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Title

Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Apr. 27 and May 4, 1984] / choreography by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp ; music by Johannes Brahms.

Publication

1984.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Tharp, Twyla
• Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
• Cook, Bart
• Calegari, Maria
• Andersen, Ib, 1954-
• Ashley, Merrill
• Lavery, Sean
• Hauser, Lauren
• Hess, Alexia
• New York City Ballet.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (44 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

Two run-throughs of the theme and variations 1-23 from Brahms/Handel. The version of variation 10 that is rehearsed differs from the version in the finished ballet, which is a duet for the two male principals. The corps parts were cut from variation 22. The role of the blue principal man is danced in the first run-through by Sean Lavery and in the second by Ib Andersen. There are a few brief interruptions during which Jerome Robbins gives directions to the dancers. Some of the principals' parts are marked, without lifts.

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. 27 and May 4, 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 4-6221 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F249

Title

Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Apr. 27 and May 4, 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, Sean Lavery. 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. 27 and May 4, 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. Director

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.

Lavery, Sean, dancer.

Hauser, Lauren, dancer.

Hess, Alexia, dancer.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6221 JRC