Maria Tallchief has long been recognized as one of the most accomplished American-trained dancers of her time. Her superb technique, combined with an innate musicality, lent a strong presence to her appearances, most particularly to the many major roles created for her by George Balanchine. Tallchief made five guest appearances on the Bell Telephone Hour. Her partners included an appropriately starry assemblage of leading male dancers. The excerpts, ranging from the cool neoclassicism of Balanchine's Allegro brillante to John Butler's ardent Romeo and Juliet pas de deux, amply demonstrate the extraordinary versatility of this truly great American ballerina.
Bell Telephone Hour Telecasts (Color) - Adagio from the Scotch Symphony (Mendelssohn / Balanchine) with Andre Eglevesky / 1959
- Grand pas from Don Quixote (Minkus / Petipa) with Erik Bruhn / 1961
- Pas de deux from Flower Festival in Genzano (Helsted and Paulli / Bruhn, after Bournonville) with Rudolf Nureyev / 1962
- Allegro brillante to Tchaikovsky's Third Piano Concerto (Tchaikovsky / Balanchine) with Nicholas Magallanes / 1964
- Balcony Scene pas de deux from Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev / Butler) with Conrad Ludlow / 1966
Maria Tallchief in Montreal: Radio-Canada Telecasts (Black and White) - Pas de deux from Les Sylphides (Chopin / Fokine) with Royes Fernandez / 1963
- Pas de dix (Glazunov / Balanchine, after Petipa) with Andre Eglevsky and Corps de ballet / 1957
- Swan Lake - Scenes from Act II (Tchaikovsky / Balanchine, after Ivanov) with Andre Eglevsky / 1954
Actors:
Bell Telephone Hour Orchestra, Bell Telephone Hour Telecasts, l'Orchestre symphonique de Radio-Canada, Maria Tallchief, Radio-Canada Telecasts, Rudolf Nureyev, Conrad Ludlow, Erik Bruhn
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