Other author/creator | Vaill, Amanda, screenwriter. |
Other author/creator | Kinberg, Judy, director, producer. |
Other author/creator | Rifkin, Ron, narrator. |
Other author/creator | WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.) |
Other author/creator | Kultur International Films. |
Uniform title | American masters (Television program) Jerome Robbins. |
Portion of title |
Jerome Robbins |
Portion of title |
Something to dance about |
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. |
Abstract |
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 Harnick, Joseph Stein, and others. |
General note | Running time on disc and container: 130 min.; actual running time, ca. 114 min. |
General note | Special feature: Bonus interviews. |
Credits | Director of photography Tom Hurwitz ; editors, Molly Bernstein, Girish Bhargava. |
Performer |
Narrator, Ron Rifkin. |
Date/time/place of a event note | Originally produced in 2008; broadcast on PBS on Feb. 18, 2009 as an episode of the television program American masters. |
Technical details | DVD. |
Genre/form | Biographical television programs. |
Genre/form | Documentary television programs. |
Genre/form | Nonfiction television programs. |
Genre/form | Television programs United States. |
Other title |
American masters (Television program) |
ISBN | 9780769788265 |
ISBN | 0769788262 |
UPC |
032031445499 |
Publisher number | D4454 Kultur |