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Title

I'm old fashioned [Close shot]

Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation
A Festival of Jerome Robbins' Ballets, June 5, 1990 - June 17, 1990

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Saland, Stephanie (Dancer)
Calegari, Maria (Dancer)
Alexopoulos, Helene (Dancer)
La Fosse, Robert (Dancer)
Soto, Jock (Dancer)
Woetzel, Damian (Dancer)
Astaire, Fred (Dancer)
Hayworth, Rita, 1918-1987 (Dancer)
Kern, Jerome (Composer)
Raset, Val (Choreographer)
Klotz, Florence (Costume designer)
Bates, Ronald (Lighting designer)
Millard, Jay (Videographer)
Robbins, Jerome (Choreographer)
Gould, Morton, 1913-1996 (Composer)
New York City Ballet (Performer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1990-06-10

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-2515B

Subjects

Robbins, Jerome
New York City Ballet
Ballet

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Content: Subtitled The Astaire variations. Videotaped in performance for the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image by Jay Millard, with the assistance of grants from the National Endowment for the Arts and New York State Council on the Arts, at New York State Theater, New York, on June 10, 1990 (evening), during the New York City Ballet's Festival of Jerome Robbins' Ballets. Close shot version; for wide shot, see *MGZIC 9-2515A.
Creation/Production Credits: Choreography: Jerome Robbins. Music: Morton Gould, based on a theme by Jerome Kern. Costumes: Florence Klotz. Lighting: Ronald Bates.
Performers: Performed by members of the New York City Ballet: Stephanie Saland, Maria Calegari, Heléne Alexopoulos, Robert La Fosse, Jock Soto, Damian Woetzel, with Allison Brown, Antonia Franceschi, Tatiana Garcia-Stefanovich, Margo Krody, Monique Meunier, Gretchen Patchell, Teresa Reyes, Jenifer Ringer, Melissa Walter, Charles Anderson, Paul Boos, Cornel Crabtree, Espen Giljane, Arch Higgins, Robert Lyon, Nilas Martins, William Otto, Peter Stark. New York City Ballet Orchestra conducted by Hugo Fiorato.

Physical Description

Extent: 2 videocassettes (Betacam SP) (37 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequence ; 1/2 in.

Abstract

A dance from Columbia Pictures' You were never lovelier (1942) provides the ballet's theme. Choreographed by Fred Astaire and Val Raset to music by Jerome Kern, it is performed in a b&w film clip by Astaire and Rita Hayworth. The ballet's variations, choreographed by Robbins to music by Gould, are danced on stage by the New York City Ballet.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12170318
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3c756e90-7788-0130-16d6-3c075448cc4b

Rights

The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Type Of Resource

Moving Image

Cite this item

MLA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "I'm old fashioned [Close shot]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1990. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c756e90-7788-0130-16d6-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1990). I'm old fashioned [Close shot] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c756e90-7788-0130-16d6-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "I'm old fashioned [Close shot]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 12, 2026. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3c756e90-7788-0130-16d6-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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