芝加哥歌剧院芭蕾舞团《风流寡妇》片段 Mia Slavenska & Oleg Br

芝加哥歌剧院芭蕾舞团《风流寡妇》片段 Mia Slavenska & Oleg Briansky【1958-04-06】

这段影像为16毫米黑白胶片棚录拍摄，是CBS电视台《Ed Sullian秀》在1958年的一期节目，播出时冠以“芝加哥歌剧院芭蕾舞团（17名舞者）表演《风流寡妇圆舞曲》”实际是Ruth Page编舞版《风流寡妇》（原名《维利雅》）的片段。Page的这部作品是1953年为伦敦节庆芭蕾舞团创作的，芝加哥歌剧院芭蕾舞团1955年首次演出这部作品。 这段舞蹈片段展示的是Marsovia公国（虚构的）驻巴黎大使为妻子举办的舞会。 Ed Sullivan Show: Merry Widow (Marsovian Ball scene) Sonia - Mia Slavenska Danilo - Oleg Briansky Sonia Arova Kenneth Johnson Dolores Lipinski Chicago Opera Ballet The film opens with an attribution to WTTW TV (Chicago) for its "Recording Service" and then cuts to Ed Sullivan naming Mia Slavenska; the camera then pans to a studio stage set up with a ballroom set and an elaborate paneled floor; a number of well-dressed couples dance together on this floor. As they complete their ensemble pas de deux, the "windows" of the set are raised and replaced with a gazebo, suggesting a move to the gardens. As the couples exit, a group of less formally dressed young women enter and dance as an ensemble; when they kneel at the completion of their dance, a dapper young man (presumably Danilo, the Marsovian prince) enters and begins a brief solo. Afterwards, the group of women moves to the side and a young woman with two scarves (presumably Sonia, once a simple shopgirl but now a rich widow) enters, dancing a sort of response to the man's solo. The group returns and dances through a circular introduction to the couple coming together for a lively pas de deux, which mainly involves competitive turning. In the background, the other dancers speedily turn as well; all then land in unison in a final presentational pose. The curtains begin close just behind the central couple and the film ends there.