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  1. Jerome Robbins. Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television. Among his numerous stage productions were On the Town, Peter Pan, High Button Shoes, The King and I ...

  2. JEROME ROBBINS (born 11 October 1918 in New York City) was the younger of two children of Harry Rabinowitz, who emigrated to America from Poland in 1904, and his wife Lena Rips. Rabinowitz was at first a shopkeeper with a delicatessen on the Upper East Side of Manhattan; in the 1920’s he moved the family to Jersey City and then to Weehawken, New Jersey, where he and a brother-in-law ...

  3. Jerome Robbins (born Oct. 11, 1918, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died July 29, 1998, New York City) was one of the most popular and imaginative American choreographers of the 20th century. Robbins was first known for his skillful use of contemporary American themes in ballets and Broadway and Hollywood musicals. He won acclaim for highly innovative ...

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  4. Jerome Robbins staged the battle between the toy soldiers and the mice (Act One). Jerome Robbins (interviewed by Nancy Reynolds for her book ‘Repertory in Review,’ 1974): “I also choreographed the mice originally in ‘The Nutcracker.’ George [Balanchine] asked if I’d come in and help him with the ballet.

  5. May 6, 2008 · From the author of the acclaimed Everybody Was So Young, the definitive and major biography of the great choreographer and Broadway legend Jerome Robbins To some, Jerome Robbins was a demanding perfectionist, a driven taskmaster, a theatrical visionary; to others, he was a loyal friend, a supportive mentor, a generous and entertaining companion and colleague.

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  6. Apr 2, 2014 · Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz was born on October 11, 1918 in New York, New York, with his family moving to Weehawken, New Jersey and, decades later, legally changing their last name to Robbins. The ...

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  8. Jerome Robbins is the author of West Side Story (4.34 avg rating, 2021 ratings, 31 reviews, published 1957), Jerome Robbins, by Himself (4.18 avg rating,...

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