Research Catalog

Title

[I'm old fashioned, excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal, part 6] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Publication

[1982]

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.
• Moredock, Richard.
• Cook, Bart
• Calegari, Maria
• Kistler, Darci, 1964-
• Sage, DeWitt L.
• New York City Ballet.

Description

• 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (22 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
• 1 reel (22 min., 778 ft.) : sd., col. ;

Summary

• Jerome Robbins directs a rehearsal of the sixth variation from I'm old fashioned. The piece is rehearsed as a duet, with Bart Cook dancing the male role and Maria Calegari and Darci Kistler both dancing the female role. The female role was cut from the final version of the variation, which was performed as a male solo. There are many interruptions and repetitions as Robbins develops choreography. The rehearsal lasts approximately 12 minutes. Afterwards Robbins discusses the music for the ballet with composer Morton Gould and pianist Richard Moredock. Robbins, Moredock, Gould, Cook and Calegari watch a video of Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth performing the dance I'm old fashioned in the motion picture You were never lovelier, and comment on the choreography.
• The last five minutes of the tape contain an excerpt of an interview with Jerome Robbins conducted by DeWitt Sage and filmed at Robbins' home. Robbins discusses the experience of making a ballet; the inspiration for Variations on I'm old fashioned; his admiration for Fred Astaire; the current status of the ballet's development; the difficulty of reconstructing the choreography of the original Astaire dance; his own choreographic process. The tape ends abruptly.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

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

Alternative Title

Interview with Jerome Robbins.

Subjects

• Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
• Dance rehearsals
• Video
• Astaire, Fred > Influence
• Dance
• Robbins, Jerome > Interviews
• Choreographers > Interviews
• Variations on I'm old fashioned (Choreographic work : Robbins)

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 Sage.

Event (note)

• Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, and at Jerome Robbins' home in New York City, Sept. 24, 1982.

Funding (note)

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

Source (note)

• WNET/13;

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 4-6577 JRC

OCLC

NYPT04-F17

Title

[I'm old fashioned, excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal, part 6] / 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 Sage.

Performer

Rehearsed by Bart Cook, Maria Calegari, Darci Kistler.

Event

Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, and at Jerome Robbins' home 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 additional footage of this rehearsal, see *MGZIA 4-6576 (part 1), *MGZIA 4-6575 (part 2), *MGZIA 4-6578 (part 3), *MGZIA 4-6580 (part 4), *MGZIA 4-6581 (part 5).

For a transcript of the interview portion of this tape, see *MGZMT 5-2574. This transcript was prepared by WNET/13 and used in connection with the making of the documentary: Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About.

Source

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

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer

Moredock, Richard. Instrumentalist

Cook, Bart, dancer.

Calegari, Maria, dancer.

Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer.

Sage, DeWitt L. Interviewer

New York City Ballet.

Other Title

Interview with Jerome Robbins.

Added Title

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

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6577 JRC

*MGZHB 8-2722 JRC