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Jerome Robbins: his life, his theater, his dance.

Publication: Dance Magazine
Publication Date: 01-NOV-04 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: Jerome Robbins: his life, his theater, his dance.(Dance Magazine Recommends)(Book Review)

Article Excerpt
Jerome Robbins: His life, His Theater, His Dance By Deborah Jowitt. New York: Simon and Schuster. 2004 619 pages. Illustrated. $40.

Contradictions, contradictions. Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz became Jerome Robbins because he was ashamed of his Jewish name. But his directing and choreography for the Broadway musical Fiddler on the Roof celebrated life in a Polish-Jewish village.

Robbins was more homosexual than heterosexual. But he wanted to marry, or thought he did.

During the "Red Scare" in 1953, he was summoned to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He named possible Communists he wasn't even asked about.

In rehearsal, he demolished dancers' egos and slashed newly made costumes. Yet there was a nucleus of dancers and creative collaborators who wanted to work with...



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