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I'm old fashioned rehearsal.

Title: I'm old fashioned [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Apr. 4, 1990] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.
Publication: 1990.

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Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (104 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins, assisted by ballet master Christine Redpath, directs a rehearsal for Variations on I'm old fashioned. The rehearsal consists of a complete run-through of the ballet, but variations are not rehearsed in order. After the first five variations, the eleventh and twelfth variations and the finale are rehearsed, followed by variations six through eleven with principals only. Robbins gives corrections, discusses and demonstrates choreography.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Variations on I'm old fashioned (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. 4, 1990.

Funding (note)

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

Biography (note)

Variations on I'm old fashioned, also known as Astaire variations, is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). It was performed during New York City Ballet's festival of Jerome Robbins' ballets in June, 1990.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6919 JRC

OCLC

NYPT04-F67

Title

I'm old fashioned [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Apr. 4, 1990] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Imprint

1990.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Performer

Rehearsed by members of New York City Ballet. Principals: Damian Woetzel, Stephanie Saland, Jock Soto, Maria Calegari, Robert La Fosse, Lourdes Lopez. Corps: Charles Anderson, Cornel Crabtree, Espen Giljane, Arch Higgins, Ben Huys, Robert Lyon, Nilas Martins, William Otto, Gordon Stevens, Runsheng Ying, Monique Meunier, Margo Krody, Teresa Reyes, and others.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Apr. 4, 1990.

Funding

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

Biography

Variations on I'm old fashioned, also known as Astaire variations, is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). It was performed during New York City Ballet's festival of Jerome Robbins' ballets in June, 1990.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. You were never lovelier. I'm old fashioned.

Redpath, Christine. Director

Woetzel, Damian, dancer.

Saland, Stephanie, dancer.

Soto, Jock, dancer.

Calegari, Maria, dancer.

La Fosse, Robert, dancer.

Lopez, Lourdes, dancer.

Crabtree, Cornel, dancer.

Anderson, Charles David, dancer.

Giljane, Espen, dancer.

Higgins, Arch, dancer.

Huys, Ben, dancer.

Lyon, Robert, dancer.

Martins, Nilas, dancer.

Otto, William, 1958- dancer.

Ying, Runsheng, dancer.

Krody, Margo, dancer.

Meunier, Monique, dancer.

Reyes, Teresa (Ballet dancer), dancer.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6919 JRC

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