Press – Jerome Robbins' NY Export: Opus Jazz the Film

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Press Contacts:

Deborah Broide, Deborah Broide Publicity 973.744.2030 or DeborahPub@aol.com
Jitin Hingorani, THIRTEEN’s Great Performances, 212.560.6609 or HingoraniJ@wnet.org

“ may prove classic ”

“ innovative ”

“ austere in purpose and yet lush and expansive in execution ”

“ a note-perfect adaptation ”

“ truly awe-inspiring ”

“ this film is just about the purest, sexiest thing going in ballet. ”

“ a jaw-droppingly gorgeous marriage of choreography and cinematography ”

“ the finest new American film of 2010 ”

“ New York’s urban landscape becomes a veritable stage for expressing the dynamic mettle of youthful frustration, lust, escape, and freedom ”

“ a visual feast of color and physical beauty ”

“ a one-of-a-kind art-tinged experiment ”

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“ deeply moving, especially to those who don’t think they like dance. ”

“ has the feel of pure cinema ”

“ an American masterpiece ”

“ you owe it to yourself to immerse yourself in this mesmerizing film ”

“ anything but ordinary... a gorgeous and sensual look at the electricity of youth ”

“ shouldn't be missed ”

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“ takes aesthetic cues from the cinéma vérité style so beloved by independent filmmakers ”

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“ The Robbins dance, inspired by the physical life of the city, is returned to its origins in a marvelously organic-feeling feat of symbiosis. ”

“ The whole thing is mesmerizing. ”

“ All the stagy, perfected boredom one might feel towards ballet is cast aside and rendered fresh in “NY Export: Opus Jazz.” The film is just awesome to watch and simply made me happy to have seen it. I can’t recommend it highly enough. ”

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“ I am not really a fan of ballet... but NY Export: Opus Jazz held me under a hypnotic spell for its entire duration... This might just be the perfect stepping stone to get the youth of today interested in ballet. ”

“ The result, expansively captured in anamorphic 35mm, grounds Robbins' ballet solidly in the urban landscape... ”

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“ Like the best scenes in West Side Story, what they’re doing projects joy and foreboding simultaneously. ”

“ West Side Story meets Elephant ”

“ By taking a Jerome Robbins ballet off the stage, into the streets of New York, and onto film, two young artists are lending a new relevance to a historic work. ”

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“ the dancing is competitive and brisk, embodying the intoxicating spirit of being young and free. ”

“ smart, fiercely cool ”