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Mother Goose [children's audition.

Title
Mother Goose [videorecording] : [children's audition. Mar. 28, 1990] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Maurice Ravel.
Publication
1990.

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Additional Authors
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937.
  • Frohlich, Jean Pierre
  • Bellas, Andrew
  • Otto, Eric
  • Ruane, Steven
  • New York City Ballet
  • School of American Ballet
Description
1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (38 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
Summary
Jerome Robbins, assisted by ballet master Jean-Pierre Frohlich, directs a session in which six boys audition for the roles of the Courier, Cupid, and Hop o' my Thumb in the ballet Mother Goose. Robbins and Frohlich describe and demonstrate the choreography and the boys rehearse it in groups and singly.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Collection
Uniform Title
Mother Goose (Choreographic work : Robbins)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Video.
  • Screen tests, auditions, etc.
Note
  • No time/date code on frame.
Event (note)
  • Videotaped in School of American Ballet audition, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Mar. 28, 1990.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biography (note)
  • Mother Goose was performed as part of New York City Ballet's festival of Jerome Robbins' ballets in June 1990, with Eric Otto as Cupid, Steven Ruane as the Courier, and Andrew Bellas as Hop o' my Thumb.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6560 JRC
OCLC
NYPT03-F479
Title
Mother Goose [videorecording] : [children's audition. Mar. 28, 1990] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Maurice Ravel.
Imprint
1990.
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Jerome Robbins Collection
Performer
Rehearsed by students of the School of American Ballet, including Eric Otto, Andrew Bellas and Steven Ruane.
Event
Videotaped in School of American Ballet audition, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Mar. 28, 1990.
Funding
Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biography
Mother Goose was performed as part of New York City Ballet's festival of Jerome Robbins' ballets in June 1990, with Eric Otto as Cupid, Steven Ruane as the Courier, and Andrew Bellas as Hop o' my Thumb.
Added Author
Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director
Ravel, Maurice, 1875-1937. Ma mère l'oye (Ballet)
Frohlich, Jean Pierre. Director
Bellas, Andrew, dancer.
Otto, Eric, dancer.
Ruane, Steven, dancer.
New York City Ballet.
School of American Ballet.
Added Title
Mother Goose (Choreographic work : Robbins)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6560 JRC
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