Jerome Robbins Symposium

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











When: Fri., Jan. 26, 2018 at 10:00 am
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

Buy tickets/get more info now