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Article: Jerome Robbins on TV: PBS documentary reveals the choreographer's many faces.(dance matters)(Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About)(Television program review)
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- Dance Magazine
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- January 1, 2009
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He revolutionized musical theater. He made ballets of unearthly beauty, sinister darkness, or laugh-out-loud humor. His creative output was staggering, and his inner turmoil legend.
Jerome Robbins is finally being honored with an American Masters documentary. Several years in the making, "Jerome Robbins: Something to Dance About," produced and directed by Judy Kinberg, airs this month on PBS (see www.pbs.org for local listings). It's the portrait of a dancer who became one of the greatest choreographers of all time, and criss-crossed ballet, Broadway, and Hollywood. He gave us the musicals West Side Story, Gypsy, Peter Pan, The King and I, and Fiddler on the ...