Firestone Dances: Historic Ballet Performances

For more than thirty years, The Voice of Firestone brought the world's greatest artists into the homes of music lovers. Now, through a special arrangement with the New England Conservatory in Boston, Kultur is proud to make these rare telecasts available.

Among the treasures from the Firestone archives are Rudolf Nureyev's American television solo debut; the legendary team of Jacques D'Amboise and Melissa Hayden; the brilliant Maria Tallchief; Carla Fracci in a rare Pas de Quatre set to the music of Pugni; as well as principal dancers of the Royal Danish Ballet and a performance by the Ballet Espanol Ximenes-Vargas.

Ballet Espanol Ximenes-Vargas: Andalusian Dances 12/2/62
Maria Tallchief: Variations after Degas
(Music: Debussy; Choreography: Starbuck) 10/14/62

Maria Tallchief and Oleg Tupine: Caprice
(Music: Rossini, Arr. Britten; Choreography: Pagent) 4/14/63

Rudolph Nureyev: Variation from The Sleeping Beauty
(Music: Tchaikovsky) 6/2/63

Rudolph Nureyev: Variation from Gayne
(Music: Khachaturian) 6/2/63

Kirsten Simone and Henning Kronstam: Pas de deux from The Sleeping Beauty
(Music: Tchaikovsky) 6/9/63

Carla Fracci: Variation from Pas de quatre
(Music: Pugni : Choreography: Perrot) 11/18/62

Jacques D'Amboise and Melissa Hayden: Pas de deux
(Music: Tchaikovsky; Choreography: George Balanchine, © The George Balanchine Trust) 12/16/62)

Jacques D'Amboise and Melissa Hayden: Pas de deux from Don Quixote
(Music: Minkus; Choreography: D Amboise, after Petipa) 3/10/63