A repertory movement needs a repertory, of course; hence, institutions like Lincoln Center and the Smithsonian Institution culled from the past a canon of creators and interpreters -- Louis Armstrong, Duke Ellington, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Miles Davis -- that became increasingly iconographic.
We need a repertory company that offers fully staged productions of the glories of the American musical stage.
He played point guard, shooting guard, small forward and anything else that was needed, with a repertory that included effortless no-look passes and spectacular dunks.
And she is an international figure, partly because she and Ivan Vasiliev, another star and her longtime partner, both on and off the stage — he, too, is a guest this season at A.B.T. — recently walked out of the Bolshoi, saying that they needed a larger repertory.
These players, whose native musical tongue is tonal beauty, do not always find their way to the grit and angularity needed for much Russian repertory, especially that of the 20th century.
"When I came to San Francisco Ballet, we needed to expand the repertory.
A pitcher needs a solid repertory and needs to execute.
I suppose I will need a separate repertory for children.
Whether the Ailey repertory needs more variety from current choreographers is a matter to consider.
Perelman's reconsideration of the film depended on the kind of extreme measures that were needed in an age before repertory cinemas and home video: Not long ago, the Museum of Modern Art graciously permitted me to run its copy of "Foolish Wives," on condition that if I became overstimulated or mushy, I would not pick the veneer off the chairs or kiss the projectionist.
