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N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz was choreographed only a year after the landmark West Side Story opened on Broadway — the dancers in this ballet in sneakers evoke a post-war New York City with their cool jazz moves and angst-ridden beats.
N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz is a timeless piece that captured the mood of urban America in the late 1950s, incorporating the symbolic rhythms of vernacular dance into the formal structures of ballet. When Jerome Robbins created the work in 1958 for the first Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy, the ballet was a sensation, with choreographers ...
N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz is a jazz ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently ballet master of New York City Ballet (NYCB) to music of the same title by Robert Prince. The premiere took place on 8 June 1958 at the Festival of the Two Worlds in Spoleto , performed by Ballets: USA and subsequently on Broadway.
Trailer for NY Export: Opus Jazz (www.opusjazz.com). A scripted adaptation of a Jerome Robbins ballet from 1958, shot on location all over NYC with a cast o...
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Mar 23, 2010 · A “ballet in sneakers” choreographed by the legendary Jerome Robbins in 1958, "NY Export: Opus Jazz" was a breakout success in its day, complete with a world tour and a broadcast on “The Ed...
Feb 2, 2010 · In 1958, Jerome Robbins’ “ballet in sneakers,” NY Export: Opus Jazz, became a smash hit when it was broadcast on The Ed Sullivan Show and toured around the world.
NY Export: Opus Jazz. In 1958, Jerome Robbins' "ballet in sneakers," became a smash hit and toured around the world. Shot on location in NYC with the New York City Ballet dancers, NY Export: Opus Jazz re-imagines the original ballet for a whole new generation.
