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Interview with Jerome Robbins.

Title
Interview with Jerome Robbins. Feb. 17, 1989 [sound recording]
Author
Robbins, Jerome
Publication
1989.

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AudioPermit needed *MGZMT 3-3093 JRCPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
AudioPermit needed *MGZTL 4-3093 JRCPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
Corliss, Richard.
Description
1 sound disc (ca. 30 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
[Contains extraneous noise.] Robbins discusses his upcoming Broadway retrospective, Jerome Robbins' Broadway, including the restoration and recreation of his dances, working with the cast, the training of current Broadway dancers; his appreciation for the original material in the show. Robbins discusses videotape as a means of preserving choreography; changes in the Broadway musical since the 1960s; the logistics of producing the show; the presence of ballet-trained dancers in the cast and on Broadway; more on the difficulty of reconstructing his dances, especially Sleepwalker's Ballet and the Times Square Ballet from On the town (1945); the unreliability of his memory in dance reconstruction and the loss of some of his work; the necessity of dropping some numbers from the show; his oversight of travelling versions of his shows such as Fiddler on the roof; more on the importance of videotape in preserving choreography; the reconstruction of the dances from the show A funny thing happened on the way to the forum (1962); the portrayal of his life's work in Jerome Robbins' Broadway.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Collection
Alternative Title
Dance Audio Archive.
Subjects
Note
  • Interview conducted on Feb 17, 1989 for Time magazine; probably for the article "Jerome Robbins' Broadway," by Richard Corliss, Mar. 6, 1989 p. 78-79+.
Access (note)
  • Permission required.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Source (note)
  • WNET/13
Call Number
*MGZTL 4-3093 JRC
OCLC
NYPT03-R16
Author
Robbins, Jerome, interviewee.
Title
Interview with Jerome Robbins. Feb. 17, 1989 [sound recording]
Imprint
1989.
Series
Jerome Robbins Collection
Access
Permission required.
Funding
Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Local Note
For transcript of brief excerpts see *MGZMT 3-3093 JRC. The transcipt was created by WNET/13 in connection with the documentary: Jerome Robbins: Something to dance about.
Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-3093 JRC
Title on container (handwritten): Time magazine interview.
Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3093 JRC
Preservation master: *MGZTP 10-3093 JRC
Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3093 JRC
Source
Transcript Gift; WNET/13, 2008. NN-PD
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Local Subject
Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.
Choreography -- Reconstruction.
Musical comedies. Jerome Robbins' Broadway.
Added Author
Corliss, Richard. Interviewer
Research Call Number
*MGZTL 4-3093 JRC
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