Starstruck Gene Kelly's love letter to ballet

DVD 2022

Escape with us to the glamour and grace of Paris, 1960. Step into the studio, watch the dancers warm up, and hear the piano start to play a new show is taking shape that will be fit for the gods. One of the first choreographers to bring the 'American style' to Europe, the legendary Gene Kelly was invited to create an original work for the Paris Opera Ballet in 1960. Dancing the lead role of Aphrodite was the 'Étoile' of Paris, Claude Bessy, who...

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1 videodisc (approximately 59 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in
polychrome
digital
optical
stereo
LPCM 2.0
videodisc
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 0

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Canadian Home Video Rating: Not rated

Other Title:

Container of (work): Starstruck (Choreographic work : Kelly, Hampson)

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Extra features: Starstruck : in the spotlight; cast gallery
Original choreography and direction for Pas de deux, Gene Kelly ; additional choreography and scenario, Christopher Hampson ; director, Oscar Sansom ; music, George Gershwin and Frédéric Chopin
The star ballerina/Aphrodite, Sophie Martin ; Choreographer/Zeus, Christopher Harrison ; Pianis/Eros, Bruno Micchiardi ; Scottish Ballet Orchestra ; Jean-Claude Picard, conductor
DVD, wide screen, NTSC, all regions; LPCM 2.0

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3213283

UPC:

809478013648

Other Authors:

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849, composer
Container of (work): Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Works. Selections
Container of (work): Gershwin, George, 1898-1937. Concerto, piano, orchestra, F major
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937, composer
Hampson, Christopher, 1973- choreographer
Harrison, Christopher (Ballet dancer), dancer
Kelly, Gene, 1912-1996, choreographer
Martin, Sophie, 1984- dancer
Micchiardi, Bruno, dancer
Picard, Jean-Claude, conductor
Sansom, Oscar, stage director
Scottish Ballet (Company). Orchestra, instrumentalist

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