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Brahms/Handel [excerpts] rehearsals.

Title
Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Apr. 19-21, 1984] / choreography by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp ; music by Johannes Brahms.
Publication
1984.

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Additional Authors
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Tharp, Twyla
  • Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
  • Cook, Bart
  • Calegari, Maria
  • Andersen, Ib, 1954-
  • Ashley, Merrill
  • New York City Ballet.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (63 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Twyla Tharp directs rehearsals of excerpts from Brahms/Handel. The taping consists of many brief clips. Some of the rehearsals take place in the studio and some on the stage of the New York State Theater. Some of the choreography was altered in the final version of the ballet.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Collection
Uniform Title
Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • No time/date code on frame.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio and stage rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, between Apr. 19 and 21, 1984.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biography (note)
  • Brahms/Handel was a choreographic collaboration between Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp. The music is Johannes Brahms's Variations and fugue on a theme by Handel. The twenty-eight dancers (4 principals, 10 demis and 14 corps) are divided into two groups, one wearing blue and the other wearing green. For the most part, Robbins choreographed for the blue group and Tharp for the green group. Brahms/Handel premiered on June 7, 1984.
Contents
Apr. 19: variations 19, 20, 15 -- Apr. 20: variations 23, 19, 12, 13, 17, 18-20, 15-20 -- Apr. 21: variations 23, 20, 22, 6-9 -- [n.d.: variations 23 and 24].
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6217 JRC
OCLC
NYPT03-F231
Title
Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Apr. 19-21, 1984] / choreography by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp ; music by Johannes Brahms.
Imprint
1984.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Jerome Robbins Collection
Performer
Rehearsed by members of New York City Ballet. Principals: Bart Cook, Maria Calegari, Ib Andersen, Merrill Ashley.
Event
Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio and stage rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, between Apr. 19 and 21, 1984.
Funding
Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biography
Brahms/Handel was a choreographic collaboration between Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp. The music is Johannes Brahms's Variations and fugue on a theme by Handel. The twenty-eight dancers (4 principals, 10 demis and 14 corps) are divided into two groups, one wearing blue and the other wearing green. For the most part, Robbins choreographed for the blue group and Tharp for the green group. Brahms/Handel premiered on June 7, 1984.
Local Note
For information on casting for performances, see *MGZB New York City Ballet June, 1984.
Added Author
Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.
Tharp, Twyla, choreographer. Director
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Händel.
Cook, Bart, dancer.
Calegari, Maria, dancer.
Andersen, Ib, 1954- dancer.
Ashley, Merrill, dancer.
New York City Ballet.
Added Title
Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6217 JRC
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