Research Catalog

Title

Dances at a gathering [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Apr. 7, 14 and 17, 1990] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Frédéric Chopin.

Publication

1990.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Castelli, Victor.
• Kistler, Darci, 1964-
• La Fosse, Robert
• Whelan, Wendy
• Proia, Alexandre
• Nichols, Kyra
• Soto, Jock
• Calegari, Maria
• Houston, Kipling
• Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849.
• New York City Ballet.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (34 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins, assisted by ballet master Victor Castelli, directs rehearsals of the Mazurka section from Dances at a gathering. Robbins gives corrections to the dancers and demonstrates choreography. Alternate cast members rehearse at the back of the studio. Judith Fugate and Lauren Hauser rehearse the solo set to Mazurka, op. 6, no. 4, and Stephanie Saland and Ben Huys rehearse the pas de deux set to Mazurka, op. 6, no. 2.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Dances at a gathering (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• No time/date code on frame.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Apr. 7, 14 and 17, 1990.

Funding (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Dances at a gathering was performed during the New York City Ballet's Festival of Jerome Robbins' Ballets in June, 1990.

Contents

• Apr. 7, 1990. Mazurka, op. 6, no. 4 / rehearsed by Darci Kistler (7 min.)
• Apr. 14, 1990. Mazurka, op. 6, no. 4 / rehearsed by Darci Kistler (2 min.)
• Apr. 17, 1990. Mazurka, op. 6, no. 4 / rehearsed by Darci Kistler (2 min.) -- Mazurka, op. 7, no. 5 / rehearsed by Jock Soto and Robert La Fosse (1 min.) -- Mazurka, op. 7, no. 4 / rehearsed by Robert La Fosse, Kyra Nichols, Wendy Whelan (7 min.) -- Mazurka, op. 24, no. 2 / rehearsed by Kyra Nichols, Wendy Whelan, Kipling Houston, Jock Soto, Alexandre Proia (4 min.) -- Mazurka, op. 6, no. 2 / rehearsed by Maria Calegari, Alexandre Proia, Kyra Nichols, Kipling Houston, Jock Soto, Wendy Whelan (6 min.) -- Mazurka, op. 7, no. 4 / rehearsed by Robert La Fosse, Kyra Nichols, Wendy Whelan (5 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6904 JRC

OCLC

NYPT04-F69

Title

Dances at a gathering [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsals. [Apr. 7, 14 and 17, 1990] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Frédéric Chopin.

Imprint

1990.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Performer

Rehearsed by Darci Kistler, Wendy Whelan, Maria Calegari, Kyra Nichols, Robert La Fosse, Jock Soto, Kipling Houston, Alexandre Proia.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Apr. 7, 14 and 17, 1990.

Funding

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

Biography

Dances at a gathering was performed during the New York City Ballet's Festival of Jerome Robbins' Ballets in June, 1990.

Local Note

The Apr. 17 rehearsal footage also appears on *MGZIDVD 5-912, with superior picture quality.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director

Castelli, Victor. Director

Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer.

La Fosse, Robert, dancer.

Whelan, Wendy, dancer.

Proia, Alexandre, dancer.

Nichols, Kyra, dancer.

Soto, Jock, dancer.

Calegari, Maria, dancer.

Houston, Kipling, dancer.

Chopin, Frédéric, 1810-1849. Composer

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Dances at a gathering (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6904 JRC