Celebrate Jerome Robbins' Would-Be 100th Birthday With 10 Rarely-Seen Photos
2018 has seen an endless parade of celebrations in anticipation of Jerome Robbins‘ centennial—and now the day has finally arrived. In honor of what would have been his 100th birthday, we dove into our photo archives and selected a few favorite shots of the choreographer whose career defined (and redefined) American dance.
A young Robbins, 1944
Photo courtesy DM Archives
Robbins with Nancy Walker, the lead in his 1948 Broadway musical Look, Ma, I’m Dancin’!
Photo by Eileen Darby, Courtesy DM Archives
Robbins in Balanchine’s Tyl Ulenspiegel, 1951
Photo by Walter E. Owen, Courtesy DM Archives
A rehearsal for The Concert (or, The Perils of Everybody), 1960
Photo by CBS Television Network, Courtesy DM Archives
Robbins (center) rehearsing West Side Story
Photo by Friedman-Abeles, Courtesy DM Archives
Robbins giving notes to Maria Karnilova and Zero Mostel, of the 1964 Broadway cast of Fiddler on the Roof
Photo by Eileen Darby-Graphic House, Courtesy DM Archives
Robbins (left) with Balanchine (bottom left) and the choreographers for NYCB’s 1972 Stravinsky Festival
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Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Paolo Bortoluzzi, Malika Sabirova, Violette Verdy, Muzafar Bourkhanov, Robbins, Antoinette Sibley, Antony Dowell, Patricia McBride, Helgi Tomasson and Carla Fracci at the Spoleto Festival, 1973
Photo by Lionello Fabbri, Courtesy DM Archives
Robbins and Antoinette Sibley rehearse his Afternoon of a Faun
Photo by Michael Childers, Courtesy DM Archives
Carmen de Lavallade and Robbins chat with Yves St. Laurent
Photo by Whitestone Photo, Courtesy DM Archives
