| Edition |
Anamorphic widescreen. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (130 [that is 114] min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC; all regions; Dolby 2.0. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Ron Rifkin. |
| Credits |
Director of photography Tom Hurwitz ; editors, Molly Bernstein, Girish Bhargava. |
| Event |
Originally broadcast on PBS on Feb. 18, 2009 as an episode of the television program American masters. |
| Summary |
Examines the life of the controversial master of the Broadway musical and ballet choreographer Jerome Robbins. Features excerpts from Robbins' work, including never-before-seen rehearsal footage, and interviews with Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jacques d'Amboise, Suzanne Farrell, Arthur Laurents, Peter Martins, Frank Rich, Chita Rivera, Stephen Sondheim, Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harrick, Joseph Stein, and others. |
| Contents |
Jerome Rabinowitz -- Life-changing revelations -- Camp Tamiment -- Ballet Theatre -- Fancy free -- On the town -- The playful side and the darker side -- Love and loss -- Autobiographical material -- Broadway's rising star -- Balanchine and the New York City Ballet -- The king and I -- The House Un-American Activities Committee -- Robbins' muse, Tanaquil Le Clercq -- Pete Pan -- West Side story -- Ballets U.S.A. -- Gypsy -- Challenges and fixes -- Fiddler on the roof -- Les noces -- Dances at a gathering -- The Goldberg variations -- Watermill -- Robbins and Balanchine -- Dybbuk -- Other dances -- Glass pieces and Antique epigraphs -- In memory of-- -- Jerome Robbins' Broadway -- Dancing until the end. |
| Note |
Special feature: Bonus interviews. |
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GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Robbins, Jerome.
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Choreographers -- United States -- Biography.
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Musical theater producers and directors -- United States -- Biography.
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Ballet -- Production and direction -- United States.
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Dance -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
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| Genre/Form |
Biographical television programs.
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Documentary television programs.
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Nonfiction television programs.
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| Added Author |
Vaill, Amanda. Screenwriter.
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Kinberg, Judy. Director. Producer.
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Rifkin, Ron. Narrator.
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WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
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Kultur International Films.
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| Added Title |
Something to dance about |
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American masters (Television program)
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| ISBN |
9780769788265 |
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0769788262 |
| Standard No. |
032031445499 |
| Music No. |
D4454 Kultur |
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