In the ominous summer of 1939, the entertainers at Camp Tamiment in Pennsylvania’s ... Danny Kaye [né Kaminsky] played Nan-ki Pooh. Jerome Robbins [né Rabinowitz] was in the chorus.

But by age 17, he began working with Gluck Sandor, who ran a dance group and convinced him to change his name to Jerome Robbins as well as study ballet. By age 20 he was resident choreographer at Camp ...

In her recently published book, Jerome Robbins: His Life ... He also studied piano, violin, and acting. As his days at Camp Tamiment in the Poconos indicated, his tremendous drive was obvious.

“So make the guests happy,” said the entertainment director at Camp Tamiment in the Poconos ... Bells Are Ringing and West Side Story, Jerome Robbins became a director as well as a choreographer.

The one story that everybody in the theater tells about Jerome Robbins has him angrily ... which was honed further at Camp Tamiment in the Poconos and by work with directors like George Balanchine.

Jerome Robbins Dance Division/The New York Public ... Robbins turned to dance in his 20s — he was the resident choreographer at Camp Tamiment in the Poconos — and met George Balanchine while ...

This centenary exhibition — Robbins was born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz ... in his 20s — he was the resident choreographer at Camp Tamiment in the Poconos — and met George Balanchine while ...