Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Robbins, Jerome
2. Ives, Charles, 1874-1954
3. Matthews, Laurence
4. Boal, Peter
5. Caddell, Stacy
6. Gold, Tom
7. Byars, Michael
8. Edwards, Jeffrey
9. Woetzel, Damian
10. Frame, Paul Edward
11. Robbins, Jerome
12. New York City Ballet

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (21 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Jerome Robbins directs rehearsals of Ives, songs. Robbins' voice is heard off camera. There are full run-throughs of The white gulls and Tom sails away and two run-throughs of Charlie Rutlage, which was cut before the premiere of Ives, Songs. Peter Boal performs three run-throughs of A farewell to land, which was also cut from the ballet. Both run-throughs of He is there are incomplete.

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Dance rehearsals.

Contents

1. The white gulls (3:50) -- Tom sails away (2:25) -- Charlie Rutlage (5:15) -- He is there (1:00) -- A farewell to land (6:00) -- He is there (2:00).

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6573 JRC

Note

1. Poor picture quality.
2. Label on tape: "Ives/Robbins worktape; Washington D.C.; 10/22/87."
3. No time/date code on frame.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 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] : rehearsals. [Oct. 22, 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 Laurence Matthews, Stacy Caddell, Peter Boal, Michael Byars, Jeffrey Edwards, Damian Woetzel, Tom Gold, Paul Frame and others.

Event

1. Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in Washington, D.C., on Oct. 22, 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. Composer
3. Matthews, Laurence, dancer.
4. Boal, Peter, dancer.
5. Caddell, Stacy, dancer.
6. Gold, Tom, dancer.
7. Byars, Michael, dancer.
8. Edwards, Jeffrey, dancer.
9. Woetzel, Damian, dancer.
10. Frame, Paul Edward, dancer.
11. New York City Ballet.
12. Robbins, Jerome. Ives, songs.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6573 JRC