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Imprint:	Culver City, Calif. : Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment, c2003.
Description:	1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language:	English
Subject:	Dancers -- Drama. Dance companies -- Drama. Dance companies. Dancers. Drama.
Format:	DVD Video
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/7684630

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Other uniform titles:	Tensile involvement (Choreographic work : Nikolais) Light rain (Choreographic work : Arpino) Suite Saint-Saens (Choreographic work : Arpino) My funny Valentine (Choreographic work : Lubovitch) Trinity (Choreographic work : Arpino) Creative force (Choreographic work : Dean) Vivandière: Pas de six (Choreographic work : Saint-Léon) Strange prisoners (Choreographic work : Robertson) White widow (Choreographic work : Pendleton and Quinn) Blue snake (Choreographic work : Desrosiers)
Other authors / contributors:	Altman, Robert, 1925-2006 Campbell, Neve, 1973- Turner, Barbara. Parks, Van Dyke. Baugh, Gary. Kaufmann, Susan. Peroni, Geraldine. Dunn, Andrew. McDowell, Malcolm, 1943- Franco, James, 1978- Robertson, Davis C. Lubovitch, Lar, 1943- Desrosiers, Robert. Joffrey Ballet of Chicago. Kronos Quartet. Sony Pictures Classics (Firm) Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm) Killer Films.
ISBN:	1404935975 9781404935976
Notes:	Aspect ratio 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen. Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1. Original score, Van Dyke Parks ; costumes, Susan Kaufmann ; production design, Gary Baugh ; editing, Geraldine Peroni ; director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; executive producers, Jane Barclay, Sharon Harel, Hannah Leader, John Wells, Roland Pellegrino, Dieter Meyer ; story, Neve Campbell and Barbara Turner ; screenplay, Barbara Turner. Artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Gerald Arpino. Credits for dance excerpts: Tensile involvement [seen under opening credits] / chor., mus., sets, cos., lighting, Alwin Nikolais -- Light rain / chor., Gerald Arpino; mus., Doug Adams and Russ Gauthier; cos., A. Christina Giannini; lighting, Kevin Dreyer after Thomas Skelton -- Suite Saint-Saëns / chor., Arpino; mus., Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. by Elliot Kaplan; cos., Giannini; lighting, Dreyer after Skelton -- My funny Valentine / chor., Lar Lubovitch; mus., Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, arr. by Marvin Laird; lighting, Dreyer -- Trinity / chor., Arpino; mus., Alan Raph and Lee Holdridge; lighting, Dreyer -- Creative force / chor., Laura Dean; mus., John Zeretzke; cos., Dean and Rebecca Strouse; lighting, Dreyer -- La vivandière pas de six / chor., Arthur Saint-Léon, transcribed by Ann Hutchinson Guest; mus., Cesare Pugni and Jean-Baptiste Nadaud; lighting, Dreyer -- Strange prisoners / chor., Davis Robertson; mus., Mark O'Connor and J.S. Bach; set, Keith Prisco; cos., Strouse; lighting, Dreyer and Prisco -- White widow / chor., Moses Pendleton and Cynthia Quinn of Momix; mus., Angelo Badalamenti and David K. Lynch; cos., Quinn; lighting, Dreyer -- The blue snake / chor., Robert Desrosiers; mus., Van Dyke Parks; sets and cos., Jerrard Smith; lighting, Dreyer. Neve Campell (Ry); Malcolm McDowell (Alberto Antonelli); James Franco (Josh); Barbara Robertson (Harriet); William Dick (Edouard); Susie Cusack (Susie); Marilyn Dodds Frank (Ry's mother); John Lordan (Ry's father); Mariann Mayberry (stepmother); Roderick Peeples (stepfather); Yasen Peyankov (Justin's mentor); the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago: Davis C. Robertson (Alec); Deborah Dawn (Deborah); John Gluckman (John); David Gombert (Justin); Suzanne L. Prisco (Suzanne); Emily Patterson (Noel); Maia Wilkins (Maia); Sam Franke (Franklin); Trinity Hamilton (Trinity); Julianne Kepley (Julianne); Valerie Robin (Veronica); Deanne Brown (Dana); Michael Smith (Michael); Matthew Roy Prescott (Colton); Lar Lubovitch and Robert Desrosiers (the choreographers); Charthel Arthur and Cameron Basden (the ballet mistresses); Mark Goldweber, Pierre Lockett, Adam Sklute (the ballet masters); Paul Lewis (company pianist); Larry Glazer (Grant Park cellist); Mark Hummel (Grant Park pianist); others. Original score performed by the Kronos Quartet: David Harrington (violin), John Sherba (violin), Hank Dutt (viola), Jennifer Culp (cello), with Michael Burr (bass). Filmed on location in Chicago. DVD. Optional subtitles in French.
Summary:	Feature film intended as a realistic look at an American ballet company. The story centers on the professional and personal life of Ry, a rising young ballet dancer. The film contains numerous performance and rehearsal excerpts from ballets in the repertory of the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, spotlighting the company's acquisition of Robert Desrosiers' ballet The blue snake, first produced by the National Ballet of Canada in 1985. Desrosiers and American choreographer Lar Lubovitch, denoted only as "the choreographers," essentially play themselves in the film.

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Summary:	A behind-the-scenes look at the world of dance as seen through the eyes of a talented young dancer on the brink of success.
Item Description:	Aspect ratio 2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen. Audio: Dolby Digital 5.1.
Physical Description:	1 videodisc (112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	DVD.
Production Credits:	Original score, Van Dyke Parks ; costumes, Susan Kaufmann ; production design, Gary Baugh ; editing, Geraldine Peroni ; director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; executive producers, Jane Barclay, Sharon Harel, Hannah Leader, John Wells, Roland Pellegrino, Dieter Meyer ; story, Neve Campbell and Barbara Turner ; screenplay, Barbara Turner. Artistic director of the Joffrey Ballet of Chicago, Gerald Arpino. Credits for dance excerpts: Tensile involvement [seen under opening credits] / chor., mus., sets, cos., lighting, Alwin Nikolais -- Light rain / chor., Gerald Arpino; mus., Doug Adams and Russ Gauthier; cos., A. Christina Giannini; lighting, Kevin Dreyer after Thomas Skelton -- Suite Saint-Saëns / chor., Arpino; mus., Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. by Elliot Kaplan; cos., Giannini; lighting, Dreyer after Skelton -- My funny Valentine / chor., Lar Lubovitch; mus., Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, arr. by Marvin Laird; lighting, Dreyer -- Trinity / chor., Arpino; mus., Alan Raph and Lee Holdridge; lighting, Dreyer -- Creative force / chor., Laura Dean; mus., John Zeretzke; cos., Dean and Rebecca Strouse; lighting, Dreyer -- La vivandière pas de six / chor., Arthur Saint-Léon, transcribed by Ann Hutchinson Guest; mus., Cesare Pugni and Jean-Baptiste Nadaud; lighting, Dreyer -- Strange prisoners / chor., Davis Robertson; mus., Mark O'Connor and J.S. Bach; set, Keith Prisco; cos., Strouse; lighting, Dreyer and Prisco -- White widow / chor., Moses Pendleton and Cynthia Quinn of Momix; mus., Angelo Badalamenti and David K. Lynch; cos., Quinn; lighting, Dreyer -- The blue snake / chor., Robert Desrosiers; mus., Van Dyke Parks; sets and cos., Jerrard Smith; lighting, Dreyer.
ISBN:	1404935975 9781404935976