Research Catalog

Title

[I'm old fashioned, excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal, part 3] / 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.
• Calegari, Maria
• Kistler, Darci, 1964-
• Sage, DeWitt L.
• New York City Ballet.

Description

• 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (12 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.
• 1 reel (12 min., 778 ft.) : sd., col. ;

Summary

Jerome Robbins directs a rehearsal of the sixth variation from I'm old fashioned. This tape begins with Robbins speaking to Victor Castelli as he leaves the studio. The version of the sixth variation rehearsed here is a duet for male and female dancers. Maria Calegari and Darci Kistler both rehearse the female role; this part 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. Composer Morton Gould observes the rehearsal.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform Title

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

Subjects

• Dance rehearsals
• Dance
• Video
• Astaire, Fred > Influence

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Video.
• Dance rehearsals.

Note

• There are a 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, 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 4-6578 JRC

OCLC

NYPT04-F20

Title

[I'm old fashioned, excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal, part 3] / 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 Maria Calegari, Darci Kistler.

Event

Videotaped 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 further footage of this rehearsal, see *MGZIA 4-6576 (part 1), *MGZIA 4-6575 (part 2), *MGZIA 4-6580 (part 4), *MGZIA 4-6581 (part 5) and *MGZIA 4-6577 (part 6).

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer

Moredock, Richard. Instrumentalist

Calegari, Maria, dancer.

Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer.

Sage, DeWitt L.

New York City Ballet.

Added Title

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

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6578 JRC

*MGZHB 6-2723 JRC