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Solo dances rehearsal.

Title
Solo dances [videorecording] : rehearsal. [June 29, 1978] / chorography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Georg Philipp Telemann.
Publication
1978.

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Additional Authors
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • D'Amboise, Christopher
  • Duell, Daniel
  • Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767.
  • New York City Ballet.
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (12 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
Summary
Jerome Robbins, off-camera, directs a rehearsal of two solos from a choreographic work in progress. Daniel Duell rehearses a solo in three movements to Telemann's Fantasy for unaccompanied violin. This solo was performed by Duell as part of A sketch book. Christopher D'Amboise rehearses a solo in five movements to a Telemann composition for solo flute, which may have been one of the projected solos from an unrealized ballet that also included Duell's solo.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Collection
Uniform Title
Sketch book (Choreographic work : Robbins and Martins)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • Title from original container.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in New York City Ballet rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, on stage at the New York State Theater, June 29 1978.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biography (note)
  • A sketch book, which premiered June 8, 1978, was made up of excerpts from works in progress by Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins. One of Robbins's contributions was a solo, danced by Daniel Duell, set to the Fantasy for unaccompanied violin by Telemann. The program note for this piece stated, "This is the first of three soli, each to a different instrument by a different dancer, and will conclude with a trio for all." The projected ballet was never performed.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6286 JRC
OCLC
NYPT03-F327
Title
Solo dances [videorecording] : rehearsal. [June 29, 1978] / chorography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Georg Philipp Telemann.
Imprint
1978.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Jerome Robbins Collection
Performer
Rehearsed by Daniel Duell and Christopher D'Amboise.
Event
Videotaped in New York City Ballet rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, on stage at the New York State Theater, June 29 1978.
Funding
Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biography
A sketch book, which premiered June 8, 1978, was made up of excerpts from works in progress by Jerome Robbins and Peter Martins. One of Robbins's contributions was a solo, danced by Daniel Duell, set to the Fantasy for unaccompanied violin by Telemann. The program note for this piece stated, "This is the first of three soli, each to a different instrument by a different dancer, and will conclude with a trio for all." The projected ballet was never performed.
Added Author
Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director
D'Amboise, Christopher, dancer.
Duell, Daniel, dancer.
Telemann, Georg Philipp, 1681-1767.
New York City Ballet.
Added Title
Sketch book (Choreographic work : Robbins and Martins)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6286 JRC
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