Picasso and dance
Between 1917 and 1962, Picasso was involved in creating the designs for nine ballets. Le Train Bleu (The Blue Train) dates from 1924 and Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat) from 1919. These two historic ballets, created originally by Sergei Diaghilev, have been revived by the Paris Opera Ballet. Le...
| Other Authors: | Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974., Cocteau, Jean, 1889-1963., Nijinska, Bronislava, 1891-1972., Falla, Manuel de, 1876-1946., Martínez Sierra, Gregorio, 1881-1947., Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979., Diaghilev, Serge, 1872-1929., Alarcón, Pedro Antonio de, 1833-1891., Opéra de Paris. Ballet., NVC Arts (Firm) |
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| Format: | DVD |
| Language: | English |
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West Long Beach, NJ :
Kultur International Films,
[2005]
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| Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
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| Summary: |
Between 1917 and 1962, Picasso was involved in creating the designs for nine ballets. Le Train Bleu (The Blue Train) dates from 1924 and Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat) from 1919. These two historic ballets, created originally by Sergei Diaghilev, have been revived by the Paris Opera Ballet. Le Train Bleu is an operetta dansé of a chic and flippant society. Jean Cocteau, who wrote the scenario, mockingly celebrates the cult of open air life, fine bodies and sport. The dances are inspired by golf, tennis, swimming and acrobatics. Le Tricorne is Spanish from start to finish. Picasso, a native of Andalusia, created sets, costumes, and a stage curtain, which evokes the atmosphere of the ballet by means of a typically Spanish scene. The story, told with humour and warmth, is of a miller's wife, her jealous husband and a senile magistrate by whom she is pursued. An accompanying documentary, The Story of a Marriage, traces the story of Picasso's involvement with designs for ballet. |
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DVD, Dolby stereo; aspect ratio 4:3 Letterbox. Picasso and Dance: Orchestre des Concerts Lamoureux conducted by David Coleman. -- Le Train Bleu: Élisabeth Maurin, Nicholas Le Riche, Clotilde Vayer, Laurent Quéval. -- Le Tricorne: Kader Belarbi, Françoise Legrée, Fabrice Bourgeois, Eric Quillére, Nathalie Riqué. Picasso and Dance: director, Jean-Paul Cluzel ; producer, Hisao Degawa ; ballet master, Patrice Bart ; reconstruction of sets and curtains by Selim Salah ; director for television and videogram, Yvon Gerault ; a la Sept / Arte, Cameras Continentales, NHK, Opera National de Paris, NVC Arts coproduction in association with RTP. -- Le Train Bleu: scenario, Jean Cocteau ; music, Darius Milhaud ; choreography, Bronislava Nijinska ; sets, Henri Laurens ; stage curtain after, Pablo Picasso ; costumes, Gabrielle Chanel ; artistic consultants for the production [and] restaged by Frank W.D. Ries and Irina Nijinska ; directed by Aleth Francillon. -- Le Tricorne: libretto, Gregorio Martinez Sierra ; music, Manuel de Falla ; choreography, Léonide Massine ; stage curtain, sets & costumes, Pablo Picasso ; restaged by Lorca Massine. The Story of Marriage: written and directed by Didier Baussy-Oulianoff ; research, Véronique Simon ; editor, Caroline Emery ; English version and narration by Robin Scott. Le Tricorne libretto from the short story [Sombrero de tres picos] by Pedro Antonio Alarcon. Videodisc release of a 1994 production. Between 1917 and 1962, Picasso was involved in creating the designs for nine ballets. Le Train Bleu (The Blue Train) dates from 1924 and Le Tricorne (The Three-Cornered Hat) from 1919. These two historic ballets, created originally by Sergei Diaghilev, have been revived by the Paris Opera Ballet. Le Train Bleu is an operetta dansé of a chic and flippant society. Jean Cocteau, who wrote the scenario, mockingly celebrates the cult of open air life, fine bodies and sport. The dances are inspired by golf, tennis, swimming and acrobatics. Le Tricorne is Spanish from start to finish. Picasso, a native of Andalusia, created sets, costumes, and a stage curtain, which evokes the atmosphere of the ballet by means of a typically Spanish scene. The story, told with humour and warmth, is of a miller's wife, her jealous husband and a senile magistrate by whom she is pursued. An accompanying documentary, The Story of a Marriage, traces the story of Picasso's involvement with designs for ballet. The Story of Marriage / a film by Didier Baussy-Oulianoff, produced and narrated by Robin Scott [part 1] (1994 : 16 min.) -- Le Train Bleu (25 min.) -- The Story of Marriage [part 2] (3 min.) -- Le Tricorne (39 min.). In English with optional subtitles in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Japanese. |
| Physical Description: |
1 videodisc (82 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Format: |
DVD, Dolby stereo; aspect ratio 4:3 Letterbox. |
| Production Credits: |
Picasso and Dance: director, Jean-Paul Cluzel ; producer, Hisao Degawa ; ballet master, Patrice Bart ; reconstruction of sets and curtains by Selim Salah ; director for television and videogram, Yvon Gerault ; a la Sept / Arte, Cameras Continentales, NHK, Opera National de Paris, NVC Arts coproduction in association with RTP. -- Le Train Bleu: scenario, Jean Cocteau ; music, Darius Milhaud ; choreography, Bronislava Nijinska ; sets, Henri Laurens ; stage curtain after, Pablo Picasso ; costumes, Gabrielle Chanel ; artistic consultants for the production [and] restaged by Frank W.D. Ries and Irina Nijinska ; directed by Aleth Francillon. -- Le Tricorne: libretto, Gregorio Martinez Sierra ; music, Manuel de Falla ; choreography, Léonide Massine ; stage curtain, sets & costumes, Pablo Picasso ; restaged by Lorca Massine. The Story of Marriage: written and directed by Didier Baussy-Oulianoff ; research, Véronique Simon ; editor, Caroline Emery ; English version and narration by Robin Scott. |
| ISBN: |
0769780229 9780769780221 |