Research Catalog

Title

Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : [corps rehearsal. Apr. 3, 1990] / choreography by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp ; music by Johannes Brahms.

Publication

1991.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Tharp, Twyla
• Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
• Hauser, Lauren
• Houston, Kipling
• Kaiser, Russell
• Franceschi, Antonia
• Richardson, Mandy-Jayne
• Edwards, Jeffrey
• Byars, Michael
• Hinson, Patrick
• Tracey, Kathleen, 1969-
• LeBlanc, Sherri
• Norona, Rita
• Ying, Runsheng
• New York City Ballet

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (96 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp direct a rehearsal of excerpts from Brahms/Handel. The four principals' roles are not rehearsed. The rehearsal consists of a complete run-through of Brahms/Handel, omitting the variations which are danced only by the principals, with many interruptions and repetitions. Principal Lauren Hauser appears in Variation 23 only. For a rehearsal of the principals' parts, see *MGZIA 4-6186.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)

Subject

Artistic collaboration

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• No time/date code on frame.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Apr. 3, 1990.

Funding (note)

• Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography (note)

• Brahms/Handel was a choreographic collaboration between Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp. The music is Johannes Brahms's Variations and fugue on a theme by Handel. The ballet premiered on June 7, 1984.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6187 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F205

Title

Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : [corps rehearsal. Apr. 3, 1990] / choreography by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp ; music by Johannes Brahms.

Imprint

1991.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Performer

Rehearsed by members of New York City Ballet. Principals: Lauren Hauser. Demis: Kipling Houston, Russell Kaiser, Antonia Franceschi, Mandy-Jayne Richardson, Jeffrey Edwards, Michael Byars, Patrick Hinson, Kathleen Tracey, Sherri LeBlanc, Rita Norona. Corps: Allison Brown, Stacey Calvert, Margo Krody, Andrea Long, Julie Michael, Jenifer Ringer, Brian Reeder, Cornel Crabtree, William Otto, Gordon Stevens, Jerome Kipper, Albert Evans, Runsheng Ying.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Apr. 3, 1990.

Funding

Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography

Brahms/Handel was a choreographic collaboration between Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp. The music is Johannes Brahms's Variations and fugue on a theme by Handel. The ballet premiered on June 7, 1984.

Local Note

For information on casting for performances, see *MGZB New York City Ballet June, 1990.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director

Tharp, Twyla, choreographer. Director

Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897. Variationen und Fuge über ein Thema von Händel.

Hauser, Lauren, dancer.

Houston, Kipling, dancer.

Kaiser, Russell, dancer.

Franceschi, Antonia, dancer.

Richardson, Mandy-Jayne, dancer.

Edwards, Jeffrey, dancer.

Byars, Michael, dancer.

Hinson, Patrick, dancer.

Tracey, Kathleen, 1969- dancer.

LeBlanc, Sherri, dancer.

Norona, Rita, dancer.

Ying, Runsheng, dancer.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6187 JRC