Description
Starting time code: 18:32
Ending time code: 24:04
Length: 332 sec
Beginning: beginning of sequence
Ending: ending of sequence
Outlines: nothing significant
Completeness: complete, satisfying and uninterrupted
Structure: narrative ballet
Shots: 54
Average shot length: 6 sec
Performance: instrumental+dance
Number directed by: no data
Performer(s): Vera Zorina , William Dollar , American Ballet of the Metropolitan Opera
Cast: All White cast
Stars who don't participate: no data
Backstage
Diegetic spectators: yes + address
Diegetic status of the number: rehearsal, casting, recording session, etc.
Diegetic status of the music: no diegetic music
Themes
Topic(s): challenge-fight and violence , romantic duet , death , vanity and grooming , revue of girls , highbrow
Diegetic place: Hollywood
Imaginary place: Verona, Italy
Ethnic stereotypes: no
Exoticism: italian
Music & dance
Song: no data
Musical ensemble: no data
Dubbing: no data
Tempo: no data
Musical styles: no data
Arrangers: no data
Dance director: George Balanchine (or Ballanchine)
Dancing type: no data
Dance subgenre: ballet/toe dancing , tap dance
Dance content: challenge dance
Intertextuality
Source: Original number created for the film
Quotation: parody