Jerome Robbins Symposium
Where: New York Public Library for the Performing Arts
40 Lincoln Center Plaza
212-870-1600 Price: Free
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The Jerome Robbins Dance Division celebrates the centennial of Jerome Robbins, with a day-long symposium, featuring presentations by Library fellows, including Alastair Macaulay, Julie Lemberger, Adrian Danchig-Waring, Ninotchka Bennahum, Robert Greskovic, and Hiie Saumaa.
10:00am-10:45am Alastair Macaulay, An Investigation of Nijinsky’s ballet ”L’Après-midi d’un faune’ and Robbins’ ballet ‘Afternoon of a Faun’, Examining Differences and Connections
11:00am-11:45am Julie Lemberger, What He Saw – What She Saw: West Side Story, and other views of dance and dancers behind the scenes: Discovering photography by Jerome Robbins and Martha Swope
12:00pm-12:45pm Ninotchka Bennahum, Jerome Robbins’ Painterly Eye: War, Exile, and the Founding of American Ballet Theatre
1:00pm-2:00pm Lunch
2:00pm-2:45pm Robert Greskovic, Robbins and Chopin: Easy Action
3:00pm-3:45pm Hiie Saumaa, Jerome Robbins, Composer in Words
4:00pm-4:45pm Adrian Danchig-Waring, The Drama Of Space: Exploring Jerome Robbins’ Ballet Language
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