Episode 3: Hear the Dance: Opus 19/The Dreamer
Silas Farley sits down with Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley, Ballet Master Jean-Pierre Frohlich, NYCB Concertmaster Kurt Nikkanen, and former NYCB dancer and Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal to discuss Jerome Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer on his series Hear the Dance. In this informative episode, the five talk about the otherworldly ballet, Robbins’ choreographic process, and Prokofiev’s ambitious score. (58:11)
Music:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major (1931) by Igor Stravinsky
Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major (1917) by Sergei Prokofiev
All music performed by the New York City Ballet Orchestra
Listen to a recording of Joseph Szigeti's performance of Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major (1917) by Sergei Prokofiev
Reference Books for Hear the Dance: Opus 19/The Dreamer
Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins by Amanda Vaill
Jerome Robbins: That Broadway Man, That Ballet Man by Christine Conrad
Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography by Harlow Robinson
Reading Dance Edited and with an Introduction by Robert Gottlieb