Accent on the offbeat
Description
In 1992, Jazz at Lincoln Center and New York City Ballet commissioned the famous jazz musician Wynton Marsalis to compose music for a new ballet by choreographer Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief of the NYCB. The film shows the preparation and the perfomance of the ballet.
Runtime
58 min
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Genre
Date of Publication
2012
Database
Alexander Street
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