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Title
Oakland Ballet - Silver Anniversary
Creator
Oakland Ballet Company
Demystavision
Date Created and/or Issued
1990-10
Contributing Institution
Museum of Performance and Design, Performing Arts Library
Collection
California Revealed from Museum of Performance and Design
Rights Information
Copyrighted. Rights are owned by Jed Handler and Oakland Ballet Company. Copyright Holder has given the Museum of Performance and Design permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Copyright Holder has given Institution permission to provide access to the digitized work online. Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the Copyright Holder. In addition, the reproduction of some materials may be restricted by terms of gift or purchase agreements, donor restrictions, privacy and publicity rights, licensing and trademarks. Works not in the public domain cannot be commercially exploited without permission of the copyright owner. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Description
Oakland Ballet Company was founded in 1965 by local dancer/choreographer Ronn Guidi. The company gained recognition in part from its historical reconstructions of ballets from the legendary Ballets Russes of Serge Diaghilev; the mounting of classic works of Americana; and presenting contemporary choreography works. The company remains active to present day. Video by Demystavision. Videographers Bill Bathurst, Ron Blanchette, Jed Handler. Features Oakland Ballet Company's Silver Anniversary performance at the Paramount Theatre, Oakland, California. Works performed include "The Walk to Paradise Garden" (choreography by Ronn Guidi, music by Frederick Delius, costumes by Allyson Deane, lighting design by Tom White); "Songs" (choreography by Betsy Erickson, music by Richard Strauss, costumes by Mario Alonzo, lighting design by Patty Ann Farrell); "Epiphany" (choreography by Mario Alonzo, music by Jan Sibelius, sets by Mario Alonzo and Ian Britton, costumes by Mario Alonzo, lighting design by Jose Maria Francos); and "Suite Dumkas" (choreography by Ron Thiele, music by Antonin Dvorak, costumes by Ron Thiele and Allyson Deane, lighting design by Ton White).
014.035.781: Oakland Ballet 1 / 0:24 CB/ Announcement, 43-ish{?] / Songs / Epiphany; 014.035.782: Oakland Ballet 2 . On a note: Epiphany 1-20:30 / The Walk 12:12 / Dumkas 12.5- /72433
Type
moving image
Format
U-matic
Form/Genre
Dance
Extent
2 Tapes of 2
Identifier
014.035.781
014.035.782
csfpal_000346_t01; csfpal_000346_t02
Language
English
Subject
Oakland Ballet Company
Place
Oakland (Calif.)
Paramount Theatre (Oakland, Calif.)
Provenance
Museum of Performance + Design
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