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Brahms/Handel [excerpts] rehearsal.
- Title
- Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Apr. 21, 1984] / choreography by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp ; music by Johannes Brahms.
- Publication
- 1984.
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- Description
- 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (30 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
- Summary
- Twyla Tharp directs a rehearsal of the third variation from Brahms/Handel. Ib Andersen performs and teaches the solo to Sean Lavery, who then performs it. Jerome Robbins appears briefly.
- 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 rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, on the stage of the New York State Theater, on Apr. 21, 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 4-6219 JRC
- OCLC
- NYPT03-F251
- Title
- Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Apr. 21, 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 Ib Andersen and Sean Lavery.
- Event
- Videotaped in New York City Ballet rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, on the stage of the New York State Theater, on Apr. 21, 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. DirectorBrahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Händel.Andersen, Ib, 1954- dancer.Lavery, Sean, dancer.New York City Ballet.
- Added Title
- Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIA 4-6219 JRC