Research Catalog

Title

I'm old fashioned [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Nov. 3, 1982, part 1] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Jerome Kern.

Publication

1982.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
• Moredock, Richard
• Cook, Bart
• Calegari, Maria
• Duell, Joseph
• Fugate, Judith
• D'Amboise, Christopher
• Frame, Peter
• Gold, Joel
• New York City Ballet

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (22 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins, assisted by ballet master Bart Cook, directs a rehearsal of the fourth variation from Variations on I'm old fashioned. The pas de deux is rehearsed simultaneously by Christopher D'Amboise and Judith Fugate, Maria Calegari and Joseph Duell. Peter Frame also rehearses the man's part. The musical accompaniment is Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned. This choreography was later set to music by Morton Gould. For the remainder of this rehearsal, see *MGZIA 4-6190, *MGZIA 4-6191 and *MGZIA 4-6192.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

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

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• 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. 3, 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 4-6164 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F152

Title

I'm old fashioned [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Nov. 3, 1982, part 1] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Jerome Kern.

Imprint

1982.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Credits

Pianist: Richard Moredock.

Videotaped by Joel Gold.

Performer

Rehearsed by Joseph Duell, Judith Fugate, Maria Calegari, Christopher D'Amboise, Peter Frame.

Event

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

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

Moredock, Richard. Instrumentalist

Cook, Bart. Director

Calegari, Maria, dancer.

Duell, Joseph, dancer.

Fugate, Judith, dancer.

D'Amboise, Christopher, dancer.

Frame, Peter, dancer.

Gold, Joel.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

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

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6164 JRC