Description |
1 online resource (viii, 200 pages) : portrait. |
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Jewish lives |
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Jewish lives (New Haven, Conn.)
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Includes index. |
Summary |
Jerome Robbins (1918-1998) was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz and grew up in Weehawken, New Jersey, where his Russian-Jewish immigrant parents owned the Comfort Corset Company. Robbins, who was drawn to dance at a young age, resisted the idea of joining the family business. In 1936 he began working with Gluck Sandor, who ran a dance group and convinced him to change his name to Jerome Robbins. He went on to become a choreographer and director who worked in ballet, on Broadway, and in film. His stage productions include West Side Story, Peter Pan, and Fiddler on the Roof. In this deft biography, Wendy Lesser presents Jerome Robbins's life through his major dances, providing a sympathetic, detailed portrait of her subject. |
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Print version record. |
Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; Overture, ; Fancy Free, ; Age of Anxiety, ; The King and I, ; The Cage, ; Afternoon of a Faun, ; West Side Story, ; Fiddler on the Roof, ; Dances at a Gathering, ; The Goldberg Variations, ; In Memory Of ..., ; Coda, ; Notes, ; Acknowledgments, ; Index, ; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 181-190) and index. |
Subject |
Robbins, Jerome.
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Robbins, Jerome. (OCoLC)fst00163630
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Robbins, Jerome 1918-1998. http://viaf.org/viaf/9993598
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Robbins, Jerome 1918-1998.
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Choreographers -- United States -- Biography.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Entertainment & Performing Arts.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Religious.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Dance -- Modern.
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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- General.
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PERFORMING ARTS -- Theater -- General.
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Choreographers. (OCoLC)fst00858596
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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United States.
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Choreograf.
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Genre/Form |
Biographies. (OCoLC)fst01919896
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Biografie. (DE-588)4006804-3
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Biographies.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Lesser, Wendy. Jerome Robbins. New Haven : Yale University Press, [2018] 0300197594 (OCoLC)1024159606 |
ISBN |
9780300240429 (electronic book) |
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0300240422 (electronic book) |
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