Jerome Robbins is known as a world-renowned choreographer of ballets created for the New York City Ballet, Ballets U.S.A., American Ballet Theatre, and other international companies.
In addition he also received recognition for his work don’t in commercial theater.
He was a director of musicals, plays, and movies and television programs.
This dual interest produced a staggering number of ballets and staging of musical plays, notable for their diversity, brilliance, lyric beauty, and humor.
His work is characterized by the intensity and compactness of its expression and its wide variety of mood.
The creative energy of his choreography epitomized the American scene, by doing so his work contributed …show more content…
In 1990 he resigned from the position of Ballet Master in Chief to pursue other choreography projects.
In all Jerome Robbins had created 54 pieces consisting of both ballets and commercial theatre shows.
Notable Works: Dances at a Gathering (1969); The Goldberg Variations (1971); Watermill (1972); Requiem Canticles (1972); The Dybbuk Variations (1974); In G Major (1975); Mother Goose (1975); The Four Seasons (1979); Opus 19: The Dreamer (1979); Piano Pieces (1981); Gershwin Concerto (1982); Glass Pieces (1983); I'm Old Fashioned (1983); Antique Epigraphs (1984); Brahms/Handel (with Twyla Tharp, 1984); In Memory Of... (1985); Quiet City (1986); Piccolo Balletto (1986); Ives, Songs (1988); 2 & 3 Part Inventions (1994), and West Side Story Suite (1995).
Political: In 1981 the U.S. Communications Agency sponsored The Jerome Robbins Chamber Dance Company in completing an acclaimed tour of the People's Republic of China.
During his career Mr. Robbins served on the National Council on the Arts from 1974 to 1980, and the New York State Council on the Arts/Dance Panel from 1973 to