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THE EXPORT: JAZZ OPUS JEROME ROBBINS / CHOREOGRAPHY BY JEROME ROBBINS MUSIC / MUSIC BY ROBERT PRINCE / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR GREAT PERFORMANCES FILM: DAVID HORN / VIDEO OF JEROME ROBBINS / DVD
Format: NTSC
Run time: 74 Minutes
UPC: 3760115300606
- Aspect Ratio : 1.78:1
- MPAA rating : Unrated (Not Rated)
- Product Dimensions : 5.31 x 0.59 x 7.68 inches; 3.39 Ounces
- Studio : Select Music
- Number of discs : 1
A "ballet in sneakers" choreographed by the legendary Jerome Robbins (West Side Story), NY EXPORT: OPUS JAZZ was a smash hit in 1958 when it was broadcast on TV and toured around the world. Set to a rousing jazz score by Robert Prince, the ballet told the experiences of urban youth by blending ballet, jazz, and ballroom dancing with Latin, African and American rhythms. Now, this contemporary scripted film adaptation returns Jerome Robbins' choreography to the city that inspired it for the first time since West Side Story. Shot on location in New York City and starring an ensemble cast of dancers from the New York City Ballet, NY Export: Opus Jazz re-imagines the original ballet for a new generation. After winning an Audience Award at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival, the film aired nationally on PBS' Great Performances series and was nominated for the prestigious Rose d'Or Award NY EXPORT OPUS JAZZ, a "ballet in sneakers" by the legendary choreographer Jerome Robbins (West Side Story), was hugely successful when it aired on American television in 1958 and toured around the world. To music by Robert Prince, this ballet portrayed an urban youth in distress dancing to Latin, African and American rhythms. A contemporary adaptation of the ballet, NY Export: Opus Jazz - the first film about Robbins' choreography since West Side Story - was shot on the streets of New York, the city that inspired it, and is performed by dancers from New York City Ballet. Winner of the Audience Award at the 2010 South by Southwest Film Festival, the film was shown in the series Great Performances from PBS and was selected for the prestigious Rose d'Or Festival.
CHOREOGRAPHY BY JEROME ROBBINS MUSIC BY ROBERT PRINCE
DIRECTED BY HENRY JOOST & JODY LEE LIPES EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS ELLEN BAR & SEAN SUOZZI
EXECUTIVE PRODUCER FOR GREAT PERFORMANCES FILM: DAVID HORN
46 mins, Color, 1.78:1 Widescreen, 5.1 Dolby Digital-1 DVD5 NTSC/Region: 0
BONUS "A ballet in sneakers": 14 mins, Color, 16:9, Stereo/"Jerome Robbins: Ballets U.S.A": 14 mins, B&W, 4:3, Mono (Includes subtitles in French, German, Spanish)
Major program funding provided by the the Irene Diamond Fund, the National Endowment for the Arts, Vivian Milstein, the LuEsther T.
Mertz Charitable Trust, Jerome Robbins Foundation, Emily Blavatnik, Chandra Jessee, Gillian Attfield, Arlene C. Cooper, Judy Bernstein
Bunzl and Nick Bunzi. Marty and Perry Granoff, and Nancy Norman Lassalle.
A Production of Bar/Suozzi Productions in Association with Thirteen for WNET org
Bar/Suozzi Productions and the Robbins Rights Trust All rights reserved.
BONUS! "A BALLET IN SNEAKERS: JEROME ROBBINS AND OPUS JAZZ" AN EXTENDED
DOCUMENTARY ON THE FILM "JEROME ROBBINS: BALLETS U.S.A" A SPECIAL FEATURE ARCHIVAL
VIDEO OF JEROME ROBBINS (1959)
