Title: AMERICAN BALLET THEATRE: Historic Bell Telephone Hour Telecasts, 1959-62

Format: DVD

Label: Video Artists Int'l

Genre: Ballet Video, Music Video (Concert/Performance)

UPC: 089948458692

Release Date: 2015

In celebration of American Ballet Theatre's 75th anniversary, VAI has assembled a collection of historic performances presented by the company and it's stars on The Bell Telephone Hour television series. These include excerpts from signature works such as Billy the Kid, Les Patineurs, and Giselle, as well as Raymonda - Grand Pas de Dix and Le Corsaire - Pas de Deux. Featured dancers include Lupe Serrano, Royes Fernandez, Igor Youskevitch, Ruth Ann Koesun, John Kriza, Scott Douglas, Carla Fracci, Rudolf Nureyev, in works choreographed by Frederick Ashton, George Balanchine, André Eglevsky, Frederic Franklin, David Lichine, Eugene Loring, and others.