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Additional authors

1. Robbins, Jerome
2. Gould, Morton, 1913-1996.
3. Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945.
4. Moredock, Richard
5. Cook, Bart
6. Lavery, Sean
7. Duell, Joseph
8. Fugate, Judith
9. D'Amboise, Christopher
10. Kistler, Darci, 1964-
11. Calegari, Maria
12. Nichols, Kyra
13. Matthews, Laurence
14. Fleming, Christopher
15. Morris, Catherine
16. Jackson, Lisa Ann
17. Diamond, Dennis
18. New York City Ballet

Description

1. 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (21 min.) : sd., col.; 1/2 in.

Summary

1. Jerome Robbins directs a run-through of six variations from I'm old fashioned. The variations nicknamed Back to back and Tango were not used in the final version of the ballet, and the female role was cut from the sixth variation. The fourth variation, rehearsed here to the original Jerome Kern song I'm old fashioned, was later set to music by Morton Gould.

Series statement

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Uniform title

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

Subject

1. Astaire, Fred > Influence

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.
3. Dance rehearsals.

Contents

1. First variation / rehearsed by Joseph Duell and Judith Fugate -- Back to back / rehearsed by Darci Kistler and Christopher D'Amboise -- Tango / rehearsed by ensemble -- Fourth variation / rehearsed by Darci Kistler and Christopher D'Amboise -- Sixth variation / rehearsed by Bart Cook and Maria Calegari -- Eighth variation / rehearsed by Sean Lavery and Kyra Nichols.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6050 JRC

Note

1. No time/date code on frame.
2. Note on tape: "Run thru to date".

Credits (note)

1. Videotaped by Dennis Diamond.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Oct. 1, 1982.

Funding (note)

1. Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography (note)

1. 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.

Title

1. I'm old fashioned [excerpts] [videorecording] : [rehearsal. Oct. 1, 1982] / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Morton Gould.

Imprint

1. 1982.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Series

1. Jerome Robbins Collection

Credits

1. Videotaped by Dennis Diamond.

Performer

1. Rehearsed by members of New York City Ballet, including Bart Cook, Joseph Duell, Judith Fugate, Sean Lavery, Christopher D'Amboise, Darci Kistler, Maria Calegari, Kyra Nichols, Laurence Matthews, Christopher Fleming, Catherine Morris, Lisa Jackson.

Event

1. Videotaped in New York City Ballet studio rehearsal, in rehearsal clothes, with piano accompaniment, in New York City, on Oct. 1, 1982.

Funding

1. Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.

Biography

1. 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.

Added author

1. Robbins, Jerome, choreographer. Director
2. Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Composer
3. Kern, Jerome, 1885-1945. You were never lovelier. I'm old fashioned.
4. Moredock, Richard, dancer.
5. Cook, Bart, dancer.
6. Lavery, Sean, dancer.
7. Duell, Joseph, dancer.
8. Fugate, Judith, dancer.
9. D'Amboise, Christopher, dancer.
10. Kistler, Darci, 1964- dancer.
11. Calegari, Maria, dancer.
12. Nichols, Kyra, dancer.
13. Matthews, Laurence, dancer.
14. Fleming, Christopher, dancer.
15. Morris, Catherine, dancer.
16. Jackson, Lisa Ann, dancer.
17. Diamond, Dennis.
18. New York City Ballet.

Added title

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

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-6050 JRC