New in Ballet
About this original series
New ballets at the Ballet in the Park festival, Ashland, Oregon by Webster Young and Eric Hyrst, the most productive composer-choreographer team in the USA before Martins and Torke at NYC ballet. Eric Hyrst (1929-96) was a Balanchine dancer in the 1950's who went on to become premier danseur and choreographer at Les Grands Ballets Canadiens. He choreographed over 150 original ballets.
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Category
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# Episodes
1 episodes -
Rating
TV-G
Episodes of New in Ballet
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Debussy Inspires a new Ballet Composer
This new ballet segment, Venus and Paris, is from "The Judgement of Paris", by Eric Hyrst of Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, with music by Webster Young, who wrote music for 10 ballets by Hyrst. Young's music is influenced by Ravel, Debussy, the French Six, and Stravinsky. His recordings are at CDBaby.com under "Webster Young". A documentary film about Hyrst and Young, called "Two for Ballet", is on DVD sold at the Documentary Channel's online store. The composer's website is WebsterYoungLinks.com
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Release date
Nov 23, 2009
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Runtime
04:26
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