Research Catalog

Title

Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Apr. 5, 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
• Andersen, Ib, 1954-
• Ashley, Merrill
• New York City Ballet

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (24 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

A run-through of the theme and variations 1-23 from Brahms/Handel. At this stage in the ballet's development, Robbins and Tharp had each choreographed versions of some of the same variations. The versions of variations 2, 4, 7, 13-18, 20, 22 and 23 that are rehearsed here were not used in the finished version. The pas de deux by the green principals (Cook and Calegari) set to the theme was also cut, but this choreography was used in variation 18. The version of variation 18 here became variation 20, and the version of of variation 22 was used in the fugue. At the end of the tape, two versions of the theme are rehearsed, one in which the green principals' pas de deux is danced simultaneously with the blue principals and corps, and one in which only the four principals dance. In the finished version, the theme is danced by the blue principals and corps only.

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. 5, 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 4-6211 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F214

Title

Brahms/Handel [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Apr. 5, 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, Ib Andersen, 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. 5, 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 performances, 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.

Andersen, Ib, 1954- dancer.

Ashley, Merrill, dancer.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Brahms/Handel (Choreographic work : Robbins and Tharp)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6211 JRC