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Brahms/Handel [excerpts] rehearsal.
- Title
- Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Apr. 25, 1984] / choreography by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp ; music by Johannes Brahms.
- Publication
- 1984.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (21 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- A run-through of an incomplete version of Brahms/Handel. The theme and variations 1-23 are rehearsed. Some of the choreography differs from the finished version of the ballet. The corps part was cut from variation 22, a pas de deux by the green principals.
- 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 rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Apr. 25, 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.
- Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-6220 JRC
- OCLC
- NYPT03-F250
- Title
- Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Apr. 25, 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. Demis: Lauren Hauser, Alexia Hess, others.
- Event
- Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsals, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Apr. 25, 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.
- Added Author
- Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.Tharp, Twyla, choreographer.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.Hauser, Lauren, dancer.Hess, Alexia, dancer.New York City Ballet.
- Added Title
- Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-6220 JRC