Accent on the Offbeat

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
• May 17, 1995
• Runtime
• 57 min
• Genres
• Documentary
• Director
• Albert Maysles

Accent on the Offbeat — Cast

Wynton Marsalis Self Peter Martins Self