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Upcoming Screenings of "NY Export: Opus Jazz" (The Film) [1]

Submitted by Auzelle Epeneter on Fri, 2010-05-21 07:28

pipe A still from "Passage of Two," shot on the High Line at the rail yards, part of the film "NY Export: Opus Jazz."
 

If you didn't get a chance to check out "NY Export: Opus Jazz" when it debuted [2] on PBS in March, you will have the chance to see a special screening on the High Line this fall. In the meantime, there will two screenings in the New York City area next week.

"NY Export: Opus Jazz" is an amazing cinematic interpretation of a ballet choreographed in 1958 by Jerome Robbins. The film, which was created, produced, and danced by members of the New York City Ballet, includes a stunning sequence on the High Line at the West Side Rail Yards. Titled "Passage for Two," the scene features dramatic shots of the dancers silouhetted against a sky that the New York Times [3] called "ravishing."

Monday, May 24 — 7:00 PM
BAM Rose Cinemas [4]
30 Lafayette Avenue (Brooklyn)
Screening follows with a Q&A with creators Ellen Bar and Sean Suozzi and other New York City Ballet dancers and cast members.

Wednesday, May 26 — 8:00 PM
Baryshnikov Arts Center (Jerome Robbins Theater) [5]
450 West 37th Street (Manhattan)
Screening follows with a Q&A with New York City Ballet dancer and creator Ellen Bar.

Categories: 
Art [6]
Rail Yards [7]

Source URL: http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2010/05/21/upcoming-screenings-of-ny-export-opus-jazz-the-film

Links:
[1] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2010/05/21/upcoming-screenings-of-ny-export-opus-jazz-the-film
[2] http://www.thehighline.org/blog/2010/03/24/ny-export-opus-jazz-the-film-to-air-on-pbs-tonight
[3] http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/arts/television/24opus.html?scp=1&sq=opus%20jazz&st=cse
[4] http://www.bam.org/view.aspx?pid=2173
[5] http://www.bacnyc.org/index.php/events/performances/JRT052610-NYExportOpusJazz
[6] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/art
[7] http://www.thehighline.org/blog-tags/rail-yards