Research Catalog

Title

Interview with Jerome Robbins. Oct. 1979 [sound recording]

Author

Robbins, Jerome

Publication

1979.

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Details

Additional Authors

Tobias, Tobi.

Description

1 sound disc (ca. 50 min.) digital; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

• Track 1 (ca. 46 min.) [Begins abruptly; recording contains intermittent telephone ringing.] In an interview concerning his ballet Fancy free (1944), Jerome Robbins discusses his early creation of dances at Camp Tamiment; writing the scenario of Fancy free for Ballet Theatre and how it came to be produced; the background of his creation of Fancy free with American themes and dance forms; the influence of World War II on the ballet; choosing Leonard Bernstein to write the score and their long-distance collaboration; the difficulty of touring during World War II with Ballet Theatre; opening night of Fancy free and his shock at the audience reaction to it; more on his collaboration with Bernstein and with set designer Oliver Smith; his attitude towards working on the ballet despite the obstacles; the original cast of the ballet.
• Robbins discusses his study of various dance forms; the original scenario of Fancy free in comparison with the final version; more on the opening-night audience's reaction to Fancy free and how his life was changed by its success; various dancers who have danced in the ballet; later versions produced by American Ballet Theatre; flaws in the original ballet and its score; the fees paid to Robbins for the ballet and rights to the ballet; remounting Fancy free at New York City Ballet [ends abruptly; track 2 (ca. 5 min.) is blank].

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Alternative Title

Dance Audio Archive.

Subject

• Robbins, Jerome > Interviews
• Fancy free (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Note

• Interview conducted by Tobi Tobias in Oct. 1979 for her article, Bringing back Robbins's 'Fancy,'" Dance Magazine, Jan. 1980, p. 60-62, 69-77.

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 4-3070 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-R32

Author

Robbins, Jerome, interviewee.

Title

Interview with Jerome Robbins. Oct. 1979 [sound recording]

Imprint

1979.

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 3-3070 JRC. The transcript was created by WNET/13 for the documentary: Jerome Robbins: Something to dance about.

Archival transcript: *MGZMTO 3-3070 JRC

Archive original: *MGZTCO 3-3070 JRC

Preservation master: *MGZTP 10-3070 JRC

Dubbing master: *MGZTD 4-3070 JRC

Source

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

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Local Subject

Audiotapes -- Robbins, J.

Added Author

Tobias, Tobi. Interviewer

Research Call Number

*MGZTL 4-3070 JRC