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Ballet in sneakers Works & process at the Guggenheim

Title
Ballet in sneakers [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Publication
2008.

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Additional Authors
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Prince, Robert, 1929-2007.
  • Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969.
  • Vaill, Amanda.
  • Bar, Ellen.
  • Suozzi, Sean.
  • Joost, Henry.
  • Lipes, Jody Lee.
  • Schulman, Ariel.
  • Frohlich, Jean Pierre.
  • Fisher, Barbara M. (Barbara Milberg), 1931-
  • Verso, Edward, 1941-
  • Rutherford, Rachel
  • Hall, Craig
  • Pazcoguin, Georgina
  • Veyette, Andrew
  • Hendrickson, Adam
  • Danchig-Waring, Adrian
  • Carmena, Antonio
  • Ramasar, Amar
  • Cronson, Mary Sharp.
  • New York City Ballet.
  • Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Description
1 videodisc (NTSC) (67 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
Summary
This program explores the creation of a film adaptation of Jerome Robbins' ballet New York export: opus jazz, to be filmed at various locations around New York City, featuring current New York City Ballet dancers. Panel discussions are moderated by Robbins biographer Amanda Vaill. Former dancers with Ballets: USA, Barbara Milberg and Edward Verso, discuss the creation of the ballet in 1958 at the Spoleto Festival and audience reactions to it. Ballet master Jean-Pierre Frohlich and re-stager Edward Verso speak about the revival of the ballet in 2005 at New York City Ballet. The creators and producers of the new film, Sean Suozzi and Ellen Bar, speak about the inspiration for the film and their desire to make the ballet accessible to their own generation. The filmmaking team (Henry Joost, Jody Lee Lipes and Ariel Schulman) speak about the technical challenges of filming out-of-doors; the cinematic decisions they made about how to capture the dance; the High Line location used for the one completed movement, Passage for two; the artistic collaboration between the worlds of dance and filmmaking; and plans for completing the remainder of the film. The panel discussion is interspersed with film clips of the work-in-progress and a live performance of one movement of the ballet, Statics.
Donor/Sponsor
Gift of Works & process at the Guggenheim, Mary Sharp Cronson, producer.
Series Statement
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Uniform Title
  • N.Y. export, opus jazz (Choreographic work : Robbins)
  • Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Video.
  • Dance.
Credits (note)
  • New York export: opus jazz. Choreography by Jerome Robbins; music by Robert Prince; decor by Ben Shahn.
Event (note)
  • Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 21, 2008.
Contents
Film clip: Entrance/group dance [1959] / performed by Ballets: USA on the Ed Sullivan show -- Panel discussion -- Film clip: behind-the-scenes footage [2007] -- Panel discussion -- Film clip: passage for two [2007] / performed by Rachel Rutherford, Craig Hall -- Panel discussion -- Live performance: Statics / performed by New York City Ballet dancers -- Film clip: promotional video for Opus jazz: the film.
Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3630
OCLC
217270824
Title
Ballet in sneakers [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].
Imprint
2008.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
Works and process at the Guggenheim.
Credits
New York export: opus jazz. Choreography by Jerome Robbins; music by Robert Prince; decor by Ben Shahn.
Performer
Host, Charles Fabius.
Moderator, Amanda Vaill. Panelists, Ellen Bar, Sean Suozzi, Henry Joost, Jody Lee Lipes, Ariel Schulman, Jean-Pierre Frohlich, Barbara Milberg-Fisher, Edward Verso.
Dance performed by Georgina Pazcoguin, Andrew Veyette, Adam Hendrickson, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Antonio Carmena, Amar Ramasar of New York City Ballet.
Event
Recorded as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Jan. 21, 2008.
Added Author
Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.
Prince, Robert, 1929-2007. N.Y. export, op. jazz.
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969. Designer
Vaill, Amanda. Moderator
Bar, Ellen. Interviewee
Suozzi, Sean. Interviewee
Joost, Henry. Interviewee
Lipes, Jody Lee. Interviewee
Schulman, Ariel. Interviewee
Frohlich, Jean Pierre. Interviewee
Fisher, Barbara M. (Barbara Milberg), 1931- Interviewee
Verso, Edward, 1941- Interviewee
Rutherford, Rachel, dancer.
Hall, Craig, dancer.
Pazcoguin, Georgina, dancer.
Veyette, Andrew, dancer.
Hendrickson, Adam, dancer.
Danchig-Waring, Adrian, dancer.
Carmena, Antonio, dancer.
Ramasar, Amar, dancer.
Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer
New York City Ballet.
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.
Added Title
N.Y. export, opus jazz (Choreographic work : Robbins)
Research Call Number
*MGZIDVD 5-3630
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