Research Catalog

Title

Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA presents 3 ballets [videorecording] / [produced by] Granada Television ; directed by Gordon Flemyng ; choreography by Jerome Robbins.

Publication

1961.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Robbins, Jerome
• Gould, Morton, 1913-1996
• Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918
• Prince, Robert, 1929-2007
• Douglas, Scott, 1927-1996
• Borree, Susan
• Thompson, Robert, 1934?-1984
• Walberg, Betty
• Jones, John, 1937-
• Mazzo, Kay
• Dunn, Patricia, -1990
• Mayer, Christine
• Gain, Richard, 1939-
• Flemyng, Gordon, 1934-1995
• Lass, Darrell
• Torkanowsky, Werner
• Sharaff, Irene
• Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969
• Robbins, Jerome
• Ballets: U.S.A.
• Granada Television

Description

1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (55 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.

Summary

This television program was created during Ballets: U.S.A.'s 1961 European tour.

Series Statement

Jerome Robbins Collection

Genre/Form

• Dance.
• Television.
• Video.

Note

• Picture is unstable at end of tape.
• Title from opening credits.
• Each ballet, and each movement of N.Y. export: opus jazz, is introduced by a title screen with credits.

Credits (note)

• Costumes and décor: Irene Sharaff, Ben Shahn. Piano: Betty Walberg. Conductor: Werner Torkanowsky.
• Program designed for television by Darrell Lass.

Event (note)

• Filmed in the studios of Granada Television, England; originally broadcast on the program Personal appearance in Sept. 1961.

Funding (note)

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

Contents

Interplay / choreography by Jerome Robbins; music by Morton Gould -- Afternoon of a faun / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Claude Debussy -- N.Y. export: opus jazz / choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Robert Prince.

Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6065 JRC

OCLC

NYPT03-F62

Title

Jerome Robbins' Ballets: USA presents 3 ballets [videorecording] / [produced by] Granada Television ; directed by Gordon Flemyng ; choreography by Jerome Robbins.

Imprint

1961.

Country of Producing Entity

England.

Series

Jerome Robbins Collection

Credits

Costumes and décor: Irene Sharaff, Ben Shahn. Piano: Betty Walberg. Conductor: Werner Torkanowsky.

Program designed for television by Darrell Lass.

Performer

Interplay. Performed by members of Ballets: USA, including Scott Douglas, Susan Borree, Robert Thompson.

Afternoon of a faun. Performed by John Jones and Kay Mazzo.

N.Y. export: opus jazz. Performed by members of Ballets: USA, including Patricia Dunn, Christine Mayer, Richard Gain.

Event

Filmed in the studios of Granada Television, England; originally broadcast on the program Personal appearance in Sept. 1961.

Funding

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

Local Subject

Ballet in television. Interplay.

Ballet in television. Afternoon of a faun.

Ballet in television. N.Y. export: opus jazz.

Added Author

Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.

Gould, Morton, 1913-1996. Interplay.

Debussy, Claude, 1862-1918. Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.

Prince, Robert, 1929-2007. N.Y. export: opus jazz.

Douglas, Scott, 1927-1996, dancer.

Borree, Susan, dancer.

Thompson, Robert, 1934?-1984, dancer.

Walberg, Betty. Instrumentalist

Jones, John, 1937- dancer.

Mazzo, Kay, dancer.

Dunn, Patricia, -1990, dancer.

Mayer, Christine, dancer.

Gain, Richard, 1939- dancer.

Flemyng, Gordon, 1934-1995. Director

Lass, Darrell.

Torkanowsky, Werner. Conductor

Sharaff, Irene. Costume designer

Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969. Designer

Ballets: U.S.A.

Granada Television.

Robbins, Jerome. N.Y. export: opus jazz.

Robbins, Jerome. Interplay.

Robbins, Jerome. Afternoon of a faun.

Research Call Number

*MGZIA 4-6065 JRC