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Interview with Jerome Robbins.
- Title
- Interview with Jerome Robbins. June? 1980 [sound recording]
- Author
- Robbins, Jerome
- Publication
- 1980.
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Not available - Please for assistance. | Audio | Permit needed | *MGZTL 4-3082 JRC | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
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- Description
- 1 sound disc (ca. 21 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- [Begins abruptly; contains extraneous noise.] In a interview concerning the television program, An evening of Jerome Robbins' ballets, Robbins discusses modifying his ballets for television; the rehearsals for the program; his role in the direction of the program; his previous experiences with live television; television as a venue for ballet and his preference for live performance; the challenges of excerpting five of his ballets for the program. Robbins discusses changes in his choreographic works over time; dance on television over the past 20 years; dance on film in comparison with television; the initial audience reaction to his ballet, The cage (1951); his direction of Afternoon of a faun for An evening of Jerome Robbins' ballets; his use of the television studio to stage Dances at a gathering; more on his ideas about the program and how it will be produced.
- Donor/Sponsor
- Oral History Archive.
- Series Statement
- Jerome Robbins Collection
- Subjects
- Note
- Interview conducted probably in June or early July, 1980 in New York , N.Y.; interviewer is unknown.
- Title on container (handwritten): 8H: Interview LA-JR
- Access (note)
- Permission required.
- Funding (note)
- Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
- Biography (note)
- On July 2, 1980, WNBC-TV telecast the second program in its series, Live from studio 8H, entitled An evening of Jerome Robbins' Ballets. The program was produced by Alvin Cooperman and Judith De Paul. The program featured five of Robbins' ballets performed by members of the New York City Ballet.
- Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-3082 JRC
- OCLC
- NYPT03-R19
- Author
- Robbins, Jerome, interviewee.
- Title
- Interview with Jerome Robbins. June? 1980 [sound recording]
- Imprint
- 1980.
- 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 a videorecording of the program, An evening of Jerome Robbins' ballets, see *MGZIA 4-36.
- Biography
- On July 2, 1980, WNBC-TV telecast the second program in its series, Live from studio 8H, entitled An evening of Jerome Robbins' Ballets. The program was produced by Alvin Cooperman and Judith De Paul. The program featured five of Robbins' ballets performed by members of the New York City Ballet.
- Local Note
- Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3082 JRCPreservation master: *MGZTP 10-3082 JRCDubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3082 JRC
- Local Subject
- Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.Ballet in television. Evening of Jerome Robbins' ballets.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZTL 4-3082 JRC