Research Catalog

Title

I'm old fashioned [videorecording] : special preview / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould, based on a theme by Jerome Kern.

Publication

1983.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.
• Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
• Nichols, Kyra
• Lavery, Sean
• Watts, Heather
• Cook, Bart
• Fugate, Judith
• Duell, Joseph
• Irving, Robert, 1913-1991.
• Klotz, Florence.
• Bates, Ronald.
• New York City Ballet.

Description

1 videodisc (NTSC) (35 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins introduces this preview of I'm old fashioned, which is performed in rehearsal clothes with the exception of the finale, performed in costume. Excerpts from the ballet are performed, not in the order of the finished ballet; two segments which were cut from the finished ballet are included, a solo danced by Heather Watts and a variation for four men. I'm old fashioned premiered on June 16, 1983.

Uniform Title

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

Genre/Form

• Video.
• Dance.

Note

• The image quality is very dark at the end of the recording. Due to damage to the original cassette, the picture is unstable during some portions of the recording.
• Performance onstage preceded by a b&w clip from the film You were never lovelier (Columbia Pictures), featuring Rita Hayworth and Fred Astaire in choreography by Astaire and Val Raset.

Credits (note)

• Costumes, Florence Klotz ; lighting, Ronald Bates.
• Conductor, Robert Irving.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, at a matinee on June 2, 1983, for archival purposes.

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4182

OCLC

276173024

Title

I'm old fashioned [videorecording] : special preview / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould, based on a theme by Jerome Kern.

Imprint

1983.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Credits

Costumes, Florence Klotz ; lighting, Ronald Bates.

Conductor, Robert Irving.

Performer

Danced by New York City Ballet: Kyra Nichols, Sean Lavery, Heather Watts, Bart Cook, Judith Fugate, Joseph Duell, with Victoria Bromberg, Renee Estopinal, Antonia Franceschi, Alexia Hess, Elizabeth Irwin, Lisa Jackson, Margo Krody, Jerri Kumery, Catherine Morris, Shawn Stevens, Cornel Crabtree, Christopher Fleming, Espen Giljane, Douglas Hay, Laurence Matthews, Carlo Merlo, Afshin Mofid, David Otto, Michael Puleo.

Event

Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, at a matinee on June 2, 1983, for archival purposes.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer

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

Nichols, Kyra, dancer.

Lavery, Sean, dancer.

Watts, Heather, dancer.

Cook, Bart, dancer.

Fugate, Judith, dancer.

Duell, Joseph, dancer.

Irving, Robert, 1913-1991. Conductor

Klotz, Florence. Costume designer

Bates, Ronald. Lighting designer

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

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

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-4182