misstep in rehearsal caused a career-ending injury. Ballet was the love of her life. She lived for her moments under the glare of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House Publishing 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 WHITTET, ELLEN O'CONNELL WHISummary: An insecure New York City ballet dancer wins the lead in Swan Lake, but slowly loses her grip on sanity when she thinks a seductive newcomer is out to steal her role.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation 2011
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE BLACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Thriller DVDs, Call number: DVD THRILLER BLASummary: "Tells the straightforward history of the renowned Ballets Russes troupe from 1929 until its demise in 1962, providing ... commentary, as well as tidbits on ballet aesthetics, backstage gossip and clip after clip of rare footage. It also ... offers portraits of the handful of surviving dancers, most of them in their 80s, who provide its commentary. After a brief review of [the Diaghilev years...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Zeitgeist Films 2005