Research Catalog

Title

I'm old fashioned [excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal. Nov. 4, 1982, part 3] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Publication

1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.
• Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
• Moredock, Richard
• Cook, Bart
• Fugate, Judith
• Hess, Alexia
• D'Amboise, Christopher
• Gold, Joel
• New York City Ballet

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (23 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins directs a rehearsal of a dance nicknamed Back to back, which was cut from the final version of Variations on I'm old fashioned. For the beginning of this rehearsal, see *MGZIA 4-6103 and *MGZIA 4-6138. After the dancers leave, Robbins talks with composer Morton Gould and pianist Richard Moredock. They discuss the opening of the ballet; the challenge of remaining close to the spirit of the Astaire dance on which the ballet is based without becoming repetitive musically; and possible changes in the ordering and selection of the variations. Gould plays excerpts from the variations. For the remainder of this conversation, see *MGZIA 4-6193 and *MGZIA 4-6194.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Subjects

• Dance
• Video
• Artistic collaboration
• Dance rehearsals
• Astaire, Fred > Influence

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• Tape misnumbered: "X-2".
• No time/date code on frame.

Credits (note)

• Pianist: Richard Moredock.
• Videotaped by Joel Gold.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Nov. 4, 1982.

Funding (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Variations on I'm old fashioned is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). The ballet premiered on June 16, 1983.
• This tape is one of 36 made between Sept. and Nov. 1982 for a projected documentary on the making of I'm old fashioned. DeWitt Sage, Joel Gold and John Goberman were involved in the project, which was never produced.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6137 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F146

Title

I'm old fashioned [excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal. Nov. 4, 1982, part 3] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Imprint

1982.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Credits

Pianist: Richard Moredock.

Videotaped by Joel Gold.

Performer

Rehearsed by Bart Cook, Judith Fugate, Alexia Hess, Christopher D'Amboise.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Nov. 4, 1982.

Funding

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

Biography

Variations on I'm old fashioned is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). The ballet premiered on June 16, 1983.

This tape is one of 36 made between Sept. and Nov. 1982 for a projected documentary on the making of I'm old fashioned. DeWitt Sage, Joel Gold and John Goberman were involved in the project, which was never produced.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer. Instrumentalist

Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. You were never lovelier. I'm old fashioned.

Moredock, Richard. Instrumentalist

Cook, Bart, dancer.

Fugate, Judith, dancer.

Hess, Alexia, dancer.

D'Amboise, Christopher, dancer.

Gold, Joel.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6137 JRC