Jerome Robbins something to dance about

DVD 2008

Examines the life of the controversial master of the Broadway musical and ballet choreographer Jerome Robbins. Features excerpts from Robbins' work, including never-before-seen rehearsal footage, and interviews with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jacques d'Amboise, Suzanne Farrell, Arthur Laurents, Peter Martins, Frank Rich, Chita Rivera, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, Joseph Stein, and others.

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Ballet Production and direction United States

Choreographers United States Biography

Dance United States History 20th century

Musical theater producers and directors United States Biography

Robbins, Jerome

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ISBN:

9780769788265

Description:

1 videodisc (130, that is, 114 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
digital
optical
stereo
Dolby
video file
DVD video
all regions

Other Title:

Something to dance about
American masters (Television program)

Notes:

"The definitive biography of an American dance master" --Container
Originally produced in 2008
Originally broadcast on PBS on Feb. 18, 2009 as an episode of the television program American masters
Special features include bonus interviews
Photography, Tom Hurwitz ; editors, Molly Bernstein, Girish Bhargava
Narrator, Ron Rifkin
DVD [NTSC], all regions ; anamorphic widescreen presentation (16:9 aspect ratio) ;Dolby 2.0

Contents:

Jerome Rabinowitz
Life-changing revelations
Camp Tamiment
Ballet Theatre
Fancy free
On the town
The playful side and the darker side
Love and loss
Autobiographical material
Broadway's rising star
Balanchine and the New York City Ballet
The king and I
The House Un-American Activities Committee
Robbins' muse, Tanaquil Le Clercq
Peter Pan
West Side story
Ballets U.S.A.
Gypsy
Challenges and fixes
Fiddler on the roof
Les noces
Dances at a gathering
The Goldberg variations
Watermill
Robbins and Balanchine
Dybbuk
Other dances
Glass pieces and Antique epigraphs
In memory of
Jerome Robbins' Broadway
Dancing until the end

Control Number:

483078

UPC:

032031445499

Other Authors:

Kinberg, Judy, director, producer
Kultur International Films
Rifkin, Ron, narrator
Vaill, Amanda, screenwriter
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)

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