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Brahms/Handel [excerpts] rehearsals.

Title
Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Mar. 13-30, 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.
  • Soto, Jock
  • Cook, Bart
  • Calegari, Maria
  • Andersen, Ib, 1954-
  • Lavery, Sean
  • Ashley, Merrill
  • New York City Ballet.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (90 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Jerome Robbins 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. The versions of variations 11, 14, 13, and 18 that are rehearsed here were not used in the final version of Brahms/Handel. Two versions of variation 3 are rehearsed; the version that was used is a solo by the blue principal man. The principal man in green is danced in some rehearsals by Bart Cook and in some by Jock Soto. The principal man in blue is danced by Ib Andersen and Sean Lavery. The contents provided with the tape are incomplete. At the end of the tape there is further rehearsal of the theme and variations 1, 2, 4, 8, 10, 11, 12, 5 and 9. There are three run-throughs of the theme and variations 1-9, two with piano accompaniment and one with recorded orchestral music. At 13 minutes, a portion of the tape is damaged.
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 and recorded music, in New York City, between Mar. 13 and 30, 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
[Undated]: theme, variations 1, 3, 5, 3 -- Mar. 15: variations 5, 6, 3 -- Mar. 16: variations 8, 9 -- Mar. 20: variation 3 -- Mar. 21: variations 11, 9, 14 -- Mar. 22: variations 11, 14, 10 -- Mar. 25: variation 18 -- Mar. 27: variation 19 -- Mar. 28: theme, variation 19 -- Mar. 29: variations 13, 14 -- Mar. 30: theme, variations 13, 14 -- Mar. 31: variations 18, 3.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6207 JRC
OCLC
NYPT03-F208
Title
Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Mar. 13-30, 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, Jock Soto, Maria Calegari, Ib Andersen, Merrill Ashley, Sean Lavery.
Event
Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio and stage rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment and recorded music, in New York City, between Mar. 13 and 30, 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 the performance, see *MGZB New York City Ballet, June, 1984.
Added Author
Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director
Tharp, Twyla, choreographer.
Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Händel.
Soto, Jock, dancer.
Cook, Bart, dancer.
Calegari, Maria, dancer.
Andersen, Ib, 1954- dancer.
Lavery, Sean, dancer.
Ashley, Merrill, dancer.
New York City Ballet.
Added Title
Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6207 JRC
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