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Commemorating a Broadway Legend
updated
05.08.08
Lynn
Garafola
(Photo by Erica Lansner)
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Through
June 28, an exhibition about dance great Jerome Robbins, curated
by dance professor Lynn Garafola '68, will be on
display at the New York Public Library for the Performing
Arts.
"New
York Story: Jerome Robbins and His World" celebrates
the vitality and grit of New York City that is a hallmark
of celebrated choreographer Jerome Robbins' best works, including
West Side Story and On the Town. Throughout
his career, which stretched over seven decades and ranged
from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater, Robbins
received numerous awards including Academy Awards for the
film productions of West Side Story and The King
and I, as well as Tony Awards for the musicals West
Side Story, High Button Shoes, and Fiddler on
the Roof. As a tribute to his extraordinary contributions
to the industry, the lights of Broadway were dimmed for a
moment in his honor on the day he died in 1998. The exhibit,
commemorating the tenth anniversary of his death, will display
Robbins' personal archives including letters, drawings, set
and costume designs, notes on characters and costumes, and
photographs.
The exhibit
is housed in the Donald and Mary Oenslager Gallery of The
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and
Lewis B. Cullman Center, 40 Lincoln Center Plaza.
A member
of Barnard's Dance faculty since 2000, Garafola has written
and edited many books on dance and has curated and consulted
on exhibits at the New York Historical Society, the Fine Arts
Museums of San Francisco, and the Chicago Cultural Center.
A historian and dance critic, she has received numerous awards
including the Kurt Weill Award (2001) and the Independent
Publishers Book Award (2000), and was elected a Fellow of
the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 2005. Most recently,
she received the Emily Gregory Award, which celebrates and
honors one Barnard professor annually for her excellence in
teaching and service to the Barnard College community. Garafola
was nominated for the award by Lara Friedrich, BC '08.
For more
information about Professor Garafola and the Robbins exhibit,
visit:
The
New Yorker
The
New York Times
The
Chronicle of Higher Education
The
New York Sun
The
Jewish Week
Broadwayworld.com
The
Phoenix
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