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Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA

Title
Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA [videorecording] / produced for television by the United States Information Service.
Publication
[1959?]

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Additional Authors
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Prince, Robert, 1929-2007.
  • Ballets: U.S.A.
  • United States Information Service.
Description
  • 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (15 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
  • 1 reel (15 min., 544 ft.) : sd., b&w ;
Summary
In a television segment about Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA, a narrator summarizes Robbins' career, his work with Ballets: USA, and the current state of American dance. Robbins is seen leaving his home and taking a taxi to the Ballets: USA studio. Members of the company are seen warming up; Robbins directs rehearsals of routines and an excerpt from Afternoon of a faun. The narrator gives some information about N.Y. export: opus jazz, and composer Robert Prince is seen working with Robbins on the score. Members of Ballets: USA perform a run-through of the Theme, variations and fugue section of N.Y. export: opus jazz.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Collection
Uniform Title
N.Y. export, opus jazz (Choreographic work : Robbins)
Subjects
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Television.
Note
  • Poor sound quality.
  • Title from opening credits.
Credits (note)
  • N.Y. export: opus jazz. Choreography by Jerome Robbins. Music by Robert Prince.
Event (note)
  • Filmed in New York City, date unidentified, 1959 or later.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biography (note)
  • N.Y. export: opus jazz premiered in 1958.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6586 JRC
OCLC
NYPT04-F2
Title
Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA [videorecording] / produced for television by the United States Information Service.
Imprint
[1959?]
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Jerome Robbins Collection
Credits
N.Y. export: opus jazz. Choreography by Jerome Robbins. Music by Robert Prince.
Performer
Dances performed by members of Ballets: USA.
Event
Filmed in New York City, date unidentified, 1959 or later.
Funding
Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Biography
N.Y. export: opus jazz premiered in 1958.
Added Author
Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.
Prince, Robert, 1929-2007. Composer
Ballets: U.S.A.
United States Information Service.
Added Title
N.Y. export, opus jazz (Choreographic work : Robbins)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6586 JRC
*MGZHB 6-2709 JRC
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