I'm Old Fashioned (ballet)

I'm Old Fashioned (ballet)

"I'm Old Fashioned (The Astaire Variations)" is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Morton Gould's adaptation of a theme by Jerome Kern, “I'm Old Fashioned,” to a Fred Astaire and Rita Hayworth sequence from the film "You Were Never Lovelier". The premiere took place on June 16, 1983, at New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. It was titled "Variations on "I'm Old Fashioned" at its first performance, but the name was truncated to its current form the following week. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A05E5DF123BF93BA25755C0A965948260 NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, June 18, 1983] ] [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DEED6133BF93BA15755C0A965948260 NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, June 28, 1983] ]

Casts

original

*Judith Fugate
*Kyra Nichols
*Heather Watts
*Joseph Duell
*Sean Lavery
*Bart Cook

Spring 2007

*Rebecca Krohn
*Maria Kowroski
*Jenifer Ringer
*Tyler Angle
*Philip Neal
*Stephen Hanna

Spring 2008 Jeromes Robbins celebration

*Rebecca Krohn
*Sara Mearns
*Ashley Bouder
*Adrian Danchig-Waring
*Philip Neal
*Tyler Angle

Notes

References

* "Repertory Week", New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 5

* "Playbill", New York City Ballet, Friday, May 30, 2008

External links

* [http://jeromerobbins.org/ The Jerome Robbins Foundation and Trust website]

* [http://www.nycballet.com NYCB website]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10710F9355C0C7A8EDDAC0894DB484D81 Sunday NY Times article by Jack Anderson, May 29, 1983]

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/28/arts/dance/28esse.html NY Times article by Roslyn Sulcas, May 28, 2007]


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