Research Catalog

Title

Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Apr. 7, 1984] / choreography by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp ; music by Johannes Brahms.

Publication

1984.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Tharp, Twyla
• Brahms, Johannes, 1833-1897.
• Cook, Bart
• Calegari, Maria
• Lavery, Sean
• Ashley, Merrill
• New York City Ballet

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (37 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Three run-throughs of incomplete versions of Brahms/Handel. At this stage in the development of the ballet, Tharp and Robbins had each choreographed versions of certain variations, only one of which, in each case, was used in the final version of Brahms/Handel. The first run-through (labelled Tharp/Robbins) includes the theme and variations 1 through 19. The pas de deux by the green principals was cut from the theme, and variations 14-18 differ from the finished version. The pas de deux set here to variation 18 became variation 20. The second run-through (labelled Robbins) includes the theme and first nine variations, which match the finished version. The third run-through (labelled Tharp) includes Tharp's versions of the theme and variations 1, 2, 3, 5 and 13. None of these variations were used except for 13. The pas de deux set to the theme became variation 18. The picture is very poor quality, and the color is washed out.

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 rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, on stage at the New York State Theater, on Apr. 7, 1984.

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 twenty-eight dancers (4 principals, 10 demis and 14 corps) are divided into two groups, one wearing blue and the other wearing green. For the most part, Robbins choreographed for the blue group and Tharp for the green group. Brahms/Handel premiered on June 7, 1984.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6214 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F219

Title

Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Apr. 7, 1984] / choreography by Jerome Robbins and Twyla Tharp ; music by Johannes Brahms.

Imprint

1984.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Performer

Rehearsed by members of New York City Ballet. Principals: Bart Cook, Maria Calegari, Sean Lavery, Merrill Ashley.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, on stage at the New York State Theater, on Apr. 7, 1984.

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 twenty-eight dancers (4 principals, 10 demis and 14 corps) are divided into two groups, one wearing blue and the other wearing green. For the most part, Robbins choreographed for the blue group and Tharp for the green group. Brahms/Handel premiered on June 7, 1984.

Local Note

For information on casting for the performance, see *MGZB New York City Ballet June, 1984.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.

Tharp, Twyla, choreographer.

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

Cook, Bart, dancer.

Calegari, Maria, dancer.

Lavery, Sean, dancer.

Ashley, Merrill, dancer.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6214 JRC