Accent on the Offbeat

Accent on the Offbeat

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.

  • No: 9308
  • Genre: Ballet
  • Composer: Wynton Marsalis
  • Orchestra: Wynton Marsalis Ensemble
  • Artists: Wynton Marsalis, Peter Martins
  • Director: Albert Maysles, Deborah Dickson, Peter Gelb, Susan Froemke
  • Production year: 1994
  • Run time: 01:30:00
  • Short version: 01:00:00
  • Producers: Sony
  • Format: 4:3