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Charleston, Sep. 15 to Oct. 17, 1988: [Jerome Robbins' Broadway rehearsal]

Title: Charleston, Sep. 15 to Oct. 17, 1988: [Jerome Robbins' Broadway rehearsal] [videorecording] / choreographed by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.
Publication: New York, N.Y., 1988.

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Description

1 videodisc (DVD) (10 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

A run-through of the dance number "Charleston" from the musical Billion dollar baby (1945), in preparation for the musical retrospective Jerome Robbins' Broadway, which premiered in February 1989. Run-through is preceded by rehearsal of flapper poses with three dancers, and is followed by an excerpt from the finale. Jerome Robbins appears briefly on camera.

Alternative Title

Charleston
Jerome Robbins' Broadway rehearsal

Subjects

Genre/Form

Musicals.
Dance.
Video.
Dance rehearsals.

Note

Time and date code on frame.
Credits and location taken from TOFT files. Performers inferred from the cast list of the show's New York run at the Imperial Theatre.
During the first two minutes of this tape, the dancers are depicted in a series of freeze-frame poses while the audio track continues underneath. This portion, "Flapper poses," lasts until 2:22.

Access (note)

Permission required.

Event (note)

Videotaped in 890 Broadway Studios, New York, N.Y., in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment on Sept. 15, Oct. 21, and Oct. 17, 1988.

Contents

On card inserted in cassette container: Flapper poses (9/15/88, 000) -- Runthrough (10/21/88, 320)

Call Number

NCOV 804

OCLC

226317224

Title

Charleston, Sep. 15 to Oct. 17, 1988: [Jerome Robbins' Broadway rehearsal] [videorecording] / choreographed by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Imprint

New York, N.Y., 1988.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Access

Permission required.

Performer

Rehearsed by Jason Alexander, David Lowenstein, Michael Lynch, Barbara Yeager, Mary Ann Lamb, JoAnn M. Hunter, Jane Lanier, Nicholas Garr, Susann Fletcher, Troy Myers, Elaine Wright, Angelo H. Fraboni, Christophe Caballero, Linda Talcott, Barbara Hoon, Scott Fowler, Michael Scott Gregory, Scott Jovovich, Andrew Grose, Julio Monge.

Event

Videotaped in 890 Broadway Studios, New York, N.Y., in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment on Sept. 15, Oct. 21, and Oct. 17, 1988.

Local Note

Gift of Jerome Robbins and The Shubert Organization.

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Added Author

Robbins, Jerome. Jerome Robbins' Broadway.

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Billion dollar baby.

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Billion dollar baby. Charleston.

Alexander, Jason, 1959- performer.

Lowenstein, David, performer.

Lynch, Michael, performer.

Yeager, Barbara, performer.

Lamb, Mary Ann, performer.

Hunter, Joann M., performer.

Lanier, Jane, performer.

Garr, Nicholas, performer.

Fletcher, Susann, performer.

Myers, Troy, performer.

Wright, Elaine, performer.

Fraboni, Angelo, performer.

Caballero, Christophe, performer.

Lee, Linda Talcott, performer.

Hoon, Barbara, performer.

Fowler, Scott, performer.

Gregory, Michael Scott, -1992, performer.

Jovovich, Scott, performer.

Grose, Andrew, performer.

Monge, Julio, performer.

Robbins, Jerome, donor.

Shubert Organization, donor.

Research Call Number

NCOV 804

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