Jerome Robbins
Noun
Meaning
United States choreographer who brought human emotion to classical ballet and spirited reality to Broadway musicals (1918-1998)
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Background Genesis In 1947, Jerome Robbins approached Leonard Bernstein and Arthur Laurents about collaborating on a contemporary musical adaptation of Romeo and Juliet.
The first two pairs to achieve this were Robert Wise and Jerome Robbins (who won for West Side Story in 1961), and Warren Beatty and Buck Henry (who were nominated for Heaven Can Wait in 1978).
Sondheim and Leonard Bernstein wrote The Race to Urga, scheduled for Lincoln Center in 1969, but when Jerome Robbins left the project it was not produced.
This year featured the work of professional artists Miro Magloire, Michele Wiles, Caili Quan, and Jerome Robbins, as well as student choreographers Allegra Herman, GS ’18, and Connor Yockus,CC ’18).
The company’s upstate stay always ends with a lawn party and a lavish gala, both of which this year will celebrate the centennials of composer Leonard Bernstein and choreographer Jerome Robbins.
His score to the ballet Fancy Free choreographed by Jerome Robbins opened in New York in April 1944 and this was later developed into the musical On the Town with lyrics by Comden and Green that opened on Broadway in December 1944.