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Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American choreographer, director, and theater producer who worked in classical ballet, on Broadway, and in films and television. Among his numerous stage productions he worked on were On the Town, Peter Pan, High Button Shoes, The King And I, The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, West Side Story, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, and Fiddler on the Roof; Robbins was a five time Tony award winner and a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. He received two Academy Awards, including the 1961 Academy Award for Best Director with Robert Wise for West Side Story. A documentary about his life and work, Something to Dance About, featuring excerpts from his journals, archival performance and rehearsal footage, and interviews with Robbins and his colleagues, premiered on PBS in 2009 and won both an Emmy and a Peabody Award the same year.
Robbins was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz in the Jewish Maternity Hospital in the heart of Manhattan’s Lower East Side – a neighborhood populated by many immigrants.
Saint Jerome (/dʒəˈroʊm/; Latin: Eusebius Sophronius Hieronymus; Greek: Εὐσέβιος Σωφρόνιος Ἱερώνυμος; c. 347 – 30 September 420) was a priest, confessor, theologian and historian, who also became a Doctor of the Church. He was the son of Eusebius, born at Stridon, a village near Emona on the border of Dalmatia and Pannonia, then part of northeastern Italy. He is best known for his translation of most of the Bible into Latin (the translation that became known as the Vulgate), and his commentaries on the Gospels. His list of writings is extensive. The protégé of Pope Damasus I, who died in December of 384, Jerome was known for his teachings on Christian moral life, especially to those living in cosmopolitan centers such as Rome. In many cases, he focused his attention to the lives of women and identified how a woman devoted to Jesus Christ should live her life. This focus stemmed from his close patron relationships with several prominent female ascetics who were members of affluent senatorial families.
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West Side Story is an American musical with a book by Arthur Laurents, music by Leonard Bernstein, lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and conception and choreography by Jerome Robbins. It was inspired by William Shakespeare's play Romeo and Juliet.
The story is set in the Upper West Side neighborhood in New York City in the mid-1950s, an ethnic, blue-collar neighborhood. (In the early 1960s much of the neighborhood would be cleared in an urban renewal project for the Lincoln Center, changing the neighborhood's character.) The musical explores the rivalry between the Jets and the Sharks, two teenage street gangs of different ethnic backgrounds. The members of the Sharks, from Puerto Rico, are taunted by the Jets, a white gang. The young protagonist, Tony, a former member of the Jets and best friend of the gang leader, Riff, falls in love with Maria, the sister of Bernardo, the leader of the Sharks. The dark theme, sophisticated music, extended dance scenes, and focus on social problems marked a turning point in American musical theater. Bernstein's score for the musical includes "Something's Coming", "Maria", "America", "Somewhere", "Tonight", "Jet Song", "I Feel Pretty", "A Boy Like That", "One Hand, One Heart", "Gee, Officer Krupke", and "Cool".
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Actors: Martin Scorsese (miscellaneous crew), Jacques d'Amboise (actor), George Balanchine (actor), Jerome Robbins (actor), Krysanne Katsoolis (producer), Michael Stuhlbarg (actor), Jack Kyser (miscellaneous crew), Jack Kyser (miscellaneous crew), Ric Burns (producer), Arthur Mitchell (actor), Nancy Buirski (producer), Nancy Buirski (writer), Nancy Buirski (director), Marianne Bower (actress), Derek Britt (producer),
Plot: Of all the great ballerinas, Tanaquil Le Clercq may have been the most transcendent. With a body unlike any before hers, she mesmerized viewers and choreographers alike - her elongated, race-horse physique became the new prototype for the great George Balanchine. Her unique style, humor and authenticity redefined ballet for all dancers who followed. Amazingly, she was the muse to not one great artist but two; both George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins loved her as a dancer and a woman. Balanchine married her and Robbins created his famous version of Afternoon of a Faun for Tanny. Tanaquil Le Clercq was the foremost dancer of her day until it suddenly all stopped. On a tour of Europe, she was struck down by polio and paralyzed. She never danced again.
Keywords: ballet, epidemic, new-york-city-ballet, paralysis, polioActors: Gregory Peck (actor), Tom Rack (actor), Eric McCormack (actor), James Bradford (actor), Steve Adams (actor), Mel Ferrer (actor), Richard Jutras (actor), Noel Burton (actor), Tony Calabretta (actor), Mark Camacho (actor), Humphrey Bogart (actor), William Holden (actor), Keir Dullea (actor), Vlasta Vrana (actor), Sam Stone (actor),
Plot: Biographic made-for-TV movie of the life of one of Hollywood's most famous actreses: Audrey Hepburn, spaning from her early childhood to the 1960's which details her life as Dutch overachieving ballerina, coming to grips with her parents divorce and enduring five hard years of living in Nazi occupied Holland during World War II. Audrey then settles in the USA where she tries to make it big as a movie actress and the emotional trials that follow her with it.
Keywords: 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, actress, anorexia, baby, ballerina, based-on-true-story, behind-the-scenes, broadway-manhattan-new-york-cityA look at Jerome Robbins' extraordinary body of work for New York City Ballet, bridging Broadway and ballet like no other choreographer before or since.
Angela Lansbury introduces "Jerome Robbins' Broadway " on the 1989 Tony Awards
Give me something to dance about and Ill dance it. -Jerome Robbins to Irving Berlin In a life that inspired controversy, no one disputes the place that Jerome Robbins holds as the preeminent director/choreographer of American musical theatre. He transformed Broadway with shows like West Side Story, Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof and he forged a career in ballet, first at American Ballet Theatre, then at New York City Ballet. This two-hour film, produced and directed by Judy Kinberg and written by best-selling Robbins' biographer Amanda Vaill, features excerpts from Robbins' work, never-before-seen rehearsal footage, and interviews with many of his colleagues from ballet and Broadway, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Suzanne Farrell, Jacques d'Amboise, Arthur Laurents, Chita Rive...
The opening Prologue from the 10-time Academy Award winning musical film West Side Story, which is celebrating its 50th Anniversary on November 15, 2011. Here is the full Prologue from the movie in HD, and below are links where you purchase the 50th Anniversary Edition of West Side Story on Blu-ray and Limited Edition Box Set! West Side Story on Blu-ray - http://www.amazon.com/West-Side-Story-Anniversary-Blu-ray/dp/B005BDZN62/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid;=1320195621&sr;=8-1 West Side Story 50th Anniversary Box Set - http://www.amazon.com/West-Side-Story-Anniversary-Blu-ray/dp/B005BDZQKU/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid;=1320195621&sr;=8-2 Conceived, Directed and Choreographed by Jerome Robbins Music by Leonard Bernstein Lyrics by Stephen Sondheim Book by Arthur Laurents
A Curtains Up!™ documentary on director-choreographer Jerome Robbins. Hosted by Damian Barra. Disclaimer: I do not own any of the clips in these videos (except the ones I am in). This was for my Musical Theatre History II Class.
Excerpt from NY Export: Opus Jazz (2010) NYC Ballet. Choreography: Jerome Robbins. Music Robert Prince "Sneaker Ballet" Gym Sequence (4:01)
http://www.freds.gr/ American Jazz Dance from the film " West Side Story " 1961. Jerome Robbins (October 11, 1918 -- July 29, 1998) was an American theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and directed/produced for television. His work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater. Among the numerous stage productions he worked on were On the Town, Peter Pan, High Button Shoes, The King And I, The Pajama Game, Bells Are Ringing, West Side Story, Gypsy: A Musical Fable, and Fiddler on the Roof. Robbins is a five time Tony Award winner and a recipient of the Kennedy Center Honors. He also received two Academy Awards, including the 1961 Academy Award for Be...
Anyone who's danced can relate to these hilarious moments in The Concert. This movement is fondly called the "Mistake Waltz". Choreographed in 1956, this Jerome Robbins' ballet is a comic spoof of a classical music concert. https://www.pnb.org
I was inspired to create a video based on Jerome Robbins life. He had a big impact on not only ballet but also Musical Theatre. The video is a combination of short clips of his choreography from ballets and musicals and images accompanied by sound to show the things there are no videos for. This is only a very small fraction of what he did.
RITA ON JEROME ROBBINS: "He was astonishing because he did something that no-one ever did. He choreographed for character. The steps that Anita did in WEST SIDE STORY were specifically for Anita. No-one else in that play could've done those steps. Because they were specifically Anita-type steps."
MOVES A BALLET IN SILENCE CHOREOGRAPHIE Jerome Robbins © The Robbins Rights Trust KOSTÜMREALISATION Gabriela Oehmchen LICHT Jennifer Tipton EINSTUDIERUNG Ben Huys TÄNZERINNEN Mariana Dias, Nathalie Guth, Alexandra Inculet, So-Yeon Kim, Claudine Schoch, Julie Thirault TÄNZER Paul Calderone, Jackson Carroll, Michael Foster, Sonny Locsin, Bruno Narnhammer, Alexandre Simões PREMIERE 23. Januar 2015, Theater Duisburg im Rahmen des Ballettabends b.22 Ein Stück ohne Musik, und doch alles andere als ein stilles Stück: Jerome Robbins’ „Moves“ ist eine Besonderheit im Werk des amerikanischen Choreographen. Die 1959 für seine damalige Compagnie Ballets USA entstandene Choreographie wird nicht musikalisch strukturiert, untermalt oder kontrastiert. Die einzigen Klänge, die in „Moves“ zu hören sind...
See the full interview at http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander
Rare footage of the legendary Jerome Robbins rehearsing with Charlotte D'Amboise, Robert LaFosse, and Debbie Shapiro prior to the opening of the 1989 Tony Award winning musical 'Jerome Robbins Broadway.'
Premiered in 1944, Jerome Robbinss first ballet Fancy Free launched his career as one of the most celebrated American choreographers in history. Set in New York City, the ballet follows the escapades of three sailors on leave on a hot summer night. Fancy Free was later translated into the hit musical On the Town. Robbins went on to collaborate with Bernstein again for West Side Story. Performed by Houston Ballet, 2010. Dancers: James Gotesky and Amy Fote.
Rosalind Russell presenting Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins with the Oscar® for Directing for "West Side Story" at the 34th Academy Awards® in 1962. Hosted by Bob Hope.
This is a compilation of Jerome Robbins' choreography
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Give me something to dance about and Ill dance it. -Jerome Robbins to Irving Berlin In a life that inspired controversy, no one disputes the place that Jerome Robbins holds as the preeminent director/choreographer of American musical theatre. He transformed Broadway with shows like West Side Story, Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof and he forged a career in ballet, first at American Ballet Theatre, then at New York City Ballet. This two-hour film, produced and directed by Judy Kinberg and written by best-selling Robbins' biographer Amanda Vaill, features excerpts from Robbins' work, never-before-seen rehearsal footage, and interviews with many of his colleagues from ballet and Broadway, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Suzanne Farrell, Jacques d'Amboise, Arthur Laurents, Chita Rive...
RITA ON JEROME ROBBINS: "He was astonishing because he did something that no-one ever did. He choreographed for character. The steps that Anita did in WEST SIDE STORY were specifically for Anita. No-one else in that play could've done those steps. Because they were specifically Anita-type steps."
Rare footage of the legendary Jerome Robbins rehearsing with Charlotte D'Amboise, Robert LaFosse, and Debbie Shapiro prior to the opening of the 1989 Tony Award winning musical 'Jerome Robbins Broadway.'
As a member of the original cast of West Side Story, Grover Dale describes the process of working with the show's legendary choreographer, Jerome Robbins.
See the full interview at http://emmytvlegends.org/interviews/people/jason-alexander
A Curtains Up!™ documentary on director-choreographer Jerome Robbins. Hosted by Damian Barra. Disclaimer: I do not own any of the clips in these videos (except the ones I am in). This was for my Musical Theatre History II Class.
SUSAN STROMAN Director Choreographer One in a series of video interviews with people who were touched by Jerome Robbins' life. Part of the Jerome Robbins Celebration at the New York City Ballet - April 29th through June 29th, 2008 at Lincoln Center. Ballets Referenced: WEST SIDE STORY Music: Leonard Bernstein Choreography: Jerome Robbins http://www.nycballet.com/company/rep.... More info at nycballet.com ©2008 New York City Ballet
ELIOT FELD Choreographer One in a series of video interviews with people who were touched by Jerome Robbins' life. Part of the Jerome Robbins Celebration at the New York City Ballet - April 29th through June 29th, 2008 at Lincoln Center. Ballets Referenced: WEST SIDE STORY SUITE Music: Leonard Bernstein Choreography: Jerome Robbins Part of the "Bernstein Collaborations" Program http://www.nycballet.com/ticket_info/single/s08/bc.html#bern LES NOCES Music: Igor Stravinsky Choreography: Jerome Robbins Part of the "Russian Roots" Program http://www.nycballet.com/ticket_info/single/s08/rr.html More info at nycballet.com ©2008 New York City Ballet
KAY MAZZO Co-Chairman of Faculty, SAB Former Principal Dancer, NYCB One in a series of video interviews with people who were touched by Jerome Robbins' life. Part of the Jerome Robbins Celebration at the New York City Ballet - April 29th through June 29th, 2008 at Lincoln Center. Ballets Referenced: AFTERNOON OF A FAUN Music: Claude Debussy Choreography: Jerome Robbins Part of the "French Cuisine" Program http://www.nycballet.com/ticket_info/single/s08/fc.html DANCES AT A GATHERING Music: Frédéric Chopin Choreography: Jerome Robbins Part of the "Definitive Chopin" Program http://www.nycballet.com/ticket_info/singe/s08/dc.html More info at nycballet.com ©2008 New York City Ballet
In a life that inspired controversy, no one disputes the place that Jerome Robbins holds as the preeminent director/choreographer of American musical theatre. He transformed Broadway with shows like West Side Story, Gypsy and Fiddler on the Roof and he forged a career in ballet, first at American Ballet Theatre, then at New York City Ballet. This two-hour film, produced and directed by Judy Kinberg and written by best-selling Robbins' biographer Amanda Vaill, features excerpts from Robbins' work, never-before-seen rehearsal footage, and interviews with many of his colleagues from ballet and Broadway, including Mikhail Baryshnikov, Suzanne Farrell, Jacques d'Amboise, Arthur Laurents, Chita Rivera, and Stephen Sondheim. Please visit http://www.kultur.com/Jerome-Robbins-Something-to-Dance-p...
A look at Jerome Robbins' extraordinary body of work for New York City Ballet, bridging Broadway and ballet like no other choreographer before or since.
Arthur Laurents from a Strand NYC book-signing/Q&A; on 6.9.09. http://boyculture.typepad.com
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FRAN LEBOWITZ Writer One in a series of video interviews with people who were touched by Jerome Robbins' life. Part of the Jerome Robbins Celebration at the New York City Ballet - April 29th through June 29th, 2008 at Lincoln Center. Ballets Referenced: GLASS PIECES Music: Philip Glass Choreography: Jerome Robbins Part of the "Bach to Glass" Program http://www.nycballet.com/ticket_info/single/s08/mo2.html More info at nycballet.com ©2008 New York City Ballet
DAY 5 - Jerome Robbins' Moves 08.30 PM Moves - a ballet with no music, with commentary by Jean Pierre Frohlich and Savannah Lowery. © 2008 New York City Ballet
SONDRA LEE Performer, Teacher, Writer, Director One in a series of video interviews with people who were touched by Jerome Robbins' life. Part of the Jerome Robbins Celebration at the New York City Ballet - April 29th through June 29th, 2008 at Lincoln Center. More info at nycballet.com ©2008 New York City Ballet
The cast and Robbins celebrate the 'Gypsy Robe' tradition backstage before the opening night performance.
Repetiteur for the Jerome Robbins Trust discusses staging Jerome Robbins "The Afternoon of a Faun" for City Ballet of San Diego Light Thought var 4 by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Artist: http://incompetech.com/
A rare 1978 video of Gelsey Kirkland and Mikhail Baryshnikov dancing excerpts from Dances at a Gathering and Other Dances. The first duet and the man's variation are from Dances at a Gathering; the woman's variation and closing duet from Other Dances. Choreography: Jerome Robbins. Music: Frédéric Chopin. Pianist: Jerry Zimmerman.
Here's a wonderful performance from the Paris Opera Ballet from a few years ago, of one of Jerome Robbins' more Balanchine inspired works. "Opus 19/The Dreamer." I saw the first season of this and actually was pretty unimpressed...even though the leads were Baryshnikov and Patricia McBride. Now however...after all these years, I appreciate it much more. Please understand that Balanchine was still alive then, and all I could see was Robbins' choreographic references to Balanchine's "Stravinsky Violin Concerto" and other Balanchine works. Now this blows me away with it's musicality and freshness of thought. It holds up really well compared to most of the anemic new ballets that to my eyes look more like gymnastics to repetitive "machine" music than actual "dancing." I have a bit of a history...
Delphine Moussin, (ballerina) Nathalie Aubin (Wife), Lionel Delanoé (Husband) Stéphane Phavorin, Sandrine Marache (Angry Girl), Sébastien Thill, Stéphane Elizabé (Shy Boy) Chorégraphie : Jerome Robbins
TRIBUTO A MARTA GARCÍA, FRANCISCO SALGADO Y JOSEFINA MÉNDEZ Coreografía: Jerome Robbins Música: Federico Chopin: Nocturno en do sostenido menor, Op. 27, No. 1 Nocturno en fa menor Op. 55, No. 1 Nocturno en mi bemol mayor, Op. 55, No. 2 Nocturno en mi bemol mayor, Op. 9, No. 2 INTÉRPRETES: María Elena Llorente y Francisco Salgado Josefina Méndez y Rafael Padilla Marta García y Jorge Vega Pianista: Carlos Faxas Diseño de vestuario: Oscar de la Renta (creación mundial) Estreno por el Ballet Nacional de Cuba: 28 de octubre de 1978 Gran Teatro de La Habana, Sala García Lorca Estreno mundial: New York City Ballet, 29 de enero de 1970 New York State Theater, Lincoln Center Diseño de vestuario: Anthony Dowel Estreno en Cuba: Ballet Nacional de Cuba, 28 de octubre de 1978. Gran Teatro de L...
Robbins - Manuel Legris, Kader Belarbi, Jean-Yves Lormeau, Eric Quilleré, Wilfried Romoli Monique Loudières, Isabelle Guérin, Claude de Vulpian, Elisabeth Platel, Véronique Doisneau Jerome Robbins
Choreographed by Jerome Robbins 2001 Fanny Gaida and Manuel Legris; Carole Arbo and Kader Belarbi; and Aurelie Dupont and Laurent Hilaire. In the Night, Jerome Robbins’s striking depiction of the varying shades of romantic love, was created for New York City Ballet in 1970. The elegant costumes were designed by Anthony Dowell, who also danced in The Royal Ballet’s production in 1973. Three pas de deux, each choreographed to a different nocturne by Fryderyk Chopin, depict three very different kinds of relationship. The first couple take to the stage in violet costumes and perform a flowing duet of tender expressiveness. They are followed by a couple wearing gold and rust colours, who dance a pas de deux of restraint and elegance. The final duet provides a tumultuous counterpoint: the ba...
Tribute to Jerome Robbins, 2008 an der Pariser Oper. Ballett der Pariser Oper. Nach Musik von Frédéroc Chopin.
Tribute to Jerome Robbins. Weltpremiere. Pariser Opernballett 2008. Musik Nico Muhly, Choreographie Benjamin Millepied. Pariser Opernorchester, Dirigent Koen Kessels.
In a sold-out Studio 5 event on September 29, 2014, prima ballerina Wendy Whelan sinuously danced two Christopher Wheeldon duets and chatted with longtime friend Damian Woetzel about Jerome Robbins, aging, and their favorite New York City Ballet war stories. http://bit.ly/1Dn8Ies
1959-ix-22 Jerome Robbins Ballet: The concert (Koncerten) reel 14 (AUDIO ONLY). A rare live recording from Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark. Transferred from the original reel. Please add any additional information in the comments field. --- Listen to all of the Falkoner recordings here - notice some shows are split on two sides of the reel, reel .1 and reel .2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6U0Tlq0FLcnknElxNASQeTBST59jPX2K
The great librettist/screenwriter/director Arthur Laurents discusses his masterpiece GYPSY and his relationship with the show's troubled original/director, Jerome Robbins. Taped in 2001, shortly after the co-creator of WEST SIDE STORY, GYPSY and LA CAGE AUX FOLLES, had written his memoir, ORIGINAL STORY BY, this conversation will remind viewers why Laurents will be revered as a great genius of the theater for years to come. Theater Talk is a series devoted to the world of the stage. It began on New York television in 1993 and is co-hosted by Michael Riedel (Broadway columnist for the New York Post) and series producer Susan Haskins. The program is one of the few independent productions on PBS and now airs weekly on Thirteen/WNET in New York and WGBH in Boston. Now, CUNY TV offers New Yor...
Tribute to Jerome Robbins. Musik Frédéric Chopin. Pariser Opernballett, 2008. Tänzerische Leitung Brigitte Lefèvre, Choreographie Jerome Robbins.
1959-ix-22 Jerome Robbins Ballet: Afternoon of a Faun (En fauns eftermiddag) / N.Y. Export: Op. Jazz reel 15 (AUDIO ONLY). 0:0:15 Henry & June - Part 4 0:2:18 Afternoon of a Faun 0:11:24 Entrances: Group Dance 0:18:42 Statics Improvisations 0:29:59 Passage for two Theme. Variations and Fugue A rare live recording from Falkoner Centret, Copenhagen, Denmark. Transferred from the original reel. Please add any additional information in the comments field. --- Listen to all of the Falkoner recordings here - notice some shows are split on two sides of the reel, reel .1 and reel .2: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6U0Tlq0FLcnknElxNASQeTBST59jPX2K
"A Tribute to Jerome Robbins" Pre-Show Talk with Jean-Pierre Frohlich, former New York City Ballet Soloist and current Ballet Master with New York City Ballet. Hosted by Pennsylvania Ballet Executive Director David Gray. May 7, 2015
Music and Musical Direction, Sammy Grob Lyrics and Direction, Asher Muldoon Jerome Robbins Theater, Baryshnikov Arts Center, July 13th, 2016 Cast, Emma Wallach, Esai Siddeeq, Sabrina Sternberg, Matthew Finkelstein, Joana Meurkens, Will Callahan, Evan Macedo, Gabby Rodriguez, Tyqaun White, Jake Eisner, and Michael Nigro Stage Manager, Josh Leslierandal Special Thanks to Nick Robertson, Agnes Scotti, Katie Gorum, Kristen Caesar, Ashley Vellano, BAC, Matthew Grob, Amy Sternberg and Phyllis Haynes