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Title

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Collection

Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image Original Documentation
George Balanchine Celebration

Names

New York Public Library. Dance Division (Producer)
Fugate, Judith (Dancer)
Kistler, Darci, 1964- (Dancer)
Lopez, Lourdes (Dancer)
La Fosse, Robert (Dancer)
Harmsen, Lydia (Dancer)
Karz, Romy (Dancer)
LeBlanc, Sherri (Dancer)
Ringer, Jenifer (Dancer)
Wingert, Deborah (Dancer)
Anderson, Charles David (Dancer)
Higgins, Arch (Dancer)
Kaiser, Russell (Dancer)
Naumann, Peter Carl (Dancer)
Stevens, Gordon, 1966- (Dancer)
Fiorato, Hugo (Conductor)
Grant, Cameron, 1951- (Instrumentalist)
Balanchine, George (Choreographer)
Gershwin, George, 1898-1937 (Composer)
Kay, Hershy (Arranger)
Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976 (Set designer)
Benson, Ben C. (Costume designer)
Stanley, Mark (Lighting designer)
Millard, Jay (Videographer)
New York City Ballet (Performer)
George Balanchine Trust (Associated name)
New York Public Library. Dance Collection (Associated name)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1993-06-05

Table Of Contents

"Strike up the band" / performed by the ensemble -- "Sweet and low down" / performed by women's ensemble -- "Somebody loves me" / performed by Harmsen, Karz, LeBlanc, Ringer, and Wingert -- "Bidin' my time" / performed by Anderson, Higgins, Kaiser, Naumann, and Stevens -- "'S wonderful" / performed by Harmsen and Stevens -- "That certain feeling" / performed by Karz, Anderson, LeBlanc, and Kaiser -- "Do do do" / performed by Ringer and Higgins -- "Lady be good" / performed by Wingert and Naumann -- "The man I love" / performed by Kistler and La Fosse -- "I'll build a stairway to paradise" / performed by Lopez -- "Embraceable you" / performed by Fugate and La Fosse -- "Fascinatin' rhythm" / performed by Kistler -- "Who cares?" / performed by Lopez and La Fosse -- "My one and only" / performed by Fugate -- "Liza" / performed by La Fosse -- "I got rhythm" / performed by the entire cast.

Library Location

Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZIC 9-4331B

Subjects

Balanchine, George
New York City Ballet
Balanchine Celebration (1993 : New York City Ballet)
Ballet

Genres

Filmed Dance
Filmed Performances

Notes

Statement Of Responsibility: [presented by] New York City Ballet ; choreography by George Balanchine ; music, George Gershwin, adapted and orchestrated by Hershy Kay.
Content: Recording made possible by the cooperation of New York City Ballet, The George Balanchine Trust, and the Jerome Robbins Archive of the Recorded Moving Image of the Dance Collection of The New York Public Library.
Creation/Production Credits: Scenery, Jo Mielziner ; costumes, Ben Benson ; lighting, Mark Stanley.
Performers: Performed by New York City Ballet: Judith Fugate, Darci Kistler, Lourdes Lopez, and Robert La Fosse, with Lydia Harmsen, Romy Karz, Sherri LeBlanc, Jenifer Ringer, Deborah Wingert, Charles Anderson, Arch Higgins, Russell Kaiser, Peter Naumann, and Gordon Stevens, and Samantha Allen, Wendy Drapala, Tatiana Garcia-Stefanovich, Michele Gifford, Isabel Kimmel, Dena Kinstlinger, Andrea Long, Jennifer Tinsley, Inmaculada Velez, and Elizabeth Walker.
Performers: Conductor: Hugo Fiorato.
Performers: Pianist: Cameron Grant.
Venue: Videotaped in performance at New York State Theater, New York, on June 5, 1993 (matinee), during New York City Ballet's Balanchine Celebration, by Jay Millard. Close shot version ; for wide shot, see *MGZIC 9-4331A.
Funding: Recorded with the assistance of grants from New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Charles E. Culpeper Foundation.

Physical Description

Extent: 1 videocassette (U-matic SP) (51 min.) : sound, color ; 3/4 in.

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12176631
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d7c5c930-f87c-0130-2774-3c075448cc4b

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. "Who cares? [Close shot]" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1993. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d7c5c930-f87c-0130-2774-3c075448cc4b

APA format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1993). Who cares? [Close shot] Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d7c5c930-f87c-0130-2774-3c075448cc4b

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Who cares? [Close shot]" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 16, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d7c5c930-f87c-0130-2774-3c075448cc4b

Wikipedia citation

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