Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Jerome Robbins. May 12, 1980 [sound recording]

Author

Robbins, Jerome

Publication

1980.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Gill, Brendan, 1914-1997

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 32 min.) : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

[Begins abruptly.] In an interview conducted for the television program, An evening of Jerome Robbins' ballets, interviewer Brendan Gill begins by discussing the format and content of the program. Robbins comments on the esthetics of dance as seen on television; the influence of dance on contemporary athletes; his use of videotape; how dancing will be portrayed on the program; the narrative quality of dance; the critical analysis of dance; the creation of dance in comparison with music; George Balanchine's choreography; the preservation of choreography and the loss of such ballets as Swan lake and Giselle. Robbins compares his recent revival of Fancy free (1944) at New York City Ballet with American Ballet Theatre's version; the relationship of dance to music and the choreography of his ballet Moves (1959) without music; the creation of the musical score in relation to the choreographic process and his use of commissioned scores; Balanchine's work with composer Igor Stravinsky; the effect of dance on the perception of musical duration; his concerns about the effect of commercial interruptions on his work and his interest in doing a program for network television [ends abruptly].

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Live from Studio 8H.

Alternative Title

Dance Audio Archive.

Subjects

• Robbins, Jerome > Interviews
• Audiotapes > Robbins, J
• Ballet in motion pictures, television, etc
• Ballet in television > Evening of Jerome Robbins' ballets

Note

• Interview conducted by Brendan Gill on May 12, 1980.

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

Biography (note)

• On July 2, 1980, WNBC-TV telecast the second program in its series, Live from studio 8H, entitled An evening of Jerome Robbins' ballets. The program was produced by Alvin Cooperman and Judith De Paul. It featured five of Robbins' ballets performed by members of the New York City Ballet.

Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3084 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-R17

Author

Robbins, Jerome, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Jerome Robbins. May 12, 1980 [sound recording]

Imprint

1980.

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 transcript see *MGZMT 3-3084 JRC. The transcript was created by WNET/13 in connection with the documentary: Jerome Robbins: Something to dance about.

Title on container (handwritten): Brendan Gill-JR 5/12/80.

Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-3084 JRC.

For videorecording of the television program, An evening of Jerome Robbins' ballets, see *MGZIA 4-36.

Biography

On July 2, 1980, WNBC-TV telecast the second program in its series, Live from studio 8H, entitled An evening of Jerome Robbins' ballets. The program was produced by Alvin Cooperman and Judith De Paul. It featured five of Robbins' ballets performed by members of the New York City Ballet.

Local Note

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3084 JRC

Preservation master: *MGZTP 10-3084 JRC

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3084 JRC

Source

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

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Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.

Ballet in television. Evening of Jerome Robbins' ballets.

Added Author

Gill, Brendan, 1914-1997, interviewer.

Added Title

Live from Studio 8H.

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3084 JRC