Choreography by Bournonville
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La Sylphide
Flemming Flindt
Lucette Aldous
Shirley Dixon
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Flower Festival in Genzano Pas de deux
Rudolf Nureyev
Merle Park
This DVD features two of the legendary Danish choreographer August Bournonville’s most celebrated ballets. In La Sylphide, Flemming Flindt and Lucette Aldous do full justice to the seemingly effortless lightness and grace and vivid storytelling that Bournonville’s style demands, while the dazzling pas de deux from Flower Festival in Genzano showcases Rudolf Nureyev at the height of his powers and a beguiling performance from Merle Park.
Catalogue Number: ICAD 5099
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1 Introduction to ICA Classics - 2.58
LA SYLPHIDE
The Sylph · Die Waldfee
Choreography: August Bournonville
Music: Herman Severin Løvenskiold
Designer: Lionel Radford
Act One
2 Opening titles - 1.03
3 Scène: James asleep - 0.55
4 The sylph appears - 2.45
5 James awakes and spies the sylph - 0.46
6 Entrance of Gurn - 0.39
7 Entrance of Effie - 1.03
8 Entrance and dance of the friends - 2.13
9 Scène: Madge and the fortune telling - 4.22
10 James, alone, and reappearance of the sylph - 4.08
11 Scène: James, Gurn and the sylph - 1.34
12 Arrival of the guests - 2.57
13 James and Effie: pas de deux with the corps - 3.26
14 Scène and finale of Act 1: James, the sylph and Effie - 2.51
Act Two
15 Scène: Madge, the witches and the magic scarf - 2.04
16 Scène (the forest glade): James, the sylph and her companions - 2.15
17 Grand pas: James, the sylph and the corps - 9.28
18 Scène: James, the sylph, Gurn and Effie - 2.43
19 Gurn proposes to Effie and is accepted - 0.54
20 Scène: James, Madge and the magic scarf - 1.53
21 Pas de deux: the sylph and James - 3.29
22 Death of the sylph - 3.14
23 Scène and finale: ascension of the sylph and death of James - 2.20
24 Closing credits - 2.15
Cast
James - a young farmer - Flemming Flindt
The Sylph - Lucette Aldous
Effie - James’s fiancée - Shirley Dixon
Gurn - a farmhand - John Chesworth
Madge - a witch - Gillian Martlew
Anna - James’s mother - Valerie Marsh
Nancy - Effie’s friend - Jennifer Kelly
Ballet Rambert
London Symphony Orchestra
Leader: Norman Nelson
DAVID ELLENBERG
Producer: Margaret Dale
Recorded: BBC Studio, London, 31 January & 2 February 1961
Broadcast: BBC, 2 April 1961
© BBC 1961
FLOWER FESTIVAL IN GENZANO - PAS DE DEUX
La Fête des fleurs à Genzano · Blumenfest in Genzano
Choreography: August Bournonville
Music: Matthias Strebinger arr. Holger Simon Paulli
25 Pas de deux - 11.26
Cast
Paolo - a young man - Rudolf Nureyev
Rosa - a young woman - Merle Park
Orchestra of the Royal Opera House
ASHLEY LAWRENCE
Producer: Patricia Foy
Recorded: Sadler’s Wells Theatre, 15 December 1974
Broadcast: BBC, 27 December 1974
© BBC 1974
BONUS
LA SYLPHIDE - PAS DE DEUX
The Sylph · Die Waldfee
Choreography: August Bournonville
Music: Herman Severin Løvenskiold
Act Two
26 Pas de deux - 7.04
Cast
James - a young farmer - Flemming Flindt
The Sylph - Elsa-Marianne von Rosen
Pro Arte Orchestra
Leader: Max Salpeter
CARMEN DRAGON
Producer: Charles R. Rogers
Recorded: BBC Studio, London, 10 July 1960
Broadcast: BBC, 16 July 1960
© BBC 1960
La Sylphide - Flemming Flindt & Lucette Aldous
Flower Festival in Genzano - Pas de deux: Rudolf Nureyev & Merle Park
Nadia Nerina / Robert Helpmann / Margot Fonteyn / Rudolf Nureyev
This DVD features stunning performances of some of the most popular and enduring works in the ballet repertoire. Nadia Nerina is at her most charming and beguiling in Les Sylphides and Coppélia, while the pas de deux from Giselle showcases the legendary partnership that is Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev in rare footage of one of their earliest collaborations.
The ICA Classics Legacy series presents a collection of historical performances by some of the world’s greatest artists. These performances are released on DVD for the first time, incorporating rare archive footage that has been expertly and lovingly restored.
The first track on this DVD is a brief introduction to ICA Classics.
