Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins October 11, July 29, 1998

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Jerome Robbins Jerome Robbins October 11, 1918- July 29, 1998 Greyson Salmon

Background Born October 11, 1918 in New York City to Harry Rabinowitz and Lena Rips As a child, he showed an aptitude for the performing arts and attended and graduated from Woodrow Wilson High in 1935. After graduating, he got an apprenticeship at Irma Duncan and Senya Gluck-Sandor’s Dance Center. His first choreographed ballet was about sailors in New York and was written with Leonard Bernstein

Best Known Musicals West Side Story Peter Pan Gypsy The King And I Fiddler On the Roof Funny Girl And 60+ ballets

Composer’s Style Robbins’ style was a blend of ballet, modern jazz, and social dance idioms His work was infused with social issues and familiar characters Robbins would work individually with each dancer as he choreographed to make sure the dances suited them.

Dance <3

Sources Jerome Robbins. 2001, jeromerobbins.org/. Arts Alive. 2019, www.artsalive.ca/en/dan/meet/bios/artistDetail.asp?artistID=59.