Great Performances: Dance in America: Baryshnikov Dances Ballanchine with American Ballet Theatre
Dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov is featured in two works choreographed by George Balanchine. Also includes interview excerpts and footage from a 1978 rehearsal of another work. Apollo Baryshnikov interview Who Cares? (Concert Version) Choreography by George Ballanchine; American Ballet Theatre directed by Mikhail Baryshnikov; Danish Radio Concert Orchestra conducted by Paul Connelly. Apollo – Music by Igor Stravinsky. Additional performers include Christine Dunham, Leslie Browne, Stephanie Saland. Who Cares? – Music by George Gershwin, adapted & orchestrated by Hershy Kay. Additional performers include Christine Dunham, Leslie Browne, Deirdre Carberry. Recorded in 1987 or 1988, and first broadcast in January 1989. OTA broadcast recorded to VHS in 1989, digitized to Lagarith AVI and transcoded to H.264 MP4 in 2020.
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