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61) On Broadway
Series
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For anyone who loves theater, this contemporary history of Broadway is a pure joy! As audiences prepare for the return of live theater after an unprecedented absence of 18 months, an all-star cast tells the inside story of the last time Broadway came back from the brink. ON BROADWAY shows how this revival helped save New York City, thanks to innovative work, a new attention to inclusion, and the sometimes uneasy balance between art and commerce. Interviews...
Series
Publisher
Planet Group Entertainment
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
A festive tribute to legendary Black American jazz and blues artists. The tony award winning Broadway show recreates the sizzle of the cotton club reviews that galvanized Harlem audiences in the 20s, 30s and 40s. A cultural legacy.
Series
Publisher
Premiere Digital
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
HAM captures Sam Harris's critically acclaimed, multiple-award winning live stage show in which Harris plays himself at various ages as well as ten other characters. After being discovered on Star Search, fame ensued for Harris: Broadway, TV, platinum records, Carnegie Hall. But through the highs and lows of a life in show business, Sam must confront the merciless question: what is enough?
64) Pina
Series
Publisher
IFC Films
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Deutsch
Description
An explosive, visually seductive masterpiece celebrating legendary dancer and choreographer Pina Bausch.
Series
Publisher
Auditorium Films
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
For the young producer Norman Granz, the signing of Charlie Parker to the Mercury label was a real coup. The saxophonist had been thinking for some years about the opportunity to record music outside his usual quintet. The "Charlie Parker with Strings" project was an old dream of his that he realized in 1949. With an oboe, a few violins, a viola, a cello, a harp, a piano, a double bass and drums, he gave a new sound to classics of the 1930s like "Just...
Author
Series
Publisher
Modern Library
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
"When Marshal of the Nobility Pozdnyshev suspects his wife of having an affair with her music partner, his jealousy consumes him and drives him to murder. Controversial upon publication in 1890, The Kreutzer Sonata illuminates Tolstoy's then-feverish Christian ideals, his conflicts with lust and the hypocrisies of nineteenth-century marriage, and his thinking on the role of art and music in society."
"In her Introduction, Doris Lessing shows how...
67) The Red Shoes
Series
Publisher
Illuminations
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Filmed at Sadler's Wells in 2019, Matthew Bourne's THE RED SHOES is a triumphant adaptation of the legendary 1948 feature film by Micheal Powell and Emeric Pressburger. The double Olivier Award-winning show is Hans Christian Andersen's tale of obsession, possession, and one girl's dream to be the greatest dancer in the world. Victoria Page, played by Ashley Shaw who won a National Dance Award for her performance, lives to dance, but her ambitions...
Series
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Highlights include the largest Massed Pipes and Drums ever assembled on the castle splanade, the exciting New Zealand Army Band, China's Jiangxi Xishan International School Kung Fu Group, the Concert Band of the Army of Chile and the Evendart Artistic Company of Dancers, The Band of the Royal Ghurkha Regiment, the Watota Orphan's Choir from Uganda, the Top Secret Drum Corps from Switzerland, the Lone Piper, The Massed Highland Dancers, this year from...
Series
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2009.
Language
English
Description
The 250th anniversary of Robert Burns's birth and Scotland's Year of Homecoming provide a thread that runs through yet another outstanding variety of high-class acts and performances that fill the castle esplanade with a truly memorable visual celebration of music and dance. This year's highlights include; the unique and unforgettable Massed Pipes and Drums, from home and overseas; the Royal Corps of Musicians from Tonga; the Pipes and Drums of Royal...
Series
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings are marked in the 2004 Edinburgh Tattoo. With highlights including The Royal Air Force's renowned Massed Military Bands and Queen's Colour Squadron together with the world-famous Massed Pipes & Drums, Massed Highland Dancers, the haunting sound of the Lone Piper, and acts from across the globe, including India, South Africa, New Zealand and the Far East played in the unique setting of historic Edinburgh Castle....
Series
Publisher
Stage Russia
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
Russian
Description
World renowned choreographer Boris Eifman offers a remarkable vision of the core ideas within the famed novel, expanding upon them through body language as a way of exploring the origins of the moral devastation of the Karamazovs; creating through choreographic art an equivalent of what Dostoyevsky investigated so masterfully in his book, the excruciating burden of destructive passions and evil heredity.
Series
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Tensions between the creative and business sides of the company come to a head, culminating in a 21-day dancer's strike. After a marked period of instability, which sees a succession of artistic directors, the tenacious company bounces back with youth and vitality.
Series
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Musicians from Norway, Russia, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa join the magnificent annual spectacle of music, dance and drama on the esplanade of Edinburgh Castle. The event in 2005 commemorates the 200th anniversary of the Battle of Trafalgar with a musical tribute and a celebration of the Royal Navy. Other highlights include the largest-ever Massed Pipes and Drums from the Scottish infantry regiments, the Russian Cossack...
Series
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
With the future of ballet in Australia under threat, charismatic British born dancer Peggy Van Praagh arrives, lighting the spark for a uniquely Australian ballet company. But as the newly formed Australian Ballet finds it's feet, things are far from smooth sailing.
Series
Publisher
BBC Studios
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Set against the unique backdrop of Edinburgh Castle, the 59th Edinburgh Military Tattoo features a wide range of talented performers from India, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, Norway, the United States of America, and Canada, as well as a strong representation from the United Kingdom. This year's highlights include; the exciting Golden Eagles Marching Band and Drill Team from South East Missouri State University; the Indian Army Chief's Military...
Series
Publisher
Stadium Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Recored and filmed on September 28th 2014 at the Fonda theater in Los Angeles, a host of today's best musicians pay tribute to their favorite George Harrison Songs. Among the many performers were Brian Wilson and Al Jardine of the Beach Boys, Dhani Harrison, & Norah Jones.
79) And We Danced
Series
Publisher
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
For over half a century The Australian Ballet has evolved to become the nation's most treasured performing arts company and an international icon of dance.
Series
Publisher
PBS
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
At age 10, aspiring pianist Norman Malone is paralyzed on his right side after being attacked by his father. Over the next several decades he masters the left-hand repertoire in secret, before a chance discovery of his talent leads him towards making his concert debut. Aged 78, he will perform the greatest work in the canon: Ravel's Piano Concerto FOR THE LEFT HAND.
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