Research Catalog

Title

I'm old fashioned [excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal. Sept. 21, 1982, part 1] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Publication

1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.
• Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
• Cook, Bart
• Moredock, Richard.
• Leland, Sara, 1941-
• Duell, Joseph
• Fugate, Judith
• D'Amboise, Christopher
• Kistler, Darci, 1964-
• Diamond, Dennis.
• New York City Ballet.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (41 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins directs a rehearsal of excerpts from the ballet Variations on I'm old fashioned. Bart Cook and Sara Leland demonstrate the choreography of I'm old fashioned, a dance performed by Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in the motion picture You were never lovelier, as reconstructed by Robbins, Cook and Leland. Joseph Duell and Judith Fugate rehearse the first variation from the ballet, and Christopher D'Amboise and Darci Kistler rehearse a pas de deux nicknamed Back to back, which was cut from the final version of Varations on I'm old fashioned. The three couples repeat their variations simultaneously. Robbins discusses the music and choreography for the ballet with Morton Gould and Gould discusses the music with pianist Richard Moredock. Robbins develops choreography with the dancers. At the end of the tape he begins to rehearse an ensemble nicknamed Tango, which was not used in the ballet. For the remainder of this rehearsal, see *MGZIA 4-6048.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Subjects

• Dance
• Astaire, Fred > Influence
• Video
• Dance rehearsals

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• No time/date code on frame.

Credits (note)

• Pianist: Richard Moredock.
• Videotaped by Dennis Diamond.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Sept. 21, 1982.

Funding (note)

• Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography (note)

• Variations on I'm old fashioned is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). The ballet premiered on June 16, 1983.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6101 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F90

Title

I'm old fashioned [excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal. Sept. 21, 1982, part 1] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Imprint

1982.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Credits

Pianist: Richard Moredock.

Videotaped by Dennis Diamond.

Performer

Rehearsed by members of New York City Ballet, including Bart Cook, Sara Leland, Joseph Duell, Judith Fugate, Christopher D'Amboise, Darci Kistler.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Sept. 21, 1982.

Funding

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography

Variations on I'm old fashioned is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). The ballet premiered on June 16, 1983.

Added Author

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer. Instrumentalist

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. You were never lovelier. I'm old fashioned.

Cook, Bart, dancer.

Moredock, Richard. Instrumentalist

Leland, Sara, 1941- dancer.

Duell, Joseph, dancer.

Fugate, Judith, dancer.

D'Amboise, Christopher, dancer.

Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer.

Diamond, Dennis.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6101 JRC