Accent on the Offbeat

Composer: Marsalis, Wynton

Ballet Company: New York City Ballet

Choreographer: Martins, Peter

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Corps de Ballet: New York City Ballet

Ensemble: Wynton Marsalis Ensemble

Television Director: Gelb, Peter

Television Director: Fromke, Susan

Television Director: Maysles, Albert

Television Director: Dickson, Deborah

DVD Producer: Gelb, Peter

DVD Producer: Fromke, Susan

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Date of Production: 1994

Venue: New York City Ballet

Playing Time: 00:57:11

Catalogue Number: CM9308

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In 1992, Jazz at Lincoln Center and New York City Ballet commissioned the famous jazz musician Wynton Marsalis to compose music for a new ballet by choreographer Peter Martins, Ballet Master in Chief of the NYCB. The film shows the preparation and the perfomance of the ballet.