In his first ballet, Fancy Free, Jerome Robbins cast himself as the 3rd sailor who was described as an “intense and smoldering...

In an outline for the ballet circa 1943 excerpted in “Jerome Robbins: By Himself” (affiliate link) edited by @mizvaill, Robbins wrote:...

"The world premiere given by Ballet Theater last night at the Metropolitan, was so big a hit that the young participants all looked a...