Editing Jerome Robbins (section)

{{Short description|American choreographer & director (1918–1998)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name          = Jerome Robbins
| image         = Jerome Robbins ca. 1968 cropped.jpg
| caption       = Robbins in 1968
| birth_name    = Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1918|10|11}}
| birth_place   = New York City, U.S.
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|1998|07|29|1918|10|11}}
| death_place   = New York City, U.S.
| occupation    = {{Hlist|Dancer|choreographer|film director|theatre director|theatre producer}}
| years_active  = 1937–1998
| awards        = [[#Awards|Full list]]
}}

'''Jerome Robbins''' (born '''Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz'''; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television.

Among his numerous stage productions were ''[[On the Town (musical)|On the Town]]'', ''[[Peter Pan (1954 musical)|Peter Pan]]'', ''[[High Button Shoes]]'', ''[[The King and I]]'', ''[[The Pajama Game]]'',  ''[[Bells Are Ringing (musical)|Bells Are Ringing]]'', ''[[West Side Story]]'', ''[[Gypsy (musical)|Gypsy]]'', and ''[[Fiddler on the Roof]]''. Robbins was a five-time [[Tony Award]]-winner and a recipient of the [[Kennedy Center Honors]]. He received two [[Academy Awards]], including the 1961 [[Academy Award for Best Director]] with [[Robert Wise]] for ''[[West Side Story (1961 film)|West Side Story]]'' and a special [[Academy Honorary Award]] for his choreographic achievements on film.

A documentary about Robbins's life and work, ''Something to Dance About'', featuring excerpts from his journals, archival performance and rehearsal footage, and interviews with Robbins and his colleagues, premiered on PBS in 2009 and won both an Emmy and a [[Peabody Award]] the same year.<ref name=fick>{{cite web| last=Fick| first=David| url=http://musicalcyberspace.wordpress.com/2008/11/12/something-to-dance-about-new-jerome-robbins-documentary/| title=Something to dance about: new Jerome Robbins documentary| publisher=Musical Cyberspace| date=November 12, 2008| access-date=February 25, 2014}}</ref><ref>[http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/american-masters-jerome-robbins-something-to-dance-about 69th Annual Peabody Awards], May 2010.</ref>