Full Credits
Directed by
Nelson George
Produced by
Leslie Norville
Co-Produced by
Andrew Herwitz
Camera
Jon Dunham
Nicholas Waterman
Edited by
Malika Weeden
Associate Producers
Elizabeth Woller
Ashley Mui
Additional Camera by
Oskar Landi
Daniel Johnson
Elizabeth Woller
Assistant Editor
Liron Reiter
Original Music by
Chloe Flower
Drew Vella
Supervising Sound Editor
Laura Sinnott
2nd Camera
Jared Bazley
Michele Sala
Judith Stenneken
Production Sound
Judy Karp
A. Tad Chamberlain
Sabi Tulok
Production Assistants
Will Durrah
Taryn Akemi Look
2nd Unit - BRIC
Director of Photography
Cliff Charles
Lighting Director
Al Rivera
Assistant Camera
Mark Banning
Key Grip
Eddie Bernard
Best Boy Swing
David Brown II
Dancers and Stage Managers (in Alphabetical Order)
Alexandra Basmagy
Alexandra Pullen
Alexandre Hammoudi
Alexei Agoudine
April Giangeruso
Blaine Hoven
Brittany Degrofft
Calvin Royal
Cassandra Trenary
Christine Shevchenko
Courtney Lavine
Craig Salstein
Daniel Mantei
Danielle Ventimiglia
Daniil Simkin
David Hallberg
Duncan Lyle
Elina Miettinen
Eric Tamm
Gabrielle Johnson
Gemma Bond
Hannah Marshall
Herman Cornejo
Isadora Loyola
James Whiteside
Jamie Kopit
Jared Matthews
Jennifer Mcgrath
Jeremiah Bischoff
Jonathan Klein
Joo Won Ahn
Jose Sebastian
Julie Kent
Karen Uphoff
Katherine Williams
Kelley Potter
Kenneth Easter
Lauren Bonfiglio
Lauren Post
Leann Underwood
Lily Wisdom
Luciana Voltolini
Luis Ribagorda
Mai Aihara
Marcelo Gomes
Melanie Hamrick
Nancy Raffa
Nicole Graniero
Patrick Frenette
Paulina Waski
Puanani Brown
Scout Forsythe
Sean Stewart
Simone Messmer
Skylar Brandt
Stephanie Williams
Sung Woo Han
Thomas Forster
Zhong-Jing Fang
Editorial Assistants
Dylan Carlson
Holly Buechel
Titles and Graphics
Alana Salcer
VFX
Logan Seaman
Post-Production Services
Nice Dissolve
Archival Researcher
Syreeta Gates
Additional Graphics
Tilly Scott Pedersen
Andrew Landauro
Re-Recording Mixer
Ryan Billia
Music Engineer
Tom Gardner
Sound Effects Editor
David Forshee
Sound Editor
Chris Dickinson
Production Counsel
Gray Krauss Stratford Sandler Des
Rochers LLP
Archival Footage and Photographs Provided by
© E.O. Hoppe / Corbis
© infusny-05/42 / Corbis
Afrikanspot
Amy Sussman / Getty Images
Anadolu Agency / Getty Images
Andrew H. Walker / Getty Images
Kris Connor / Getty Images
Hulton Archive / Getty Images
Bernard Gotfryd /Getty Images
Rob Kim / Getty Images Entertainment
Donna Ward / Getty Images
Angela Sterling /Dutch National Ballet
August IMAGE LLC
Brenda Dixon Gottschild
Cindy Bradley
De Lavallade/Holder Collection
Diane Paragas
Dutch National Ballet
Earl Gibson III Photography
Bain Smith/House of Flowers
Fabrizio Ferri
Gene Schiavone
Gregg Delman / Rizzoli Publishing
Jim Caldwell / Houston Ballet
John D. & Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Leon Dubil / RIA Novosti
Leyla Fayyaz
Carl Van Vechten / Library of Congress
Liza Voll
Long Beach Press-Times
Marcia Wilson / Wide Vision Photography
Mesiyah McGinnis
Misty Copeland
Musee des Beaux-Arts
Bridgeman Images
Myra Armstrong
Penguin Books
Rachel Neville
Raven Wilkinson
Robyn Gardenhire
Rosalie O’Connor Photography
Scott Schlexer
Simon & Schuster, Inc.
SIPA USA
The Daily Breeze
The New York Times
Under Armour
Victoria Rowell
"Elle S'eleve II – Don Quixote" courtesy of David Fairchild
The Dancers and Stage Managers appear in this film through the courtesy of The American Guild of Musical Artists, AFL-CIO.
“A Cast of Characters by American Ballet Theatre” presented by Works & Process at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum on April 29-30, 2012 ©SRGF, NY.
“The Spotlight Awards: A Young Artist’ Showcase” courtesy of The Music Center of Los Angeles County. The program was originally broadcast on KCET Los Angeles.
Choreography
“Firebird,”
Choreography by Alexei Ratmansky.
“Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux,”
Choreography by George Balanchine © The George Balanchine Trust.
“Tocarre,”
Choreography by Marcelo Gomes.
“Under Armour Commercial,”
Choreography by Marcelo Gomes.
Costumes by
Galina Solovyeva, “Firebird”
Theoni Aldredge, “La Bayadère”
Irina Tibilova, with additional costume design by Robert Perdziola, “Le Corsaire”
Music
“Aria,” “Little March in A Minor”
Arranged and Performed by Mary Beth Roberts
“Pas de Voiles”
Written by Leo Delibes
Performed by Mary Beth Roberts
“La Bayadère”
Written by Marius Petipa
Arranged by George Oakley
Performed by
Inga Kashakashvili, Piano
Sha Wu, Cello
“Les Carnival des Animaux - XIII. Le Cygne” Written by Camille Saint-Saëns,
“String Quartet No. 14, D. 810 ‘Death and the Maiden’ - II. Andante con moto”
Composer Franz Schubert
Performed by
Hannah Min, violin
Wei-En Hsu, violin
Drew Vella, viola
Brian Hatton, cello
Zach Mo, piano
“Childhood,” “Harmonic Mediation”
Arrangement by D. Vella
Performed by
Hannah Min, violin
Wei-En Hsu, violin
Drew Vella, viola
Brian Hatton, cello
Zach Mo, piano
“Firebird Suite”
Infernal Dance
Written by Igor Stravinsky
Arranged by George Oakley
Performed by
Inga Kashakashvili, Piano
“D 957, No. 4 Standchen”
Written by Franz Schubert
Performed by Chloe Flower
“Purple Dream,” “Magic Hour”
Written and Performed by Chloe Flower
“Sleeping Beauty”
Written by Pyotr IlyichTchaikovsky
Performed by Chloe Flower
“Say Watt”
Written and Performed by Bertin van Vliet
“Swan Lake”
Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Performed by Queensland Symphony Orchestra
“Toccare”
Written by Ian Ng
Performed by
Charles Yang, violin
Dimitri Dover, piano
“Violin Sonata in G minor, L 140 – l. Allegro Vivo”
Written by Claude Debussy
Performed by
Hannah Min, violin
Wei-En Hsu, violin
Drew Vella, viola
“Waking Up”
Written and Performed by Dexter Britain
Filmed in part on location at:
American Ballet Theatre
BAM (the Brooklyn Academy of Music)
BRIC Arts House
City Ballet of Los Angeles
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Music Center of Los Angeles County
Queensland Performing Arts Centre
Steps on Broadway
The Met Marks are used with permission of The Metropolitan Opera
Special Thanks
Canon
Executive Producers
Misty Copeland
Gilda Squire
Supervising Producer for ITVS
Shana Swanson
Executive Producers for ITVS
Sally Jo Fifer
Lois Vossen
Funding Provided by
Dorria Ball
Ford Foundation/JustFilms
American Express
Ingrid Graham
New Power Generation
Tribeca Film Institute Documentary Fund
Terri Hines
And others. A complete list is available from PBS.
A Ballerina’s Tale is a co-production of URBAN ROMANCES, INC. and INDEPENDENT TELEVISION SERVICE (ITVS), with funding provided by the CORPORATION FOR PUBLIC BROADCASTING (CPB).
This program was produced by Urban Romances, Inc. which is solely responsible for its content.
© 2015 Urban Romances, Inc. All Rights Reserved.