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I'm old fashioned [excerpts] rehearsal.

Title
I'm old fashioned [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Nov. 2, 1982, part 2].
Publication
1982.

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Additional Authors
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Cook, Bart
  • Leland, Sara, 1941-
  • Martins, Peter, 1946-
  • Farrell, Suzanne, 1945-
  • Moredock, Richard
  • Astaire, Fred
  • Raset, Val
  • Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
  • Gold, Joel
  • New York City Ballet
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (17 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
Summary
Jerome Robbins directs a rehearsal of a dance reconstructed from the original choreography of I'm old fashioned, a duet performed by Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth in the film You were never lovelier. Bart Cook and Sara Leland teach the dance to Peter Martins and Suzanne Farrell. The dancers, Robbins and pianist Richard Moredock watch the original dance in an excerpt taken from a PBS documentary on Fred Astaire, which featured Jerome Robbins as an interviewee. Robbins discusses the difficulty of reconstructing the choreography. For the beginning of this rehearsal, see *MGZIA 4-6161, and for the remainder, see *MGZIA 4-6136, *MGZIA 4-6163 and *MGZIA 4-6162. This dance was performed in the finale of Variations on I'm old fashioned. Leland, Martins and Farrell did not appear in the ballet's original cast.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Collection
Uniform Title
Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Dance rehearsals.
Note
  • No time/date code on frame.
Credits (note)
  • Choreography by Val Raset and Fred Astaire, reconstructed by Jerome Robbins, Bart Cook and Sara Leland. Music by Jerome Kern. 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. 2, 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 4-6135 JRC
OCLC
NYPT03-F143
Title
I'm old fashioned [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Nov. 2, 1982, part 2].
Imprint
1982.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Jerome Robbins Collection
Credits
Choreography by Val Raset and Fred Astaire, reconstructed by Jerome Robbins, Bart Cook and Sara Leland. Music by Jerome Kern. Pianist: Richard Moredock.
Videotaped by Joel Gold.
Performer
Rehearsed by Bart Cook, Sara Leland, Peter Martins and Suzanne Farrell.
Event
Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Nov. 2, 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.
Local Subject
Choreography -- Reconstructions.
Added Author
Robbins, Jerome, director.
Cook, Bart, dancer.
Leland, Sara, 1941- dancer.
Martins, Peter, 1946- dancer.
Farrell, Suzanne, 1945- dancer.
Moredock, Richard. Instrumentalist
Astaire, Fred, choreographer.
Raset, Val, choreographer.
Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. You were never lovelier. I'm old fashioned.
Gold, Joel.
New York City Ballet.
Added Title
Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6135 JRC
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