Jerome Robbins Research Paper
History of Jerome Robbins 1918-1998
Jerome Robbins is known as a world-renowned choreographer of ballets created for the New York City Ballet, Ballets U.S.A., American Ballet Theatre, and other international companies.
In addition he also received recognition for his work don’t in commercial theater.
He was a director of musicals, plays, and movies and television programs.
This dual interest produced a staggering number of ballets and staging of musical plays, notable for their diversity, brilliance, lyric beauty, and humor.
His work is characterized by the intensity and compactness of its expression and its wide variety of mood.
The creative energy of his choreography epitomized the American scene, by doing so his work contributed …show more content…
a great body of work to our dance culture that has been represented all over the world in continuous performances.
After the triumph of Fiddler on the Roof, one of Mr. Robbins most famous works, he dedicated his energies to creating ballets for the New York City Ballet.
In 1988 he took a leave of absence to stage Jerome Robbins' Broadway, which opened in 1989, which received resounding critical and popular acclaim.
In 1990 he resigned from the position of Ballet Master in Chief to pursue other choreography projects.
In all Jerome Robbins had created 54 pieces consisting of both ballets and commercial theatre shows.
Notable Works: Dances at a Gathering (1969); The Goldberg Variations (1971); Watermill (1972); Requiem Canticles (1972); The Dybbuk Variations (1974); In G Major (1975); Mother Goose (1975); The Four Seasons (1979); Opus 19: The Dreamer (1979); Piano Pieces (1981); Gershwin Concerto (1982); Glass Pieces (1983); I'm Old Fashioned (1983); Antique Epigraphs (1984); Brahms/Handel (with Twyla Tharp, 1984); In Memory Of... (1985); Quiet City (1986); Piccolo Balletto (1986); Ives, Songs (1988); 2 & 3 Part Inventions (1994), and West Side Story Suite (1995).
Political: In 1981 the U.S. Communications Agency sponsored The Jerome Robbins Chamber Dance Company in completing an acclaimed tour of the People's Republic of China.
During his career Mr. Robbins served on the National Council on the Arts from 1974 to 1980, and the New York State Council on the Arts/Dance Panel from 1973 to
1988.
He established and partially endowed the Jerome Robbins Film Archive of the Dance Collection of the New York City Public Library at Lincoln Center.
Mr. Robbins died at the height of his creative powers. Most importantly, he brought joy, emotional involvement and humorous pleasure to millions of people, not only in the United States, but also throughout the entire world.
Jerome Robbins is known as a world-renowned choreographer of ballets created for the New York City Ballet, Ballets U.S.A., American Ballet Theatre, and other international companies.
In addition he also received recognition for his work don’t in commercial theater.
He was a director of musicals, plays, and movies and television programs.
This dual interest produced a staggering number of ballets and staging of musical plays, notable for their diversity, brilliance, lyric beauty, and humor.
His work is characterized by the intensity and compactness of its expression and its wide variety of mood.
The creative energy of his choreography epitomized the American scene, by doing so his work contributed …show more content…
a great body of work to our dance culture that has been represented all over the world in continuous performances.
After the triumph of Fiddler on the Roof, one of Mr. Robbins most famous works, he dedicated his energies to creating ballets for the New York City Ballet.
In 1988 he took a leave of absence to stage Jerome Robbins' Broadway, which opened in 1989, which received resounding critical and popular acclaim.
In 1990 he resigned from the position of Ballet Master in Chief to pursue other choreography projects.
In all Jerome Robbins had created 54 pieces consisting of both ballets and commercial theatre shows.
Notable Works: Dances at a Gathering (1969); The Goldberg Variations (1971); Watermill (1972); Requiem Canticles (1972); The Dybbuk Variations (1974); In G Major (1975); Mother Goose (1975); The Four Seasons (1979); Opus 19: The Dreamer (1979); Piano Pieces (1981); Gershwin Concerto (1982); Glass Pieces (1983); I'm Old Fashioned (1983); Antique Epigraphs (1984); Brahms/Handel (with Twyla Tharp, 1984); In Memory Of... (1985); Quiet City (1986); Piccolo Balletto (1986); Ives, Songs (1988); 2 & 3 Part Inventions (1994), and West Side Story Suite (1995).
Political: In 1981 the U.S. Communications Agency sponsored The Jerome Robbins Chamber Dance Company in completing an acclaimed tour of the People's Republic of China.
During his career Mr. Robbins served on the National Council on the Arts from 1974 to 1980, and the New York State Council on the Arts/Dance Panel from 1973 to
1988.
He established and partially endowed the Jerome Robbins Film Archive of the Dance Collection of the New York City Public Library at Lincoln Center.
Mr. Robbins died at the height of his creative powers. Most importantly, he brought joy, emotional involvement and humorous pleasure to millions of people, not only in the United States, but also throughout the entire world.