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Brahms/Handel [excerpts] rehearsals.

Title
Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Mar. 13-Apr. 6, 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) (107 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. At this point in the development of the ballet, Robbins and Tharp had each choreographed versions of some of the same variations. None of the versions in these rehearsals was used in the finished ballet except for variation 21, a solo by the blue principal man, and the pas de deux to variation 13. The pas de deux set to the theme was used in variation 18, and the duet by the two principal women set to variation 22 was used in the fugue. The contents provided with the tape are incomplete. There is further rehearsal of the theme and variations 5, 1, 3, 2 and 13 at the end of the tape.
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 Mar. 13 and Apr. 6, 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
  • Mar. 13: theme, variation 4 -- Mar. 14: theme, variations 2, 4, 6 -- Mar. 15: variations 2, 7, 6, 4 -- Mar. 16: variations 2, 7, 4 -- Mar. 17: variation 8 -- Mar. 21: variations 12, 13.
  • Mar. 22: variation 7, 6-8 -- Mar. 25: variation 20 -- Mar. 22: variations 2, 6-8 -- Mar. 27: variations 4, 21, 13, 20 -- Mar. 28: variations 13, 20 -- Mar. 29: variations 22, 4, 7 -- Mar. 31: variation 13.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6206 JRC
OCLC
NYPT03-F207
Title
Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Mar. 13-Apr. 6, 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 Mar. 13 and Apr. 6, 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 about casting for the performance, 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 4-6206 JRC
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