NY Export: Opus Jazz / Work in Progress

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Film Information:
Year:

2010

NY Export: Opus Jazz / Work in Progress
País:

 
Directores:

Jody Lee Lipes Henry Joost
Color:

Color
Format:

HD
Duration:

60 min

Cast:

  • New York City Ballet, Jerome Robbins

Production:

  • GUIÓN: Jody Lee Lipes
  • FOTOGRAFÍA: Jody Lee Lipes
  • MONTAJE: Zachary Stuart-Pontier
  • PRODUCCIÓN: Kyle Martin,
  • Melody Roscher

Contact:

  • Bar / Suozzi Productions
  • Ellen Bar
  • 147 West 75th St. #2B
  • 10023 New York, NY, USA
  • T +1 917 213 7448
  • E ellen@opusjazz.com
  • W www.opusjazz.com

Synopsis

In 1958, a year after achieving artistic sophistication as well as popularity with West Side Story, choreographer and director Jerome Robbins deepens his search into contemporary dance with NY Export: Opus Jazz, a piece that dives into the exploration of urban sensitivity. Half a century later, preserving Robert Prince’s scores –but now placing it on the streets and suburbs of New York that originally inspired them– a group of dancers from the New York City Ballet reconstruct that piece, which works as a more abstract version of West Side Story’s youthful energy. Shot in 35mm with an impressive cinematography, NY Export: Opus Jazz is a film that addresses the essence of the ecstasy generated by film musicals, and at the same time poses a return to a passionate yet clean modernity. The film’s epilogue is a documentary about the value of Robbins’ work that features images of the original mise-en-scène, which prove this version is an act of artistic justice.

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