Research Catalog

Title

[I'm old fashioned, excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal, part 1] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Publication

[1982]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.
• Moredock, Richard.
• Cook, Bart
• Castelli, Victor
• Sage, DeWitt L.
• New York City Ballet.

Description

• 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (13 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
• 1 reel (13 min., 441 ft.) : sd., col. ;

Summary

Jerome Robbins directs a rehearsal of the sixth variation from I'm old fashioned. The male solo is rehearsed by Bart Cook and Victor Castelli. There are many interruptions and repetitions as Robbins develops choreography. The tape consists largely of close-ups of Robbins. Composer Morton Gould is also in the studio.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Subject

Astaire, Fred > Influence

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• There are a few brief gaps in the picture; sound continues during the gaps.
• No time/date code on frame.

Credits (note)

• Pianist: Richard Moredock.
• Filmed by Dewitt L. Sage.

Event (note)

• Filmed in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, Sept. 24, 1982.

Funding (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Variations on I'm old fashioned is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). The ballet premiered on June 16, 1983.
• This tape is one of 36 made between Sept. and Nov. 1982 for a projected documentary on the making of I'm old fashioned. DeWitt Sage, Joel Gold and John Goberman were involved in the project, which was never produced.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6576 JRC

OCLC

NYPT04-F14

Title

[I'm old fashioned, excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal, part 1] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Imprint

[1982]

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Credits

Pianist: Richard Moredock.

Filmed by Dewitt L. Sage.

Performer

Rehearsed by Bart Cook and Victor Castelli.

Event

Filmed in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, Sept. 24, 1982.

Funding

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

Biography

Variations on I'm old fashioned is a ballet tribute to Fred Astaire, with music by Morton Gould, based on Jerome Kern's song I'm old fashioned, from the motion picture You were never lovelier (Columbia, 1942). The ballet premiered on June 16, 1983.

This tape is one of 36 made between Sept. and Nov. 1982 for a projected documentary on the making of I'm old fashioned. DeWitt Sage, Joel Gold and John Goberman were involved in the project, which was never produced.

Local Note

For the continuation of this session, see *MGZIA 4-6575 (part 2), *MGZIA 4-6578 (part 3), *MGZIA 4-6580 (part 4), *MGZIA 4-6581 (part 5), *MGZIA 4-6577 (part 6).

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer

Moredock, Richard. Instrumentalist

Cook, Bart, dancer.

Castelli, Victor, dancer.

Sage, DeWitt L.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6576 JRC

*MGZHB 6-2721 JRC