Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Jerome Robbins. Jan. 25, 1989 [sound recording]

Author

Robbins, Jerome

Publication

1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

Rothstein, Mervyn.

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 46 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

[Contains extraneous noise.] Robbins discusses his conception of Jerome Robbins' Broadway and its production; his research methodology and dance selection process; the casting and logistics of the show; his efforts at choreographic reconstruction; restaging his dances; the use of memory in dance reconstruction; the training and skills of contemporary dancers; auditioning and casting the show; later changes made to the structure of the show; leaving Broadway to work in ballet [inaudible comments]; his perfectionism; the audience reaction to his work; the personal meaning he attaches to individual dance numbers; the effect of the costumes on the perception of the original material; his childhood and early influences; auditioning and getting his first job on Broadway; the influence of choreographer Senia Gluck-Sandor on his career; his transition from dancer to choreographer and his early interest in both dancing and choreography; choreographing the ballet Fancy Free (1944) and then taking it to Broadway as a musical; his interest in doing further work on Broadway; concluding remarks on his show and the audience reaction to it.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

Dance Audio Archive.

Subjects

• Musical comedies > Jerome Robbins' Broadway
• Dance > Documentation
• Robbins, Jerome > Interviews
• Choreography > Reconstruction
• Musical theater > Production and direction
• Audiotapes > Robbins, J

Note

• Interview conducted by Mervyn Rothstein on Jan. 25, 1989 at the Imperial Theater, New York, N.Y. for his article, "Jerome Robbins dances back to Broadway," New York times, Feb. 19, 1989, p. H1, 14, 15.

Access (note)

• Permission required.

Funding (note)

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

Source (note)

• WNET/13

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3101 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-R6

Author

Robbins, Jerome, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Jerome Robbins. Jan. 25, 1989 [sound recording]

Imprint

1989.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Access

Permission required.

Funding

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

Local Note

For partial transcript see *MGZMT 3-3101 JRC. The transcript was created by WNET/13 in connection with the documentary: Jerome Robbins: Something to dance about.

Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-3101 JRC

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3101 JRC

Preservation master: *MGZTP 10-3101 JRC

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3101 JRC

Source

Transcript Gift; WNET/13, 2008. NN-PD

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Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.

Choreography -- Reconstruction.

Musical comedies. Jerome Robbins' Broadway.

Added Author

Rothstein, Mervyn. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3101 JRC