Dancers for this section were attired in ornate, Elizabethan costumes designed by Karinska.
The overall effect allowed Graham’s portion to be perceived through a more classical focus-though created and performed by a modern dance company-while Balanchine’s portion was viewed in the reverse: A movie serial, film serial or chapter play, was a short subject originally shown in movie theaters in conjunction with a feature film, and derived from pulp magazine serialized fiction. Also known as “chapter plays,” they were extended motion pictures broken into a number of segments or parts.
