Firestone Dances: Historic Ballet Performances

Firestone Dances: Historic Ballet Performances

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For more than thirty years, The Voice of Firestone brought the world's greatest artists into the homes of music lovers. Now, through a special arrangement with the New England Conservatory in Boston, Kultur is proud to make these rare telecasts available.<P>Among the treasures from the Firestone archives are Rudolf Nureyev's American television solo debut; the legendary team of Jacques D'Amboise and Melissa Hayden; the brilliant Maria Tallchief; Carla Fracci in a rare Pas de Quatre set to the music of Pugni; as well as principal dancers of the Royal Danish Ballet and a performance by the Ballet Espanol Ximenes-Vargas.<P>Ballet Espanol Ximenes-Vargas: Andalusian Dances 12/2/62<BR>Maria Tallchief: Variations after Degas<BR>(Music: Debussy; Choreography: Starbuck) 10/14/62<P>Maria Tallchief and Oleg Tupine: Caprice<BR>(Music: Rossini, Arr. Britten; Choreography: Pagent) 4/14/63<P>Rudolph Nureyev: Variation from The Sleeping Beauty<BR>(Music: Tchaikovsky) 6/2/63<P>Rudolph Nureyev: Variation from Gayne<BR>(Music: Khachaturian) 6/2/63<P>Kirsten Simone and Henning Kronstam: Pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty <BR>(Music: Tchaikovsky) 6/9/63<P>Carla Fracci: Variation from Pas de quatre<BR>(Music: Pugni : Choreography: Perrot) 11/18/62<P>Jacques D'Amboise and Melissa Hayden: Pas de deux<BR>(Music: Tchaikovsky; Choreography: George Balanchine, © The George Balanchine Trust) 12/16/62)<P>Jacques D'Amboise and Melissa Hayden: Pas de deux from Don Quixote<BR>(Music: Minkus; Choreography: D Amboise, after Petipa) 3/10/63