Hear the Dance host Silas Farley is joined by Associate Artistic Director Wendy Whelan and former Soloists Repertory Director Jean-Pierre Frohlich and Repetiteur Diana White for a conversation about Jerome Robbins' The Cage. From its "empowering" choreography to the manners in which the relationship between the Mother and the Novice mimic that of senior and newer members of the company, they describe the unique qualities of this ballet beloved by dancers and audiences alike. (59:01
Written by Silas Farley
Edited by Emilie Silvestri
Music:
Concerto in D for String Orchestra, "Basler" (1946) by Igor Stravinsky
Performed by New York City Ballet Orchestra
Reading List:
1. Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins by Amanda Vaill
2. Jerome Robbins, by Himself: Selections from His Letters, Journals, Drawings, Photographs, and an Unfinished
Memoir by Jerome Robbins, Edited by Amanda Vaill
3. Jerome Robbins: A Life in Dance by Wendy Lesser
4. Stravinsky: A Creative Spring: Russia and France, 1882-1934 by Stephen Walsh
5. Stravinsky: The Second Exile, France and America, 1934-1971 by Stephen Walsh
6. The Stravinsky Festival of the New York City Ballet by Nancy Goldner
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