Research Catalog

Title

Watermill [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Mar. 20, 1990] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Teiji Ito.

Publication

1990.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Itō, Teiji.
• Frohlich, Jean Pierre.
• Castelli, Victor.
• Bennett, Tracy
• Reeder, Brian
• White, Diana (Ballet dancer)
• Schumacher, Simone
• Divet, Carole
• Martins, Nilas
• Boos, Paul
• Lyon, Robert
• Kipper, Jerome
• Kaiser, Russell
• Higgins, Arch
• Naumann, Peter Carl
• Brown, Allison
• Gans, Heidi
• Otto, William, 1958-
• Stevens, Gordon
• Britton, Barbara
• Franceschi, Antonia
• New York City Ballet.

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (118 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

Jerome Robbins, assisted by ballet masters Jean-Pierre Frohlich and Victor Castelli, directs a rehearsal of Watermill. Each section is rehearsed multiple times. Edward Villella, who performed the central role in this production, does not appear in this rehearsal; in some sections Frohlich or Robbins rehearse his role. Robbins gives corrections to the dancers and discusses the choreography.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

Watermill (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• No time/date code on frame.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with recorded music, on Mar. 20, 1990.

Funding (note)

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

Biography (note)

• Watermill was performed during New York City Ballet's festival of Jerome Robbins' ballets in June, 1990.

Contents

Summer / rehearsed by Brian Reeder, Diana White, Gordon Stevens, Simone Schumacher, Nilas Martins, Carole Divet, Tracy Bennett (39 min.) -- Runners / rehearsed by Robert Lyon, Russell Kaiser, Paul Boos, William Otto, Gordon Stevens, Nilas Martins, Brian Reeder, Arch Higgins, Jerome Kipper, Peter Naumann and others (37 min.) -- Harvesters / rehearsed by Allison Brown, Carole Divet, Heidi Gans, Antonia Franceschi, Barbara Britton and others (42 min.)

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6918 JRC

OCLC

NYPT04-F50

Title

Watermill [excerpts] [videorecording] : rehearsal. [Mar. 20, 1990] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Teiji Ito.

Imprint

1990.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Performer

Rehearsed by members of New York City Ballet, including Brian Reeder, Diana White, Simone Schumacher, Nilas Martins, Paul Boos, Robert Lyon, Russell Kaiser, Jerome Kipper, William Otto, Peter Naumann, Allison Brown, Gordon Stevens, Tracy Bennett, Carole Divet, Arch Higgins, Heidi Gans, Antonia Franceschi, Barbara Britton.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with recorded music, on Mar. 20, 1990.

Funding

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

Biography

Watermill was performed during New York City Ballet's festival of Jerome Robbins' ballets in June, 1990.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director

Itō, Teiji. Composer

Frohlich, Jean Pierre. Director

Castelli, Victor. Director

Bennett, Tracy, dancer.

Reeder, Brian, dancer.

White, Diana (Ballet dancer), dancer.

Schumacher, Simone, dancer.

Divet, Carole, dancer.

Martins, Nilas, dancer.

Boos, Paul, dancer.

Lyon, Robert, dancer.

Kipper, Jerome, dancer.

Kaiser, Russell, dancer.

Higgins, Arch, dancer.

Naumann, Peter Carl, dancer.

Brown, Allison, dancer.

Gans, Heidi, dancer.

Otto, William, 1958- dancer.

Stevens, Gordon, dancer.

Britton, Barbara, dancer.

Franceschi, Antonia, dancer.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

Watermill (Choreographic work : Robbins)

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6918 JRC