National Dance Institute's Romeo & Juliet: 2001 performance / conceived, written and directed by Jacques d'Amboise with selections from Shakespeare's play
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Title
National Dance Institute's Romeo & Juliet: 2001 performance / conceived, written and directed by Jacques d'Amboise with selections from Shakespeare's play
Collection
National Dance Institute Video Archive
Names
National Dance Institute (U.S.) (Creator)
Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 (Author in quotations or text extracts)
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Creator)
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Author)
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Director)
Grenier, Bernard (Costume designer)
Korman, Jerome (Composer)
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Composer)
Dia, Maria Di (Producer)
Mitchell, Robert (British architect, active 1782-1809) (Set designer)
McCoy, Ann (Set designer)
D'Amboise, Jacques, 1934- (Lyricist)
Korman, Jerome (Arranger)
Korman, Jerome (Lighting designer)
Kaufmann, Kathy (Lighting designer)
Ellis, Sam (Production manager)
Ellis, Sam (Stage director)
Burbank, Scott (Editor of a moving image work)
Burbank, Scott (Videographer)
Machokas, Chip (Videographer)
Carey, Rosemary (Production manager)
Yee, Christopher (Performer)
Semple, Lauren Colenso (Performer)
Chalamet, Timothée (Performer)
Gage, Lesleh (Performer)
Korman, Arielle (Performer)
Howard, Greg (Performer)
Mann, Terrence (Performer)
Viviano, Sal (Performer)
Larsen, Liz, 1959- (Performer)
Locarro, Joseph (Performer)
Brownstone, Diana (Performer)
Bodnar, Amy (Performer)
Foreman, Donlin (Performer)
Capucilli, Terese (Performer)
Dakin, Christine (Performer)
Leavitt, Joshua (Performer)
Perez, Rachel (Performer)
Rusli, Erwin (Performer)
Sebastian, José (Performer)
Foster, Bianca (Performer)
Heard, Joe B (Performer)
Frieser, Maria (Performer)
Bello, Elena (Performer)
Robinson, Antoinette Eng (Performer)
Arnold, Bailey (Performer)
Klein, Kimberly (Performer)
Bernstein, Anne (Performer)
Locarro, Chloe (Performer)
Lowers, Samaria (Performer)
Reed, Jeffrey (Performer)
Snagg, Vincent (Performer)
Viviano, Andy (Performer)
Tuohy, Thomas (Performer)
Yeung, Diane (Performer)
Brathwaite, Felicia Ann (Performer)
Maisonrouge, Gustave (Performer)
Sebastian, Sumei (Performer)
Alexiev, Grishia (Performer)
Cozier, Jimmy, 1954- (Musician)
Denizen, Joe (Musician)
Dunn, Bill (Musician)
Kirkwood, Neal (Musician)
National Dance Institute (U.S.) (Performer)
Date / Origin
Date Created: 2001
Library Location
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIDF 4609
Subjects
Dance in education
Dance for children
Genres
Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances
Notes
Content: On videocassette label: 01/17/02 edit version.
Creation/Production Credits: Costumes, Bernard Grenier; music, Jerome Korman and Jacques d'Amboise; produced by Maria Di Dia, Maria Productions, Inc.; scenery designed by Robert Mitchell; Road to Mantua and Venus Drop by Ann McCoy; lyrics by Jacques d'Amboise; music conducted and arranged by Jerome Korman; lighting, Kathy Kaufmann; production and stage manager, Sam Ellis; assistant stage manager, Don Myers; theater manager, Ron McIntyre; properties, Diedre McConnell; costume assistant Linda Gordon; 1st team (Tiny Tots) supervisor, Peggy Levinson; orchestrations by Chris Hughes; set construction, Atlas Scenic Studios; video productions, Aztec Video Productions, LLC.; video editor, Scott Burbank; computer graphics, Trisha Gray; camera operators, Scott Burbank, Chip Machokas; entire production organized and coordinated by Rosemary Carey.
Performers: Christopher Yee, Romeo; Lauren Colenso-Semple, Juliet; Timothee Chalamet, Cupid; Lesleh Gage, Venus; Arielle Korman, Dragonfly; Greg Howard, The Prince; "Elsinore" the Great Dane with Philip Anderson. Starring as the voices of: Storyteller-Friar, Terrence Mann; Romeo, Sal Viviano; Juliet, Liz Larsen; The Prince-Lord Capulet, Joseph Locarro; Nurse, Diana Brownstone; Lady Capulet, Amy Bodnar. Performing as: Storyteller-Friar, Donlin Foreman; Nurse, Terese Capucilli; Lady Capulet, Christine Dakin; Mercutio, Joshua Leavitt; Tybalt, Rachel Perez; Lord Capulet, Erwin Rusli; Lord Montague, Jose Sebastian; Lady Montague, Bianca Foster; Count Paris, Joe B. Heard; Elf, Maria Frieser; Rabbit, Elena Bello; Friar's Messenger, Antoinette Eng-Robinson; Seductive Ladies, Bailey Arnold, Kimberly Klein; Cupid's Cluster, Anne Bernstein, Chloe Locarro, Samaria Lowers, Jeffrey Reed, Vincent Snagg, Andy Viviano; Road to Mantua Sign Post, Thomas Tuohy, Diane Yeung; Storyteller's Listener, Felicia Ann Brathwaite, Gustave Maisonrouge, Shumei Sebastian; Montagues, Capulets and Townspeople, The Celebration Team; Flowers, The SWAT Team. Musicians, Grishia Alexiev (drums), Jimmy Cozier (reeds), Joe Denizen (violin), Bill Dunn (trumpet), Neal Kirkwood (keyboard).
Venue: Recorded 2001 New York City.
Acquisition: Gift; Jacques D'Amboise, 2012.
Physical Description
Extent: 1 videocassette (VHS) (59 min) :sound, color ; 1/2 in.
Abstract
Musical adaptation of William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. On-stage performers dance and pantomime while lines and vocals done by a voice actor off-stage (unsure whether voices are pre-recorded or performed live off-stage).
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Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 956716308
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b21069437
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 2a8b66d0-92a4-0136-30a6-27e71f245a8a
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "National Dance Institute's Romeo & Juliet: 2001 performance / conceived, written and directed by Jacques d'Amboise with selections from Shakespeare's play" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 2001. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2a8b66d0-92a4-0136-30a6-27e71f245a8a
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (2001). National Dance Institute's Romeo & Juliet: 2001 performance / conceived, written and directed by Jacques d'Amboise with selections from Shakespeare's play Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2a8b66d0-92a4-0136-30a6-27e71f245a8a
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Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "National Dance Institute's Romeo & Juliet: 2001 performance / conceived, written and directed by Jacques d'Amboise with selections from Shakespeare's play" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 11, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/2a8b66d0-92a4-0136-30a6-27e71f245a8a
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