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West side story suite
- Title
- West side story suite [videorecording] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
- Publication
- 1995.
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- Description
- 1 videodisc (NTSC) (40 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.
- Summary
- New York City Ballet premiere. The dances in this suite were extracted by Jerome Robbins from his choreography for the 1957 musical West side story, based on William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.
- Uniform Title
- West Side story suite (Choreographic work : Robbins)
- Genre/Form
- Dance.
- Video.
- Note
- Date from accompanying data sheet.
- Credits (note)
- Co-choreographer, Peter Gennaro ; original book, Arthur Laurents ; scenery, Oliver Smith ; costumes, Irene Sharaff ; lighting, Jennifer Tipton.
- Performer (note)
- Danced by New York City Ballet: Robert La Fosse (Tony) ; Elena Diner (Maria) ; Jock Soto (Bernardo) ; Nancy Ticotin (Anita) ; Nikolaj Hübbe (Riff) ; Natalie Toro (Rosalia) ; Christopher Boehmer, Benjamin Bowman, Peter Hansen, Russell Kaiser, Sebastien Marcovici, Peter Naumann, William Otto, Robert Wersinger, Christopher Wheeldon (the Jets) ; Dena Abergel, Jennifer Chipman, Emily Coates, Aura Dixon, Lydia Harmsen, Rachel Rutherford, Jennie Somogyi, Jennifer Tinsley, Pascale van Kipnis, Elizabeth Walker (their girls) ; Sant'gria Bello, Espen Giljane, Tom Gold, Arch Higgins, Edward Liang, Christopher Macdougall, Alexander Ritter, Andrew Robertson (the Sharks) ; Samantha Allen, Amanda Edge, Kristina Fernandez, Michele Gifford, Andrea Long, Riolama Lorenzo, Deanna McBrearty, Rebecca Metzger (their girls).
- Conductor: Paul Gemignani.
- Event (note)
- Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., on May 18, 1995.
- Contents
- Order of dances: Prologue -- Something's coming -- Dance at the gym -- Cool -- America -- Rumble -- Ballet -- Somewhere.
- Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-3446
- OCLC
- NYPY01-F261
- Title
- West side story suite [videorecording] / [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Leonard Bernstein ; lyrics by Stephen Sondheim.
- Imprint
- 1995.
- Event
- Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, N.Y., on May 18, 1995.
- Credits
- Co-choreographer, Peter Gennaro ; original book, Arthur Laurents ; scenery, Oliver Smith ; costumes, Irene Sharaff ; lighting, Jennifer Tipton.
- Performer
- Guest artists: Nancy Ticotin, Natalie Toro.
- Cast
- Danced by New York City Ballet: Robert La Fosse (Tony) ; Elena Diner (Maria) ; Jock Soto (Bernardo) ; Nancy Ticotin (Anita) ; Nikolaj Hübbe (Riff) ; Natalie Toro (Rosalia) ; Christopher Boehmer, Benjamin Bowman, Peter Hansen, Russell Kaiser, Sebastien Marcovici, Peter Naumann, William Otto, Robert Wersinger, Christopher Wheeldon (the Jets) ; Dena Abergel, Jennifer Chipman, Emily Coates, Aura Dixon, Lydia Harmsen, Rachel Rutherford, Jennie Somogyi, Jennifer Tinsley, Pascale van Kipnis, Elizabeth Walker (their girls) ; Sant'gria Bello, Espen Giljane, Tom Gold, Arch Higgins, Edward Liang, Christopher Macdougall, Alexander Ritter, Andrew Robertson (the Sharks) ; Samantha Allen, Amanda Edge, Kristina Fernandez, Michele Gifford, Andrea Long, Riolama Lorenzo, Deanna McBrearty, Rebecca Metzger (their girls).
- Performer
- Singers: Rob Lorey, Joan Barber, Stephanie Bast, Donna Lee Marshall, Karen Murphy.Conductor: Paul Gemignani.
- Added Author
- La Fosse, Robert, dancer.Diner, Elena, dancer.Soto, Jock, dancer.Ticotin, Nancy, dancer.Hübbe, Nikolaj, dancer.Toro, Natalie, dancer.Lorey, Rob. SingerGemignani, Paul. ConductorRobbins, Jerome, choreographer.Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990. ComposerSondheim, Stephen. LyricistLaurents, Arthur.Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994. DesignerSharaff, Irene. Costume designerTipton, Jennifer. Lighting designerGennaro, Peter, 1919-2000, choreographer.New York City Ballet.
- Added Title
- West Side story suite (Choreographic work : Robbins)
- Research Call Number
- *MGZIDVD 5-3446