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NYCB Vol. 11 No. 16 - Interplay
(L-R) Harold Lang, Tommy Rall, Janet Reed, Melissa Hayden [lifted], John Kriza [lifting], Muriel Bentley, Fernando Alonso, Roszika Sabo....

Lauryn Johnson
May 8, 2024


NYCB Vol. 11 No. 15 - Interplay
Jerome Robbins choreographed Interplay in 1945, not for ABT, but for Billy Rose's 'Concert Varieties.' "Stirred by dim memories of the...

Lauryn Johnson
May 7, 2024


NYCB Vol. 10 No. 4 - Fancy Free
In an outline for the ballet circa 1943 excerpted in “Jerome Robbins: By Himself” (affiliate link) edited by @mizvaill, Robbins wrote:...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 26, 2024


NYCB Vol 10. No. 1 - Fancy Free
"The world premiere given by Ballet Theater last night at the Metropolitan, was so big a hit that the young participants all looked a...

Lauryn Johnson
Jan 23, 2024


NYCB Vol. 7 No. 29 - Fancy Free
On the opening night of Fancy Free: “[Harold] Lang’s bravura solo, in which he vaulted on and off the bar and ended one air turn in a...

Lauryn Johnson
May 24, 2023


NYCB Vol. 6 No. 20 - Fancy Free
Jerome Robbins: "One should feel immediately that the three are good friends, used to bumming around together, used to each other’s...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 5, 2023


NYCB Vol. 6 No. 16 - Fancy Free
An excerpt from the outline that Jerome Robbins wrote for Fancy Free circa 1943: “Three sailors explode onto the stage. They are out on...

Lauryn Johnson
Feb 1, 2023
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