1 Setting the Scene: American Ballet and Jerome Robbins

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. List of Illustrations ix
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. List of Abbreviations xix
6. Editorial Note xxi
7. Preface xxiii
8. 1 Setting the Scene: American Ballet and Jerome Robbins 1
9. 2 Toward a First Ballet: Fancy Free Takes Shape 32
10. 3 Creating Fancy Free: A Long-Distance Collaboration 65
11. 4 The Music of Fancy Free: The Sketches and Score Explored 97
12. 5 The Fancy Free Premiere and a Move to Broadway 151
13. 6 Toward a Second Ballet: Bye Bye Jackie and the Creation of Facsimile 176
14. 7 The Music of Facsimile: The Sketches and Score Explored 203
15. 8 The Facsimile Premiere and Legacy of the Ballets 236
16. Epilogue: Bernstein and Dance 269
17. Bibliography 271
18. Index 283