McDill, Nancy

Maria Tallchief coaching excerpts from Symphony in C ( visu )
4 editions published between 1996 and 2008 in English and held by 110 libraries worldwide
Interview with Maria Tallchief (ca. 12 min.) / Tallchief recalls the premiere of the ballet, then titled Le palais de cristal, by the Paris Opéra Ballet in 1947, and describes some of the dancers who performed in it, notably Lycette Darsonval (who created the variation on this tape), Jacqueline Moreau, and Micheline Bardin. She demonstrates how some of the choreography shows the influence of the Paris Opéra Ballet style, and analyzes details of Balanchine's choreography. She also discusses the New York City Ballet's 1948 production of the ballet, retitled Symphony in C, in which she danced the variation on this tape

Maria Tallchief coaching excerpts from Pas de dix ( visu )
4 editions published between 1996 and 2008 in English and held by 109 libraries worldwide
Interview with Maria Tallchief (ca. 14 min.). Tallchief, who created the principal ballerina's role in George Balanchine's Pas de dix, first presented by the New York City Ballet in 1955, compares this ballet with Balanchine's earlier Raymonda (1946), staged with Alexandra Danilova for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She discusses how Balanchine taught various ballet steps and movements that appear in the ballet, including passé

Todd Bolender coaching the phlegmatic variation from the four temperaments ( visu )
4 editions published between 1998 and 2007 in English and held by 103 libraries worldwide
Todd Bolender coaches the phlegmatic variation from Hindemith's The four temperaments

Allegra Kent coaching excerpts from Bugaku ( visu )
5 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and held by 102 libraries worldwide
Allegra Kent coaches dancers in excerpts from Bugaku, with moves choreographed by Balanchine

Maria Tallchief coaching the Pas de deux from Scotch symphony ( visu )
4 editions published between 1997 and 2008 in English and held by 102 libraries worldwide
Features Maria Tallchief rehearsing dancers from the New York City Ballet in the Pas de deux from Mendelssohn's Scottish symphony. Included is an interview where Maria discusses premiering the work with the George Balanchine dance troupe, and the experience of dancing with them in general

Marie-Jeanne coaching Concerto barocco, original version (1941) ( visu )
4 editions published between 1997 and 2008 in English and held by 97 libraries worldwide
Features Marie-Jeanne and John Taras instructing Suki Schorer and students of the School of American Ballet in the original version of Balanchine's choreographic work Concerto barocco. Interviewers ask Marie and John about performing this back in the 1940's and the differences in choreography then and now

Allegra Kent coaching excerpts from La Sonnambula ( Computer File )
4 editions published in 2001 in English and held by 96 libraries worldwide
Allegra Kent coaches dancers in excerpts from La Sonnambula, with moves choreographed by Balanchine

Frederic Franklin recreating the male solo from Raymonda, Act III ( visu )
2 editions published between 1998 and 2008 in English and held by 81 libraries worldwide
Features Frederic Franklin rehearsing a dancer from the New York City Ballet in an excerpt from Glazunov's ballet Raymonda with moves choreographed by George Balanchine. Includes an interview where Frederic discusses the premiere of Balanchine's version of this work and his part in it

Maria Tallchief coaching excerpts from George Balanchine's The nutcracker ( visu )
3 editions published between 1996 and 2008 in English and held by 72 libraries worldwide
Maria Tallchief, who created the role of the Sugar Plum Fairy in George Balanchine's version of The nutcracker for the New York City Balletin 1954, coaches young dancers in excerpts from the ballet. In the interview sections, she analyzes details of the choreography and describes the way in which Balanchine taught specific steps and movements. She also reminisces about the first performance, and compares the choreography to the Petipa-Ivanov version then being presented by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo

Music dances Balanchine choreographs Stravinsky by Stephanie Jordan( visu )
2 editions published in 2010 in English and held by 71 libraries worldwide
Professor Stephanie Jordan examines the extraordinary range of Balanchine's approach to Stravinsky's music across the years. The major focus is Agon, with additional selections from Apollo, Duo concertant, Divertimento from 'Le baiser de fee', Movements for piano and orchestra, and Danses concertantes