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[N.Y. export, opus jazz, excerpt]

Title
[N.Y. export, opus jazz, excerpt] [videorecording] / [presented by] Ballets: U.S.A. ; choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Robert Prince.
Publication
[1959]

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Moving imageUse in library *MGZHB 6-2730 JRCPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance
Moving imageUse in library *MGZIA 4-6599 JRCPerforming Arts Research Collections - Dance

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Additional Authors
  • Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974.
  • Robbins, Jerome
  • Curley, Wilma, 1937-
  • Norman, Jay
  • Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969.
  • Klotz, Florence.
  • Rosenthal, Jean, 1912-
  • Prince, Robert, 1929-2007.
  • Gielgud, John, 1904-2000
  • Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007.
  • Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848.
  • Ballets: U.S.A.
  • WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
  • Festival of Two Worlds.
Description
  • 1 videocassette (VHS, NTSC) (18 min.) : sd., b&w; 1/2 in.
  • 1 reel (18 min., 590 ft.) : sd., b&w ;
Summary
A portion of an Ed Sullivan show program filmed in Spoleto during the 2nd Festival of Two Worlds. The tape begins in the middle of a recitation from Shakespeare by John Gielgud. Sullivan, appearing in the Piazza del Duomo in Spoleto, introduces Jerome Robbins' Ballets: U.S.A. Dancers Wilma Curley and Jay Norman perform Passage for two from N.Y. export, opus jazz, on stage with sets and costumes. Sullivan speaks with the festival's creator, Gian Carlo Menotti, and a scene from Donizetti's Duke of Alba is performed in the opera house. A commercial for Mercury cars appears after the Ballets: U.S.A. performance.
Series Statement
Jerome Robbins Collection
Uniform Title
  • N.Y. export, opus jazz (Choreographic work : Robbins)
  • Ed Sullivan show (Television program)
Genre/Form
  • Dance.
  • Television.
Credits (note)
  • New York export, opus jazz. Sets: Ben Shahn. Costumes: Ben Shahn and Florence Klotz. Lighting: Jean Rosenthal.
Performer (note)
  • Ed Sullivan show. Host: Ed Sullivan. Guests: John Gielgud, Gian Carlo Menotti. Excerpt from N.Y. export, opus jazz performed by Wilma Curley and Jay Norman.
Event (note)
  • Filmed in Spoleto, Italy and broadcast on July 19, 1959.
Funding (note)
  • Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6599 JRC
OCLC
NYPT04-F62
Title
[N.Y. export, opus jazz, excerpt] [videorecording] / [presented by] Ballets: U.S.A. ; choreography by Jerome Robbins ; music by Robert Prince.
Imprint
[1959]
Country of Producing Entity
U.S.
Series
Jerome Robbins Collection
Credits
New York export, opus jazz. Sets: Ben Shahn. Costumes: Ben Shahn and Florence Klotz. Lighting: Jean Rosenthal.
Performer
Ed Sullivan show. Host: Ed Sullivan. Guests: John Gielgud, Gian Carlo Menotti. Excerpt from N.Y. export, opus jazz performed by Wilma Curley and Jay Norman.
Event
Filmed in Spoleto, Italy and broadcast on July 19, 1959.
Funding
Preservation made possible in part with public funds from the National Endowment for the Humanities.
Added Author
Sullivan, Ed, 1901-1974. Host
Robbins, Jerome, choreographer.
Curley, Wilma, 1937- dancer.
Norman, Jay, dancer.
Shahn, Ben, 1898-1969. Designer. Costume designer
Klotz, Florence. Costume designer
Rosenthal, Jean, 1912- Designer
Prince, Robert, 1929-2007. N.Y. export, op. jazz.
Gielgud, John, 1904-2000, actor.
Menotti, Gian Carlo, 1911-2007. Interviewee
Donizetti, Gaetano, 1797-1848. Duc d'Albe.
Ballets: U.S.A.
WCBS-TV (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
Festival of Two Worlds.
Added Title
N.Y. export, opus jazz (Choreographic work : Robbins)
Ed Sullivan show (Television program)
Research Call Number
*MGZIA 4-6599 JRC
*MGZHB 6-2730 JRC
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