Robbins Timeline

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Jerome Robbins received world renown as a choreographer of ballets created for the New York City Ballet, Ballets U.S.A., American Ballet Theatre and other international companies. He received equal kudos for his work in commercial theater -- Broadway. He was a director of musicals, plays, movies and television programs. This dual interest produced a staggering number of ballets and stagings of musical plays, notable for their diversity, brilliance, lyric beauty and humor. His work is characterized by the intensity and compactness of its expression, its wide variety of mood, whether it be rhapsodic, introspective, poignant or hilarious. He had the ability to make the most complex movement appear effortless, and totally reflective of the musical score, as if it were created spontaneously for that exact period of time.

The Timeline section touches on only some of the milestones in Robbins' life and career. It isn't possible to do it justice in this space. We hope this introduction will encourage you to learn more about this singular artist. For a more in-depth look at his life and career, see the Gift Shop for Jerome Robbins, That Broadway Man, That Ballet Man and Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins

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