Jerome Robbins Fiddler On The Roof Choreography
Robbins has directed for television and film as well with his co direction and choreography of west side story winning him two academy awards.
Jerome robbins fiddler on the roof choreography. After his broadway triumph with fiddler on the roof in 1964 mr. The tony nominee talks his musical theatre debut re imagining the work of fiddler s original choreographer jerome robbins and making the tradition resonate today. Fiddler on the roof created by jerry bock music sheldon harnick lyrics joseph stein book and jerome robbins direction and choreography and based on the stories of sholom. With the possible exception of the fancy footwork in west side story the choreography that jerome robbins created for the 1964 jerry bock sheldon harnick joseph stein musical fiddler on the roof.
Jerome robbins october 11 1918 july 29 1998 was an american choreographer director dancer and theater producer who worked in classical ballet on stage film and television. His broadway shows include on the town billion dollar baby high button shoes west side story the king and i gypsy peter pan miss liberty call me madam and fiddler on the roof. Fiddler on the roof is a musical with music by jerry bock lyrics by sheldon harnick and book by joseph stein set in the pale of settlement of imperial russia in or around 1905. Among his numerous stage productions were on the town peter pan high button shoes the king and i the pajama game bells are ringing west side story gypsy and fiddler on the roof.
Jerome robbins was one of the 20th century s most popular ballet and broadway musical choreographers known for gems like west side story and fiddler on the roof. Jerome robbins is world renowned for his work as a choreographer of ballets as well as his work as a director and choreographer in theater movies and television. The original musical was successfully revived on broadway in 1980 he directed and choreographed the popular musical gypsy in 1959 and the even more successful fiddler on the roof in 1964. It is based on tevye and his daughters or tevye the dairyman and other tales by sholem aleichem the story centers on tevye the father of five daughters and his attempts to maintain his jewish religious and.
It was after fiddler on the roof that robbins turned his attention more exclusively to the ballet.