Episode 3: Hear the Dance: Opus 19/The Dreamer

Silas Farley sits down with Principal Dancer Taylor Stanley, Ballet Master Jean-Pierre Frohlich, NYCB Concertmaster Kurt Nikkanen, and former NYCB dancer and Pacific Northwest Ballet Artistic Director Peter Boal to discuss Jerome Robbins’ Opus 19/The Dreamer on his series Hear the Dance. In this informative episode, the five talk about the otherworldly ballet, Robbins’ choreographic process, and Prokofiev’s ambitious score. (58:11) Music: Concerto for Violin and Orchestra in D major (1931) by Igor Stravinsky Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major (1917) by Sergei Prokofiev All music performed by the New York City Ballet Orchestra Listen to a recording of Joseph Szigeti's performance of Violin Concerto No. 1 in D Major (1917) by Sergei Prokofiev Reference Books for Hear the Dance: Opus 19/The Dreamer Somewhere: The Life of Jerome Robbins by Amanda Vaill Jerome Robbins: That Broadway Man, That Ballet Man by Christine Conrad Sergei Prokofiev: A Biography by Harlow Robinson Reading Dance Edited and with an Introduction by Robert Gottlieb