Let's dance! A century of Jerome Robbins – in pictures
Creator of more than 60 ballets, winner of two Oscars … on the centenary of Robbins’ birth, we celebrate the life and work of a towering figure in dance, cinema, television and on Broadway
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Robbins partners Mary Martin during rehearsals for the Broadway production of Peter Pan, 1956.
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Yul Brynner and Deborah Kerr in the 1956 film version of The King and I, choreographed by Robbins and directed by Walter Lang.
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The Pajama Game, co-directed by Robbins and George Abbott, with choreography by Bob Fosse, was a hit on Broadway and became a movie.
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Robbins during the filming of West Side Story. The Broadway show was conceived, choreographed and directed by him.
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Rita Moreno, centre, in a scene from the film version of West Side Story, 1961.
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Robbins rehearses with his company Ballets: USA for an appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, 1959.
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American Ballet Theatre performing Robbins’ Fancy Free, 1960.
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Robbins leads rehearsals for Les Noces, 1965.
Photograph: Jack Mitchell/Getty Images
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Robbins with Rudolf Nureyev during rehearsals for Dances at a Gathering, Covent Garden, London, 1970.
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The premiere of Robbins’ ballet Watermill, performed by New York City Ballet, 1972.
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The musical Jerome Robbins’ Broadway, a medley of the choreographer’s greatest works.
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A scene from the New York City Ballet production of The Goldberg Variations, 1971, choreographed by Robbins with music by JS Bach.
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Emma Maguire and Alexander Campbell in the Royal Ballet production of Robbins’ In the Night, Covent Garden, 2012.
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New York City Ballet performing Robbins’ Glass Pieces, 2013.
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Lauren Cuthbertson and Eric Underwood in the Royal Ballet production of Robbins’ Afternoon of a Faun, Covent Garden, 2015.
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Jerome Robbins, New York City, December 1988.
Photograph: Jack Mitchell/Getty Images
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