Accent on the Offbeat

1995

Documentary

Deborah Dickson,Albert Maysles,Susan Froemke
57m
May 17, 1995

Overview

Accent on the Offbeat is a cinema vérité film about the creation and premiere of the ballet Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements), composed by trumpet virtuoso Wynton Marsalis and choreographed by Ballet Master in Chief Peter Martins of the New York City Ballet. A focus of the film is the remarkable contrast - in background, temperament, style and creative approach - between Martins and Marsalis as they unite the disparate worlds of ballet and jazz.

Details

Status: Released
Release date: May 17, 1995
Original language: English
Production: Sony Pictures Releasing
Cast: Peter Martins,Wynton Marsalis
Director: Deborah Dickson,Albert Maysles,Susan Froemke
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
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