Jerome Robbins Something to Dance About (TV) [2009] PBS

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American Masters (TV series )

Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About


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Original Air Date:18 February 2009

No other creative figure of the latter twentieth century was as contradictory as Jerome Robbins, and few were as controversial. He was a master of the Broadway musical, transforming its possibilities with such works as West Side Story, Gypsy, and Peter Pan, and was one of the greatest ballet choreographers this country has ever produced.

Thirteen/WNETΓΓé¼Γäós AMERICAN MASTERS profiles this complex mid-century artist in Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About, premiering February 18, 2009 on PBS (check local listings). Directed and produced by six-time Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Judy Kinberg and written by best-selling Robbins biographer Amanda Vaill, the two-hour film is narrated by Ron Rifkin (Brothers & Sisters), who performed the roles of both Robbins and his father in a workshop production of the director/choreographerΓΓé¼Γäós theatrical autobiography, The Poppa Piece. This first and only documentary on Robbins features excerpts from his personal journals, archival performance footage, and never-before-seen rehearsal recordings, as well as interviews with Robbins himself and over forty witnesses ΓΓé¼ΓÇ£ among them Mikhail Baryshnikov; Jacques dΓΓé¼ΓäóAmboise; Suzanne Farrell; Arthur Laurents; Peter Martins; Frank Rich; Chita Rivera; Stephen Sondheim; and RobbinsΓΓé¼Γäó Fiddler collaborators Jerry Bock, Sheldon Harnick, and Joseph Stein.

ΓΓé¼┼ôRobbinsΓΓé¼Γäó remarkable body of work forever redefined dance and musical theater for a contemporary audience,ΓΓé¼┬¥ says Susan Lacy, Creator and Executive Producer of WNETΓΓé¼Γäós AMERICAN MASTERS, a five-time winner of the Emmy Award for Outstanding Primetime Non-Fiction Series. ΓΓé¼┼ôThe revival of West Side Story on Broadway this winter just validates his lasting importance, his lasting impression. We are thrilled to air this film in tribute to RobbinΓΓé¼Γäó genius, celebrating the 90th anniversary of his birth.ΓΓé¼┬¥