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Accent on the Offbeat

Plot: 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
Release Date: Wednesday, May 17 1995
29 years ago
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Cast

Portrait of Wynton MarsalisWynton MarsalisWynton Marsalis was 33 in Accent on the Offbeat
Birthday: Wed, Oct 18 1961
Portrait of Peter MartinsPeter MartinsPeter Martins was 48 in Accent on the Offbeat
Birthday: Sun, Oct 27 1946

Crew

Portrait of Albert MayslesAlbert MayslesAlbert Maysles was 68 in Accent on the Offbeat as 'Director'
Birthday: Fri, Nov 26 1926 –
Thu, Mar 05 2015
Portrait of Susan FroemkeSusan FroemkeSusan Froemke was 47 in Accent on the Offbeat as 'Director'
Birthday: Wed, Nov 05 1947
Portrait of Deborah DicksonDeborah DicksonDeborah Dickson was >> in Accent on the Offbeat as 'Director'
Birthday: Unknown Birthday