Episode 42.1: Hear the Dance: Glass Pieces (Part 1)
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Just like the Company itself, City Ballet The Podcast is back, with a brand new Hear the Dance episode on Jerome Robbins\\u2019 Glass Pieces. Returning host Silas Farley is joined by former Principal Dancers and original cast members Helene Alexopoulos, Maria Calegari, and Bart Cook, and current Corps de Ballet Member Gretchen Smith, for a conversation about this galvanizing masterwork. The originating dancers provide rare behind-the-scenes insights into Robbins\\u2019 process, from his use of \\u201cguinea pigs\\u201d to the multiple iterations that reflected the choreographer\\u2019s shifting mood and sense of the work in progress, and commiserate with Smith about the challenges the various corps roles in Glass Pieces present. (44:37)
Written by Silas Farley
Edited by Emilie Silvestri
Reading List:
Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins by Amanda Vaill
Words Without Music by Philip Glass
Jerome Robbins: By Himself by Amanda Vaill
Music:
Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major (1931) by Igor Stravinsky
Rubric and Fa\\xe7ades from Glassworks, excerpts from the opera Akhnaten by Philip Glass
All music performed by the New York City Ballet Orchestra.