Research Catalog

Title

Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Apr. 16-19, 1984] / choreography by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp ; music by Johannes Brahms.

Publication

1984.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Tharp, Twyla
• Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
• Cook, Bart
• Calegari, Maria
• New York City Ballet.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (62 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Twyla Tharp directs rehearsals of excerpts from Brahms/Handel. The taping consists of many brief clips. Often the corps' and principals' parts are rehearsed separately. Maria Calegari rehearses variation 22 alone and with corps. In the final version it was performed by Calegari and Bart Cook. Tharp demonstrates choreography for variation 22 and works with dancers on lifts in variation 14.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• No time/date code on frame.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment and recorded music, in New York City, between Apr. 16 and 19, 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. 16: variations 13-15, 12-13 -- Apr. 17: variations 14, 12-14, 18 -- Apr. 18: variations 18, 15-18, 12-18, 22 -- Apr. 19: variation 22.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6216 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F230

Title

Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Apr. 16-19, 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.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment and recorded music, in New York City, between Apr. 16 and 19, 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.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6216 JRC