Research Catalog

Title

Glass pieces. [June 11, 1989] [videorecording] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Philip Glass.

Publication

1989.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Glass, Philip.
• Whelan, Wendy
• Alexopoulos, Helene
• Hauser, Lauren
• Houston, Kipling
• Boos, Paul
• Woetzel, Damian
• Schumacher, Simone
• Mydtskov, Jeppe
• Fiorato, Hugo.
• Benson, Ben C.
• Bates, Ronald.
• New York City Ballet.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (27 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Glass pieces (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.

Note

• A shot of the program credits appears at the beginning of the tape.
• First and third movements filmed in wide shot, second movement filmed in close shot.
• Second movement is difficult to see because of low lighting.
• No time/date code on frame.

Credits (note)

• Conductor: Hugo Fiorato. Costumes: Ben Benson. Lighting: Ronald Bates. Sets: Jerome Robbins and Ronald Bates.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in performance in the New York State Theater, June 11, 1989.

Funding (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Glass pieces is set to three compositions by Philip Glass: Rubric, Facades, and an excerpt from the opera Akhnaten.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6331 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F353

Title

Glass pieces. [June 11, 1989] [videorecording] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Philip Glass.

Imprint

1989.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Credits

Conductor: Hugo Fiorato. Costumes: Ben Benson. Lighting: Ronald Bates. Sets: Jerome Robbins and Ronald Bates.

Performer

Performed by members of the New York City Ballet. Rubric, soloists: Helene Alexopoulos, Wendy Whelan, Lauren Hauser, Kipling Houston, Paul Boos, Damian Woetzel. Facades, soloists: Simone Schumacher, Jeppe Mydtskov. Corps: Barbara Britton, Allison Brown, Antonia Franceschi, Heidi Gans, Michele Gifford, Lydia Harmsen, Myrna Kamara, Romy Karz, Zippora Karz, Margo Krody, Sherri LeBlanc, Andrea Long, Julie Michael, Gretchen Patchell, Sabrina Pillars, Mandy-Jayne Richardson, Shawn Stevens, Kathleen Tracey, Santhe Tsetsilas, Charles Anderson, Espen Giljane, Patrick Hinson, Ben Huys, Russell Kaiser, Jerome Kipper, Richard Marsden, Nilas Martins, Laurence Matthews, Philip Neal, William Otto, Sean Savoye, Peter Stark, Gordon Stevens, Runsheng Ying.

Event

Videotaped in performance in the New York State Theater, June 11, 1989.

Funding

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

Biography

Glass pieces is set to three compositions by Philip Glass: Rubric, Facades, and an excerpt from the opera Akhnaten.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Designer

Glass, Philip. Composer

Whelan, Wendy, dancer.

Alexopoulos, Helene, dancer.

Hauser, Lauren, dancer.

Houston, Kipling, dancer.

Boos, Paul, dancer.

Woetzel, Damian, dancer.

Schumacher, Simone, dancer.

Mydtskov, Jeppe, dancer.

Fiorato, Hugo. Conductor

Benson, Ben C. Costume designer

Bates, Ronald. Designer

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Glass pieces (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6331 JRC