Title

West Side story suite [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. Mar. 21, 1995 / choreography by Jerome Robbins; music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Publication

1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990.
• Boehmer, Christopher,
• Bowman, Benjamin,
• Castelli, Victor.
• Coates, Emily,
• Fayette, James,
• Frohlich, Jean Pierre.
• Hansen, Peter,
• Harmsen, Lydia,
• Hübbe, Nikolaj,
• Kaiser, Russell,
• La Fosse, Robert,
• Marcovici, Sébastien, 1975-
• Neal, Philip, 1968-
• New York City Ballet.
• Otto, William, 1958-
• Robbins, Jerome,
• Sondheim, Stephen.
• Soto, Jock,
• Stiefel, Ethan,
• Tinsley, Jennifer,
• Wersinger, Robert,
• Wheeldon, Christopher,

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of New York City Ballet.

Uniform Title

West Side story suite (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Genre/Form

• Dance rehearsals.
• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• Color is washed out. There is a break in the picture at 34 min., lasting a few seconds.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Mar. 21, 1995.

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Biography (note)

• West Side story suite had its New York City Ballet premiere on May 18, 1995.

Contents

Cool / rehearsed by Ethan Stiefel (Riff) and Russell Kaiser, Sébastien Marcovici, Peter Hansen, Robert Wersinger, Christopher Wheeldon, Benjamin Bowman, Peter Hansen, William Otto, Christopher Boehmer, Lydia Harmsen, Jennifer Tinsley, Emily Coates (34 min.) -- Rumble / rehearsed by Nikolaj Hübbe (Riff), Jock Soto (Bernardo), Robert La Fosse (Tony), and Ethan Stiefel (Riff, 2nd cast), James Fayette (Bernardo, 2nd cast), Philip Neal (Tony, 2nd cast) (24 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-521

Title

West Side story suite [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. Mar. 21, 1995 / choreography by Jerome Robbins; music by Leonard Bernstein; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.

Imprint

1995.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Performer

Rehearsed by members of New York City Ballet, including Robert La Fosse (Tony), Jock Soto (Bernardo), Nikolaj Hübbe (Riff), Ethan Stiefel (Riff, 2nd cast), James Fayette (Bernardo, 2nd cast), Philip Neal (Tony, 2nd cast), and Emily Coates, Lydia Harmsen, Jennifer Tinsley, Christopher Wheeldon, William Otto, Sébastien Marcovici, Russell Kaiser, Peter Hansen, Robert Wersinger, Christopher Boehmer, Benjamin Bowman, and others.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Mar. 21, 1995.

Summary

Jerome Robbins, assisted by ballet masters Jean Pierre Frohlich and Victor Castelli, directs a rehearsal of West Side story suite. In the rehearsal of the Rumble by principals only, Robbins reads from the West Side story book, and dancers watch a video of the scene.

System Details

DVD.

Biography

West Side story suite had its New York City Ballet premiere on May 18, 1995.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director

Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. West Side story.

Sondheim, Stephen. Lyricist

Frohlich, Jean Pierre. Director

Castelli, Victor. Director

La Fosse, Robert, dancer.

Soto, Jock, dancer.

Hübbe, Nikolaj, dancer. voc

Stiefel, Ethan, dancer. Singer

Fayette, James, dancer.

Neal, Philip, 1968- dancer.

Wheeldon, Christopher, dancer.

Otto, William, 1958- dancer.

Marcovici, Sébastien, 1975- dancer.

Kaiser, Russell, dancer.

Bowman, Benjamin, dancer.

Boehmer, Christopher, dancer.

Coates, Emily, dancer.

Harmsen, Lydia, dancer.

Hansen, Peter, dancer.

Wersinger, Robert, dancer.

Tinsley, Jennifer, dancer.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

West Side story suite (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Gift of New York City Ballet.

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-521