Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Robbins, Jerome
2. Ives, Charles, 1874-1954
3. Cook, Bart
4. Robbins, Jerome
5. New York City Ballet

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (36 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Jerome Robbins directs two rehearsals of a piece set to Charles Ives' song "General William Booth enters into heaven." This segment was not used in the finished version of Ives, Songs. Robbins develops and demonstrates choreography with soloist Bart Cook and five corps dancers. On the last five minutes of the tape the piece is rehearsed with a larger group of corps dancers.

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6384 JRC

Note

1. No time/date code on frame.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Dec. 15, 1987.

Funding (note)

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

Biography (note)

1. Ives, Songs premiered on Feb. 4, 1988.

Title

1. Ives, songs [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Dec. 15, 1987] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Charles Ives.

Imprint

1. 1987.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Performer

1. Rehearsed by members of New York City Ballet, including Bart Cook.

Event

1. Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Dec. 15, 1987.

Funding

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

Biography

1. Ives, Songs premiered on Feb. 4, 1988.

Added author

1. Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director
2. Ives, Charles, 1874-1954. General William Booth enters into heaven.
3. Cook, Bart, dancer.
4. New York City Ballet.
5. Robbins, Jerome. Ives, songs.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6384 JRC