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Interplay

Music
Morton Gould
Choreography
Jerome Robbins

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Interplay’s young dancers take part in lighthearted competition as they revel in the exuberant yet cool melodies of the ballet’s jazz-infused score.

Interplay was the second ballet that Jerome Robbins choreographed, after his huge success with Fancy Free. It debuted in 1945 for Billy Rose's Concert Varieties at the Ziegfeld Theater and entered the New York City Ballet repertory in 1952. Using the interplay of classical and vernacular choreography, Robbins experimented with choreographic patterns and the interactions of dancers in various formations. Originally titled American Concertette, Morton Gould's score, full of humor and jazzy orchestration, revels in the swingtime rhythms of the 1940s. At the center of Interplay is a bluesy pas de deux that stands in bold relief to the joyfully competitive spirit of the ballet.

17 minutes

Anatomy of a Dance

Spartak Hoxha on Jerome Robbins INTERPLAY

Spartak Hoxha talks about the most difficult aspects of performing the comedic solo from Jerome Robbins’ playful ballet, Interplay. “You can’t force being funny,” he says. “It has to just kind of happen naturally.”

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Victor Abreu and Alston MacGill in the bluesy pas de deux that anchors the upbeat and playful atmosphere of Jerome Robbins' Interplay.

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