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Jenifer Ringer[edit]
Featured Roles Since Joining NYCB
George Balanchine Apollo Allegro Brillante Ballade Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Coppélia (Swanilda) Cortège Hongrois Divertimento No. 15 "Emeralds" from Jewels George Balanchine's The Nutcracker™ (Sugarplum Fairy) Kammermusik No. 2 Liebeslieder Walzer A Midsummer Night's Dream (Divertissement, Helena) Raymonda Variations Robert Schumann's "Davidsbündlertänze" Scotch Symphony La Sonnambula La Source Swan Lake Symphony in C (First Movement, Fourth Movements) Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 (Theme and Variations) Union Jack Vienna Waltzes Western Symphony (Allegro) Who Cares?
Robert La Fosse and Robert Garland Tributary
Sean Lavery Romeo and Juliet
Peter Martins Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements) Jeu de Cartes Mozart Serenade Naïve and Sentimental Music Stabat Mater The Sleeping Beauty (Aurora, Carabosse, Princess Florine) Swan Lake (Odette/Odile) Them Twos The Waltz Project
Jerome Robbins 2 & 3 Part Inventions Antique Epigraphs The Concert Dances at a Gathering Dybbuk Fancy Free The Four Seasons (Spring) Gershwin Concerto The Goldberg Variations I'm Old Fashioned Interplay In the Night Opus 19/The Dreamer Piano Pieces West Side Story Suite
Christopher Wheeldon Carnival of the Animals Evenfall Mercurial Manoeuvres
Originated featured roles in David Allan: Reunions, Pastoral Dances Melissa Barak: Call Me Ben Eliot Feld: Intermezzo No. 1 (NYCB Premiere) Robert La Fosse: I Have My Own Room Miriam Mahdaviani: Correlazione, Appalachia Waltz Peter Martins: Mozart Piano Concerto, Morgen, Thou Swell Kevin O'Day: Huoah Alexei Ratmansky: Namouna, A Grand Divertissement, Russian Seasons Twyla Tharp: The Beethoven Seventh Helgi Tomasson: Prism Christopher Wheeldon: An American in Paris Damian Woetzel: Ebony Concerto
Jenifer Ringer was born in New Bern, North Carolina, and was raised in Summerville, South Carolina, where she began her dance training at age 10 with local teachers. At age 12 she entered the Washington School of Ballet, where she studied for two years. After attending a summer session at the School of American Ballet (SAB), the official school of New York City Ballet, Ms. Ringer was invited to enter the winter session at the School on a full scholarship. She became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in October 1989 and a member of the corps de ballet in January 1990. She was promoted to soloist in January 1995 and to principal dancer in spring 2000.
Other Performances
In May 2002, Ms. Ringer appeared in the Live from Lincoln Center broadcast of "New York City Ballet's Diamond Project: Ten Years of New Choreography," dancing in Mercurial Manoeuvres, and in May of 2004 she appeared in the Live from Lincoln Center broadcast of "Lincoln Center Celebrates Balanchine 100," dancing in Liebeslieder Walzer.
Honors
Ms. Ringer received her B.A. in English from Fordham University in December 1997.
Additional Information
In July 2000, she married former NYCB Principal Dancer James Fayette.
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org/wiki/User:Robertgreer is NOTORIOUS for using Wikipedia as a source to keep lists of useless trivia about NYCB and ABT that are not ... 2 KB (284 words) - 22:51, May 5, 2010
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Robertgreer, perhaps we should consider removing the separate pages you recently created for those productions, and placing the ... 39 KB (5,938 words) - 15:12, November 4, 2010
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Jean Rosenthal[edit]
Category:Ballets designed by Jean Rosenthal and List of ballets designed by Jean Rosenthal and redirect Ballets designed by Jean Rosenthal
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting Director: Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: February 10, 1951, Carnegie Hall, New York. Danced by members of the New York City Ballet and students of the ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: December 30, 1952, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. (From 1951, danced in practice clothes, without scenery.) Premiere: October 11, 1948, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Production: Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: September 14, 1954, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Production: Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: January 13, 1947, Ballet Society, Hunter College Playhouse, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Production: Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. (1952, costumes by Karinska; 1964, lighting by Ronald Bates.) Premiere: October 26, 1948, New York City Ballet, ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Production: Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: March 22, 1948, Ballet Society , City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
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- George Balanchine Catalogue Production: Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: February 23, 1950, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal; David Hays (1964-70); Ronald Bates (from 1971). Premiere: March 1, 1956, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: November 20, 1946, Ballet Society, Central High School of Needle Trades, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: April 28, 1948, Ballet Society, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Igor Stravinsky. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue New York City Ballet: 1948, costumes uncredited, lighting by Jean Rosenthal; 1952, costumes by Karinska; 1964, lighting by Ronald Bates. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: November 9, 1955, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
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- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting and production by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: February 2, 1954, New York City Ballet with students from the School of American Ballet, City Center of ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: February 21, 1952, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: November 28, 1950, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: February 19, 1952, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: November 20, 1951, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: November 11, 1952, New York City Ballet; City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: January 13, 1947, Ballet Society, Hunter College Playhouse, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: October 28, 1942, New Opera Company, Forty -fourth Street Theatre, New York. Conductor: Erich Wolfgang Korngold. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: May 31, 1956, Mozart Festival, American Shakespeare Theatre, Stratford, Connecticut. Danced by members of the New York ...
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- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: November 22, 1955, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. Cast: 1. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Preview Premiere: November 25, 1954, Erlanger Theatre, Philadelphia. New York premiere: December 30, 1954, Alvin Theatre. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: August 1, 1955, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut. Danced by members of the Festival company. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: November 14, 1951, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin. ...
- George Balanchine Catalogue Lighting by Jean Rosenthal. Premiere: July 20, 1958, American Shakespeare Festival, Stratford, Connecticut. Danced by members of the Festival company. ...
Jerome Robbins[edit]
2 & 3 Part Inventions Composer Johann Sebastian Bach Music Inventions & Sinfonias (in performance order) Inventio 1, BWV 772 Inventio 4, BWV 775 Sinfonia 4, BWV 790 Sinfonia 6, BWV 792 Inventio 12, BWV 783 Inventio 6, BWV 777 Sinfonia 11, BWV 797 Inventio 8, BWV 779 Inventio 15, BWV 786 Sinfonia 15, BWV 801 Sinfonia 9, BWV 795 Inventio 1, BWV 772
Dancers Kristina Fernandez, Benjamin Millepied, Eliane Munier, Amaury Lebrun, Riolama Lorenzo, Alex Ketley, Jennifer Chipman, Seth Belliston Scenery Jean Rosenthal Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 4, 1994, Juilliard Theater, The School of American Ballet
Casting Requirements 8 dancers: 4 women, 4 men Requirements pianist Running Time 27′ Notes J. S. Bach wrote these piano studies, Inventions & Sinfonias, between 1720 and 1723 to help instruct his son in the playing and handling of 2- and 3-part pieces. There are as many interpretations as there are pianists, as one can conclude by those recorded. Glenn Gould has even rearranged the order, mixing the 2 and 3 parts alternately. Mr. Robbins selected a dozen of all the pieces for this ballet.
3 X 3 Composer Georges Auric Music Trio in G Major for Oboe, Clarinet and Bassoon Dancers Joan Van Orden, Tom Abbott, Erin Martin, Gene Gavin, Beryl Towbin, James Moore Costumes Irene Sharaff 1 Genre BALLET Premiere September 4, 1958, Alvin Theatre, Ballets: U.S.A.
A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum Book Burt Shevelove & Larry Gelbart Composer Stephen Sondheim Lyrics Stephen Sondheim Director George Abbott Choreographer Jack Cole Leads Zero Mostel (Pseudolus)
David Burns (Senex) John Carradine (Lycus) Brian Davies (Hero) Jack Gilford (Hysterium) Ron Holgate (Miles Gloriosus) Ruth Kobart (Domina) Preshy Marker (Philia) Raymond Walburn (Erronius)
Scenery Tony Walton Costumes Tony Walton 1 Genre SHOWS DOCTORED Premiere May 8, 1962, Alvin Theatre; New York City
A Sketch Book: Works in Progress Composer George Frederic Handel; Heinrich von Biber; Gioacchino Rossini; Georg Philipp Telemann; Giuseppe Verdi Music 1. Fencing Dances and Exercises: Music by Handel & Biber; Choreography by Jerome Robbins
2. Pas De Deux: Music by Gioacchino Rossini; Choreography by Peter Martins
3. Solo: Music by Georg Philipp Telemann; Choreography by Jerome Robbins
4. Verdi Variations: Music by Giuseppe Verdi; Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Choreographer Peter Martins, Jerome Robbins Dancers 1. Fencing Dances & Exercises:
Joseph Duell, Daniel Duell, Laurence Matthews, Peter Naumann, Peter Frame, Jean-Pierre Frohlich, Bryan Pitts, Kipling Houston, Bruce Padgett, Timothy Fox, Paul Boos, Francis Sackett, Paul Sackett, Hermes Conde, Gerard Ebitz, Ulrik Trojaborg
2. Pas De Deux: Heather Watts, Sean Lavery
3. Solo: Daniel Duell
4. Verdi Variations: Kyra Nichols, Peter Martins, Timothy Fox, John Bass, Paul Boos, Douglas Hay
Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 8, 1978, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Notes The ballet, a series of sketches, ideas and preliminary plans for future works, is in reality pages from the choreographers′ note books. Some of the dances were begun in other seasons, some this season. All are parts of works-in-progress.
A Suite of Dances Composer Johann Sebastian Bach Music selected movements from The Suites for Solo Cello.
Prelude & Gigue (from Suite I in G Major, BWV 1007) Sarabande (from Suite V in C Minor, BWV 1011) Prelude (from Suite VI in D Major, BWV 1012)
Dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov Cast Cellist: Wendy Sutter Costumes Santo Loquasto Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere March 3, 1994, New York State Theater, White Oak Dance Project
Casting Requirements 1 Dancer: man Requirements cellist (female) on stage Running Time 16′
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn Book Betty Smith & George Abbott Composer Arthur Schwartz Lyrics Dorothy Fields Director George Abbott Choreographer Herbert Ross Leads Shirley Booth (Cissy)
Johnny Johnston (Johnny Nolan) Marsha Van Dyke (Katie) Dody Heath (Hildy)
Scenery Jo Mielziner Costumes Irene Sharaff 1 Genre SHOWS DOCTORED Premiere April 19, 1951, Alvin Theatre; New York City
Afternoon of a Faun Composer Claude Debussy Music Prelude a l′Après-midi d′un Faune (1892-94) Dancers Tanaquil LeClercq, Francisco Moncion Scenery Jean Rosenthal Costumes Irene Sharaff Lighting Jean Rosenthal 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 14, 1953, City Center of Music and Drama, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 2 Dancers: 1 principal man, 1 principal woman Requirements orchestra Running Time 10′ Notes Debussy′s music, Prelude a l′Après-midi d′un Faune, was composed between 1892 and 1894. It was inspired by a poem of Mallarme′s which was begun in 1876. The poem describes the reveries of a faun around a real or imagined encounter with nymphs. In 1912 Nijinsky presented his famous ballet, drawing his ideas from many sources, including Greek sculpture and painting. This pas de deux, choreographed by Jerome Robbins, is a variation on these themes. It was first performed in 1953 by the New York City Ballet Company and is dedicated to Tanaquil Le Clercq for whom the ballet was choreographed.
Afterthoughts Composer Igor Stravinsky Music Valse from Trois Pieces Faciles pour Piano a Quatre Mains 1 Genre BALLET Premiere January 1, 2007
Age of Anxiety Composer Leonard Bernstein Music Symphony No. 2 for Piano and Orchestra, "Age of Anxiety" Dancers Tanaquil LeClercq, Todd Bolender, Francisco Moncion, Jerome Robbins Scenery Oliver Smith Costumes Irene Sharaff Lighting Jean Rosenthal 1 Genre BALLET Premiere February 26, 1950, City Center of Music and Drama, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 44 Dancers: 1 principal woman, 3 principal men; 4 solo women; 5 women, 5 men; 16 women; 5 women, 5 men Requirements piano and orchestra
Allegro con Grazia Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Music 6th Symphony, second movement Dancers Patricia McBride, Helgi Tomasson Costumes Ben Benson 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 14, 1981, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 12 Dancers: 1 principal woman, 1 principal man; 10 women Running Time 8′
American Theatre Laboratory 0 Genre WORKSHOPS
Notes In 1966, disenchanted with the pressures of commercial theatre and influenced by the ideas of visionary directors like Peter Brook and Jerzy Grotowski, Jerome Robbins founded the American Theatre Lab to explore what his grant proposal called “total theatre”: a “poetic,” non-realistic meld of acting, dance, singing, performed by a group of actors and dancers in a closed workshop setting. For three years, with the help of seed money from the fledgling National Endowment for the Arts and assisted by Anna Sokolow, Leonard Bernstein, John Guare, and the young Robert Wilson, among others, Robbins worked with this group on a variety of exercises and projects, including a theater piece based on the Warren Commission’s report on the Kennedy assassination, which was presented alternately as a dramatized documentary and as a Noh play, complete with masks. But none of these efforts was given a public airing; and although the idea of a permanent rehearsal had seemed a good idea to Robbins at the beginning, three years without any closure left him “exhausted” and convinced (as he told the critic Clive Barnes) that “I just couldn’t go on that way.” ATL ceased functioning in 1968; but some of the ideas Robbins worked on there can be clearly seen (as he was the first to admit) in his 1972 ballet Watermill.
An Evening′s Waltzes Composer Sergei Prokofiev Music Suite of Waltzes, Op. 110 (1946) Dancers Patricia McBride, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux, Christine Redpath, John Clifford, Sara Leland, Bart Cook Scenery Rouben Ter-Arutunian Costumes Rouben Ter-Arutunian Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 24, 1973, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 23 Dancers:
Part I: 2 demi women (later used in corps); 6 corps women, 6 corps men; Part II: 1 principal woman, 1 principal man; 4 corps women, 4 corps men; Part III: 1 principal woman, 1 principal man; Part IV: 1 principal woman, 1 principal man; 4 corps women, 4 corps men; Part V: Entire Cast--3 sets of principals with 17 corps members--9 women, 8 men
Requirements orchestra Running Time 25′ Notes Prokofiev assembled many of the waltzes he had written for various theatrical works and formed them into the symphonic Suite of Waltzes, Opus 110. The waltzes, composed mostly for the great ballroom scenes are from the ballet "Cinderella", the opera "War and Peace" and the film "Lermontov".
Andantino Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Music Piano Concerto No. 1 in E Flat major, op. 75, second movement Dancers Darci Kistler, Ib Andersen Costumes Ben Benson Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 4, 1981, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 2 Dancers; 1 principal woman, 1 principal man Requirements piano, orchestra Running Time 10′
Antique Epigraphs Composer Claude Debussy Music Six Epigraphes Antiques (1897), orchestrated by Ernest Ansermet (1932); Syrinx, for solo flute Dancers Kyra Nichols, Stephanie Saland, Maria Calegari, Simone Schumacher, Helene Alexopoulos, Jerri Kumery, Victoria Hall, Florence Fitzgerald Costumes Florence Klotz Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere February 2, 1984, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 8 Dancers: 4 principal women, 4 corps women Requirements orchestra Running Time 20′ Notes In 1897 Debussy set to music some newly discovered ancient Greek Sapphic poems called Songs of Bilitis. The poems were published as translations by Pierre Louys, who subsequently admitted writing them himself. Debussy returned to the music material years later and reshaped some of them into piano pieces for four hands called Six Epigraphes Antiques. He wanted to orchestrate them and it was done by Ernest Ansermet in 1932. Syrinx for solo flute completes the score for the ballet. Like the Epigraphes and Afternoon of a Faun, Syrinx was inspired by French poetry about life and myths of Greek antiquity.
Ballade Composer Claude Debussy Music Six Epigraphes Antiques, piano for four hands, orchestrated by Ernst Ansermet; Syrinx Dancers Nora Kaye, Tanaquil LeClercq, Janet Reed, Robert Barnett, Brooks Jackson, Louis Johnson, John Mandia Scenery Boris Aronson Costumes Boris Aronson Lighting Jean Rosenthal 1 Genre BALLET Premiere February 14, 1952, City Center of Music and Drama, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 7 Dancers: 3 principal women, 4 principal men Requirements solo flute Running Time 13′
Baryshnikov at the White House Composer Jerome Robbins Dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov, Patricia McBride 1 Genre TELEVISION Premiere January 1, 2007
Notes 1979; Pas de deux from Other Dances with Baryshnikov and Patricia McBride. Solo from Dances at a Gathering with McBride. Premiere of new Chopin dance with Baryshnikov and McBride.
Bells Are Ringing Book Betty Comden & Adolph Green Composer Jule Styne Lyrics Betty Comden & Adolph Green Director Jerome Robbins Choreographer Bob Fosse & Jerome Robbins Leads Judy Holliday (Ella Peterson)
Sydney Chaplin (Jeff Moss) Jean Stapleton (Sue) Peter Gennaro (Carl) George S. Irving (Larry Hastings)
Dancers Norma Doggett; Phyllis Dorne; Patti Karr; Barbara Newman; Nancy Perkins; Marsha Rivers; Beryle Towbin; Anne Wallace; Doris Avila; Frank Derbas; Don Emmons; Eddie Heim; Kasimir Kokic; Tom O'Steen; Willy Sumner; Ben Vargas; Billy Wilson Scenery Raoul Pene du Bois Costumes Raoul Pene du Bois 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere November 29, 1956, Shubert Theatre; New York City
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Billion Dollar Baby Book Betty Comden & Adolph Green Composer Morton Gould Lyrics Betty Comden & Adolph Green Director George Abbott Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Mitzi Green (Georgia Motley)
Joan McCracken (Maribelle Jones) Danny Daniels (Champ Watson) William Talbert (Rocky Barton) Robert Chisolm (Montague) David Burns (Dapper Welch) Don de Leo (Jerry Bonanza) Emily Ross (Ma Jones) Shirley Van (Esme) James Mitchell (Rocky)
Dancers Jacqueline Dodge; Helen Gallagher; Virginia Gorski; Maria Harriton; Ann Hutchinson; Cecille Mann: Joan Mann; Virginia Poe; Lorraine Todd; Lucas Aco; Allan Waine; Douglas Deane; Fred Hearne; Joe Landis; James Mitchell; Arthur Partington; Bill Summer Scenery Oliver Smith 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere December 21, 1945, Alvin Theatre, New York City
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Brahms/Handel Composer Johannes Brahms Music Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel, op. 24; orchestrated by Edmond Rubbra Choreographer Jerome Robbins & Twyla Tharp Dancers Merrill Ashley, Ib Andersen, Maria Calegari, Bart Cook Costumes Oscar de la Renta Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 7, 1984, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 28 Dancers: Blue Principals: 1 woman, 1 man; Green Principals: 1 woman, 1 man; Blue Demis: 2 women, 2 men; Green Demis: 3 women, 3 men; Blue Corps: 4 women, 4 men; Green Corps: 3 women, 3 men Requirements orchestra Running Time 29′ www.twylatharp.org
Brandenburg Composer Johann Sebastian Bach Music Brandenburg Concerto No. 3 (BWV 1048) Allegro, Adagio (Largo from BWV 1021 Sonata for Violin & Basso cont. in G Major), Allegro;
Brandenburg No. 2 in F (BWV 1047) 2nd Mvt. Andante; Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F (BWV 10460 4th Mvt. Menuetto-Trio-Polacca; Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in Bb (BWV 1051) 3rd Mvt. Allegro
Dancers Wendy Whelan, Peter Boal, Lourdes Lopez, Nikolaj Hubbe Costumes Holly Hynes Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere January 22, 1997, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 20 Dancers: 2 principal couples, 8 corps men, 8 corps women Requirements piano Notes The Brandenburg Concertos, 6 in number, were written by Bach during the years 1718 and 1720. They are named for and dedicated to Margrave Christian Ludwig of Brandenburg and are very popular among Bach′s pieces. Mr. Robbins selected sections from the pieces to make a suite of dances.
Call Me Madam Book Howard Lindsay & Russell Crouse Composer Irving Berlin Lyrics Irving Berlin Director George Abbott Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Ethel Merman (Mrs. Sally Adams)
Paul Lukas (Cosmo Constantine) Alan Hewitt (Pemberton Maxwell) Russell Nype (Kenneth Gibson) Owen Coll (Supreme Court Justice/Grand Duke Otto) Ralph Chambers (Senator Gallagher) E.A. Krumschmidt (Hugo Tantinnin) Henry Lascoe (Sebastian Sebastian) Galina Talva (Princess Maria)
Dancers Tommy Rall; Muriel Bentley; Arthur Partington; Norma Kauser; Ollie Engebretsen; Richard Fjellman; Shellie Farrell; Nina Frenkin; Patricia Hammerlee; Barbara Heath; Norma Kaiser; Virginia LeRoy; Kirsten Valbor; Fred Hearn; Allan Knowls; Kenneth Leroy; Ralph Linn; Douglas Moppert; Bobby Tucker; William Weslow Scenery Raoul Pene du Bois & Mainbocher Costumes Raoul Pene du Bois & Mainbocher 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere October 12, 1950, Imperial Theatre, New York City
Notes Dances & musical numbers staged by Jerome Robbins.
Celebration: The Art of the Pas de Deux Choreographer Gsovsky, Ashton, Martinez, Bruhn, Ulanova, Gorsky, Balanchine Scenery Rouben Ter-Arutunian 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 29, 1973, Teatro Nuovo; Spoleto, Italy
Notes Robbins arranged this program of ten pas de deux framed by a specially choreographed prologue and epilogue with Victor Gsovsky, Frederick Ashton, Frederick Ashton after Marius Petipa, Enrique Martinez, Erik Bruhn after August Bournonville, Galina Ulanova after Marius Petipa, Alexander Gorsky and George Balanchine www.balanchine.org
Chansons Madecasses Composer Maurice Ravel Music Chansons Madecasses (1926) (3 songs) Dancers Patricia McBride, Helgi Tomasson, Debra Austin, Hermes Conde Lighting Ronald bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 29, 1975, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 4 Dancers: 2 women, 2 men Requirements mezzo soprano, piano, flute, cello Running Time 15′ Notes The three poems of this song cycle were written by Evariste-Desire de Parny in 1787. The first describes the night tryst of two lovers. The second, a warning cry, relates the disastrous events of colonization. The third sings of the release of evening′s quiet languorousness. Ravel set them to music in 1926. One of the most striking aspects of the Chansons is the earthy immediacy of the words and how, in contrast, Ravel used such cool, elegant and minimum musical means to transform them into the art song form.
Circus Polka Composer Igor Stravinsky Music Circus Polka (1942), Dedication: For a Young Elephant Dancers Jerome Robbins (Ringmaster) with 48 students of the School of American Ballet 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 21, 1972, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 48 small girls, 1 ballet master Requirements orchestra Running Time 3'
Concertino Composer Igor Stravinsky Music Concertino (for Twelve Instruments) (originally for string quartet, 1920; orchestrated for 12 instruments in 1952); Three Pieces (for Clarinet Solo) (1919). Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 16, 1982, New York State Theater; New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 3 Dancers: 2 men, 1 woman Requirements orchestra Running Time 10′ Notes Concertino is one of four ballets from Four Chamber Works.
Dance in America: Choreography by Jerome Robbins with the New York City Ballet Choreographer Jerome Robbins 1 Genre TELEVISION Premiere January 1, 2007
Notes 1986; Antique Epigraphs and Fancy Free with members of the N.Y. City Ballet
Dance in America: In Memory of... A Ballet by Jerome Robbins Choreographer Jerome Robbins 1 Genre TELEVISION Premiere January 1, 2007
Notes 1987; With members of the N.Y. City Ballet
Dance in America: Two Duets Choreographer Jerome Robbins Dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov, Natalia Makarova 1 Genre TELEVISION Premiere January 1, 2007
Notes 1980; Other Dances with Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova
Dances at a Gathering Composer Frederic Chopin Music 1. Mazurka, Op. 63, no. 3
2. Waltz, Op. 69, no. 2 3. Mazurka, Op. 33, no. 3 4. Mazurka, Op. 6, no. 4; Mazurka, Op. 7, no. 5; Mazurka, Op. 7, no. 4; Mazurka, Op 24, no. 2; Mazurka, Op. 6, no. 2 5. Waltz, Op. 42 6. Waltz, Op. 34, no. 2 7. Mazurka, Op. 56, no. 2 8. Etude, Op. 25, no. 4 9, Waltz, Op. 34, no. 1 10. Waltz, Op. 70, no. 2 11. Etude, Op 25, no. 5 12. Etude, Op. 10, no. 2 13. Scherzo, Op. 20 14 Nocturne, Op. 15, no. 1
Dancers Allegra Kent, Sara Leland, Kay Mazzo, Patricia McBride, Violette Verdy, Anthony Blum, John Clifford, Robert Maiorano, John Prinz, Edward Villella Costumes Joe Eula Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 22, 1969, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 10 Dancers: 5 women (Pink, Mauve, Apricot, Green, Blue), 5 men (Brown, Purple, Green, Brick, Blue) Requirements piano Running Time 58′ Notes Mr. Robbins has dedicated this ballet to the memory of Jean Rosenthal.
Dumbarton Oaks Composer Igor Stravinsky Music Concert in E Flat "Dumbarton Oaks, 8.5.1938" for Chamber Orchestra Dancers Allegra Kent, Anthony Blum Costumes Patricia Zipprodt Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 23, 1972, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 14 Dancers: 1 principal woman, 1 principal man: 6 corps women, 6 corps men Requirements orchestra Running Time 15′ Notes The music was commissioned for the 30th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss, well-known patrons of the arts, whose house, museum and gardens at Dumbarton Oaks in Georgetown had provided the setting for many important functions and entertainments. Stravinsky was unable to conduct the first performance in America. At his express wish, the eminent teacher Nadia Boulanger was invited to take his place and the concerto was played for the first time in the great hall of Dumbarton Oaks under her direction.
Dybbuk Composer Leonard Bernstein Music Dybbuk (commissioned by New York City Ballet) Dancers Patricia McBride, Helgi Tomasson, Bart Cook, Victor Castelli, Tracy Bennett, Hermes Conde Scenery Rouben Ter-Arutunian Costumes Patricia Zipprodt Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 16, 1974, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 20 Dancers: 1 principal woman, 1 principal man; 4 demi women; 7 corps men, 7 corps women Requirements orchestra; singers Running Time 44′ Notes In Central-European Jewish folklore, a dybbuk is a spirit, lost and restless, which enters and persists in the body of a living person. The body possessed acts and speaks with the voice and behavior of the dead one. The most famous treatment of this theme is S. Ansky′s play, The Dybbuk, renowned in its original Yiddish version and through many subsequent international productions.
This ballet is not a retelling of Ansky′s play but uses it as a point of departure for a series of related dances concerning rituals and hallucinations which are present in the dark magico-religious ambience of the play and in the obsessions of its characters.
Portions of this ballet have also appeared as "The Dybbuk Variations" and "Suite of Dances".
Ed Sullivan Show Choreographer Jerome Robbins Dancers Ballets: U.S.A. 1 Genre TELEVISION Premiere January 1, 2007
Notes 1960; Ballets: U.S.A.; (The Concert & N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz)
Eight Lines Composer Steve Reich Music Eight Lines (title of orchestral version of Octet, 1980) Dancers Maria Calegari, Ib Andersen, Kyra Nichols, Sean Lavery Costumes Florence Klotz Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere February 14, 1985, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 14 Dancers: 2 principal women, 2 principal men; 3 demi men; 5 corps women, 2 corps men Requirements orchestra Running Time 18′
Events Composer Robert Prince Music Events Dancers John Jones, Howard Jeffrey, Christine Mayer, Bill Reilly, Jamie Bauer, Muriel Bentley, Geryl Donald, Fern MacLarnon, Kay Mazzo, Charlene Mehl, Helene Petroff, Francia Russell, Lawrence Gradus, Doug Spingler, Robert Thompson Scenery Ben Shahn Costumes Ray Diffen 1 Genre BALLET Premiere July 12, 1961, Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto, Italy; Ballets: U.S.A.
Facsimile Composer Leonard Bernstein Dancers Nora Kaye (A Woman); Jerome Robbins (A Man); John Kriza (Another Man) Scenery Oliver Smith Costumes Irene Sharaff 1 Genre BALLET Premiere October 24, 1946, Broadway Theatre, Ballet Theatre
Fancy Free Composer Leonard Bernstein Music Fancy Free; on tape "Big Stuff", sung by Dee Dee Bridgewater Dancers Sailors: Harold Lang, John Kriza, Jerome Robbins; Passers-By: Muriel Bentley, Shirley Eckl, Janet Reed; Bartender: Rex Cooper Scenery Oliver Smith Costumes Kermit Love Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere April 18, 1944, Metropolitan Opera House, Ballet Theatre
Casting Requirements 7 Dancers; Sailors: 3 boys; Passers-By: 3 girls; Bartender Requirements orchestra Running Time 29′ Notes The ballet concerns three sailors on shore leave. Time: 1944, a hot summer night.
Place New York City, a side street. Fancy Free is dedicated to the memory of John Kriza.
Fanfare Composer Benjamin Britten Music A Young Person′s Guide to the Orchestra (Op. 34) Dancers Yvonne Mounsey (Harp); Todd Bolender (Percussion); Jillana (Oboe); Carolyn George, Roy Tobias (Clarinets); Irene Larsson, Jacques d′Amboise (Violas); Brooks Jackson (Double Bass); Frank Hobi, Michael Maule (Trumpets); Edward Bigelow (Tuba) Scenery Irene Sharaff Costumes Irene Sharaff Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 2, 1953, City Center of Music and Drama, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 34 Dancers:
WOODWINDS Piccolo: 1 woman, Flutes: 2 women, Oboe: 1 woman, Clarinets: 1 woman, 1 man, Bassoons: 2 men BRASS Horns: 4 men, Trumpets: 2 men, Tuba: 1 man, Trombones: 3 men STRINGS 1st Violins: 3 women, 2nd Violins: 3 women, Violas: 1 woman, 1 man, Celli: 3 women, Bass: 1 man, Harp: 1 woman PERCUSSION Drums: 1 man, Cymbals: 1 man, Gong: 1 man
Requirements Narrator; orchestra Running Time 18′ Notes In 1945, Britten was asked to write for the British Ministry of Education′s documentary film, Instruments of the Orchestra (Op. 34). With text by Eric Crozier, the work consists of variations and a fugue on a rondeau from Henry Purcell′s incidental music for "Adelazar", of the "Moor′s Revenge", by Mrs. Aphra Behn. Each variation is played by a different instrument or group of instruments composing a contemporary symphonic orchestra. Consecutively, the four families of the band -- strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion -- are exploited in characteristic monologues and conversations. Finally, the piccolo initiates the great fugue which recapitulates Purcell′s noble theme.
Fiddler on the Roof Book Joseph Stein Composer Jerry Bock Lyrics Sheldon Harnick Director Jerome Robbins Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Zero Mostel (Tevye)
Maria Karnilova (Golde) Joanna Merlin (Tzeitel) Julia Migenes (Hodel) Tanya Everett (Chava) Marilyn Rogers (Shprintze) Linda Ross (Beilke) Beatrice Arthur (Yente) Austin Pendleton (Motel) Bert Convy (Perchik) Michael Granger (Lazar Wolf) Zvee Scooler (Mordcha) Gluck-Sandor (Rabbi) Leonard Frey (Mendel) Paul Lipson (Avram) Maurice Edwards (Nachum) Sue Babel (Grandma Tzeitel) Carol Sawyer (Fruma-Sarah) Joseph Sullivan (Constable) Joe Ponazecki (Fyedka) Helen Verbit (Shandel) Gino Conforti (The Fiddler)
Cast Villagers:
Tom Abbott, John C. Attle, Sammy Bayes, Robert Berdeen, Lorenzo Bianco, Duane Bodin, Robert Currie, Sarah Felcher, Tony Gardell, Louis Genevrino, Ross Gifford, Dan Jasin, Sandra Kazan, Thom Koutsoukos, Sharon Lerit, Sylvia Mann, Peff Medelski, Irene Paris, Charles Rule, Roberta Senn, Mitch Thomas, Helen Verbit
Scenery Boris Aronson Costumes Patricia Zipprodt 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere September 22, 1964, Imperial Theatre; New York City
Notes The book is based on stories by Sholom Aleichem. www.mtishows.com
Firebird Composer Igor Stravinsky Scenery Marc Chagall (1945) Costumes Marc Chagall executed by Karinska Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere November 27, 1970, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements Firebird: principal woman; Prince Ivan: principal man; Prince′s Bride: principal woman; Maidens: 12 women; Youths: 12 men; Kastchei the Wizard & his subjects: 3 men, 5 women Requirements orchestra Running Time 29' Notes The New York City Ballet presented its first production of ″Firebird″ in 1949 at the City Center Theater with scenery and costumes the eminent painter Marc Chagall had created following the original designs for Bolm′s choreography from 1945. In 1970 a new production was mounted to adapt to the larger proportions of the New York State Theater. The costumes, of extraordinary complexity and fantasy, were created by Madame Karinska from Chagall′s original designs. Chagall expressed his great pleasure at the devotion and inventiveness with which Madame Karinska interpreted his watercolor sketches in textiles, plastics, paint, and mineral materials. The choreography represents a collaboration between George Balanchine and Jerome Robbins, the latter being responsible for the episode with Kastchei the Wizard and his subjects. Balanchine entirely redesigned his dances in light of Marc Chagall′s designs. This ballet was conceived as Chagall accompanied by music and dance.
Prince Ivan, the hunter, wanders into a magic wood and captures the Firebird. On her pleading, he frees her and she rewards him with a magic plume. Kastchei, the wizard, has enchanted the princess and her maidens but, with the aid of the Firebird′s feather, Prince Ivan rescues the maidens and marries the Princess amid great rejoicing.
Ford 50th Anniversary Show Director Jerome Robbins Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Mary Martin & Ethel Merman 1 Genre TELEVISION Premiere January 1, 2007
Notes 1953; With Mary Martin and Ethel Merman; Staged and choreographed
Four Bagatelles (originally Beethoven Pas de Deux) Composer Ludwig van Beethoven Music Seven Bagatelles, Op. 33:
No. 4 in A Major (Andante) No. 5 in C Major (Allegro ma non troppo) No. 2 in C Major (Scherzo allegro) Six Bagatelles, Op. 126: No. 4 in B Minor (Presto)
Dancers Gelsey Kirkland, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux (Gala preview: Violette Verdy, Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux) Costumes Florence Klotz Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere January 10, 1974, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 2 Dancers: 1 principal man, 1 principal woman Requirements piano Running Time 13′
Four Chamber Works Composer Igor Stravinsky Music Septet (1952). Ragtime (for Eleven Instruments) (1920), Concertino (for Twelve Instruments) (1920, composed for string quartet; orchestrated for 12 instruments in 1952), Three Pieces (for Clarinet Solo) (1919), Octet (for Wind Instruments) (1922) Dancers Maria Calegari, Lourdes Lopez, Joseph Duell, Peter Frame, Kipling Houston (Septet); Heather Watts, Bart Cook, Helene Alexopoulos, Renee Estopinal, Susan Freedman, Lisa Jackson (Ragtime); Merrill Ashley, Sean Lavery, Mel Tomlinson (Concertino and Three Pieces); Christopher d′Amboise, Jean-Pierre Frohlich, Christopher Fleming, Douglas Hay (Octet) Scenery Lawrence Miller Costumes Lawrence Miller 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 16, 1982, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 18 Dancers: I. Septet: 2 women, 3 men
II. Ragtime: 2 principal man & woman, 4 corps women III. Concertino & Three Pieces: 1 woman, 2 men; IV. Octet: 4 men
Requirements orchestra Running Time 45′
Funny Girl Book Isobel Lennart Composer Jule Styne Lyrics Bob Merrill Director Garson Kanin Choreographer Carol Haney (Musical Stagings) Leads Barbra Streisand (Fanny Brice)
Sydney Chaplin (Nick Arnstein) Roger De Koven (Florenz Ziegfeld Jr.) Joseph Macauley (Tom Keeney) Kay Medford (Mrs. Brice) Danny Meehan (Eddie Ryan) Jean Stapleton (Mrs. Strakosh)
Scenery Robert Randolph Costumes Irene Sharaff 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere March 26, 1964, Winter Garden Theatre; New York City
Notes Production supervised by Jerome Robbins www.tams-witmark.com
Gershwin Concerto Composer George Gershwin Music Piano Concerto in F (1925) Dancers Maria Calegari, Christopher d′Amboise, Darci Kistler, Mel Tomlinson Scenery Santo Loquasto Costumes Santo Loquasto Lighting Thomas Skelton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere February 4, 1982, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 28 Dancers: 2 women principals, 2 men principals, 12 corps women, 12 corps men Requirements piano, orchestra Running Time 33′
Glass Pieces Composer Philip Glass Music Rubric (1981), Facades (1981), excerpt from Akhnaten (1984) Dancers Helene Alexopoulos, Peter Frame, Lourdes Lopez, Joseph Duell, Lisa Hess, Victor Castelli, Maria Calegari, Bart Cook Scenery Jerome Robbins & Ronald Bates Costumes Ben Benson Lighting Jennifer Tipton (original lighting by Ronald Bates) 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 12, 1983, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 42 Dancers (no principal may double over sections)
I. Rubric--Principals: 3 women, 3 men; Corps: 16 women, 16 men II. Facades--Principals: 1 woman, 1 man; Corps: 20 women III. Akhnaten--Corps: 12 women, 12 men
Requirements orchestra Running Time 26′
Gypsy Book Arthur Laurents Composer Jule Styne Lyrics Stephen Sondheim Director Jerome Robbins Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Ethel Merman (Rose)
Sandra Church (Louise) Jacqueline Mayro (Baby June) Jack Klugman (Herbie) Paul Wallace (Tulsa) Maria Karnilova (Tessie Tura) Faith Dane (Mazeppa) Chotzi Foley (Electra)
Dancers Marilyn Cooper; Patsy Bruder; Marilyn D'Honau; Marle Letowt; Joan Petlak; Imelda de Martin; Kathryn albertson; Gloria Kristy; Denise McLaglen; Barbara London; Theda Nelson; Carroll Jo Towers; Marvin Arnold; Ricky Coll; Don Emmons; Michael Parks; Ian Tucker; Paul Wallace; David Winters Scenery Joe Mielziner Costumes Raoul Pene du Bois 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere May 21, 1959, Broadway Theatre; New York City
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Handel - Concerto Grosso Composer HANDEL Music Concerto Grosso, op 6, no. 9 1 Genre BALLET Premiere January 1, 2007
High Button Shoes Book Stephen Longstreet Music Julie Styne & Sammy Cahn Lyrics Julie Styne & Sammy Cahn Director George Abbott Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Phil Silvers (Harrison Floy)
Jack McCauley (Henry Longstreet) Nanette Fabray (Sara Longstreet) Mark Dawson (Hubert Ogglethorpe) Joey Faye (Mr. Pontdue) Lois Lee (Fran)
Dancers Jean Marie Caples; Jacqueline Dodge; Evelyn Giles; Christine Karner; Elena Lane; Sondra Lee; Kay Lewis; Louisa Lewis; Audrey Peters; Gloria Smith; Eleonore Trieber; Vincent Carbone; Evans Davis; Fred Hearn; Ray Kirchner; Tommy Morton; Arthur Partington; William Peirson; Kenneth Spaulding; William Sumner; Ray Tobias; Don Weissmuller Scenery Oliver Smith Costumes Miles White 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere October 9, 1947, New Century Theatre; New York City
Notes Choreographed "Mack Sennett" ballet. www.tams-witmark.com
I′m Old Fashioned Composer Morton Gould Music based on a theme by Jerome Kern, "I′m Old Fashioned" Dancers Kyra Nichols, Sean Lavery, Heather Watts, Bart Cook, Judith Fugate, Joseph Duell Costumes Florence Klotz 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 16, 1983, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 24 Dancers: Principals: 3 women, 3 men; Corps: 9 women, 9 men Requirements orchestra; film Running Time 35′
In G Major (aka "En Sol") Composer Maurice Ravel Music Piano Concerto in G Major (1928-31) Dancers Suzanne Farrell, Peter Martins Scenery Erte Costumes Erte Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 15, 1975, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 14 Dancers; Principals: 1 woman, 1 man; Corps: 6 women, 6 men Requirements piano, orchestra Running Time 22′ Notes Ravel, at the peak of fame and popularity, had just returned from a triumphant tour of the United States when he began this concerto.
Ravel wrote that the work was "a concerto in the strict sense, written in the spirit of Mozart and Saint-Saëns... I had intended to call this concerto a ′Divertissement', then it occurred to me that there was no need to do so because the very title ′Concerto′ should be sufficiently clear... In some ways, my concerto is not unlike my Violin Sonata; it uses certain effects borrowed from jazz, but only in moderation."
In Memory of... Composer Alban Berg Music Violin Concerto Dancers Suzanne Farrell, Joseph Duell, Adam Luders Scenery David Mitchell Costumes Dain Marcus Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 13, 1985, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 18 Dancers Requirements violin, orchestra Running Time 27′ Notes On learning of the death of the young daughter of a close friend, Berg, who had a deep affection for the eighteen year old girl, was so overcome that he put aside his work on his opera "Lulu" and began composing a violin concerto which, in his own words, was "dedicated to an angel." The music is divided into programmatic sections. First, a portrait of the girl; next, her illness and death; lastly, her transfiguration. Also hidden within the composition are many autobiographical references to Berg himself.
These events took place in the mid-thirties during the Nazi rise to power which, in Austria, left Berg more or less nationless and stripped of his position and security. Within four months of completing the orchestration of the concerto, Berg himself died without ever having heard it performed, leaving the last act of "Lulu" unfinished.
In the Night Composer Frédéric Chopin Music Nocturne (op. 27, no. 1), Nocturne (op. 55, nos. 1 & 2), Nocturne (op. 9, no. 2) Dancers Kay Mazzo, Anthony Blum, Violette Verdy, Peter Martins, Patricia McBride, Francisco Moncion Costumes Anthony Dowell Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere January 29, 1970, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 6 Dancers
Part I: 1 woman, 1 man Part II: 1 woman, 1 man Part III: 1 woman, 1 man
Requirements piano Running Time 21′
Interplay Composer Morton Gould Music American Concertette (1943)
First Movement Second Movement - Gavotte Third Movement - Blues Fourth Movement
Dancers Janet Reed, John Kriza, Harold Lang Costumes Santo Loquasto (original costumes by Irene Sharaff) Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 1, 1945, Ziegfeld Theatre, Billy Rose′s Concert Varieties
Casting Requirements 8 Dancers: 4 women, 4 men Requirements piano, orchestra Running Time 17′ Notes The ballet demonstrates the interplay between classic ballet steps and the contemporary spirit with which they are executed, the interplay between the dancers and the orchestra, and finally between the dancers themselves. The ballet was first performed in Concert Varieties at the Ziegfeld Theatre in June of 1945 and has since been a favorite in the contemporary American repertory. The music is Morton Gould′s ″American Concertette″.
Introduction and Allegro for Harp Composer Maurice Ravel Music Introduction and Allegro for Harp Dancers Patricia McBride, Helgi Tomasson Costumes Arnold Scaasi Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 22, 1975, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 8 Dancers
Principals: 1 woman, 1 man; 3 women, 3 men
Requirements harp soloist
Ives, Songs Composer Charles Ives Music The Children's Hour, Memories A: Very Pleasant, Waltz, The Cage, The See'r, Two Little Flowers, At the River, Serenity, He Is There, Elegie, Tom Sails Away, White Gulls, Songs My Mother Taught Me, There is a Lane, In Summer Fields, Incantation, Like a Sick Eagle Dancers Helene Alexopoulos, Stephanie Saland, Alexandre Proia, Jeppe Mydtskov, Laurence Matthews, Stacy Caddell, Katrina Killian, Margaret Tracey, Lauren Hauser, Melinda Roy, Lisa Jackson, Michael Byars, Tom Gold, Robert Lyon, Damian Woetzel, Philip Neal, Jeffrey Edwards, Florence Fitzgerald, Otto Neubert Cast Singer: Timothy Nolan
Pianist: Gordon Boelzner
Scenery David Mitchell Costumes Florence Klotz Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere February 4, 1988, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 40 Dancers:
The Children′s Hour: 3 women, 1 man Memories A: Very Pleasant: 3 women Waltz: 4 women, 3 men The Cage: 2 men The See′r: 1 man Two Little Flowers: 6 women At the River & Serenity: 6 women, 6 men He Is There: 12 men Elegie: 6 men Tom Sails Away: 4 women, 9 men White Gulls: 5 men Songs My Mother Taught Me: 6 women There is a Lane: 3 women, 3 men In Summer Fields: 1 woman, 1 man from the Incantation: 1 woman, 1 man Like a Sick Eagle: 3 men
Requirements baritone, piano Running Time 41′
Jerome Robbins' Broadway Director Jerome Robbins Choreographer Jerome Robbins 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere February 26, 1989, Imperial Theatre; New York City
Jones Beach Composer Jurriaan Andriessen Music Berkshire Symphonies (Symphony No. 1 for Orchestra) Dancers Melissa Hayden, Yvonne Mounsey, Beatrice Tompkins, Herbert Bliss, Frank Hobi, Tanaquil LeClercq, Nicholas Magallanes, William Dollar, Maria Tallchief, Jerome Robbins Costumes Jantzen 1 Genre BALLET Premiere March 9, 1950, City Center of Music and Drama, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 5 principal women, 5 principal men; 22 women, 9 men; 2 couples; 7 women
L′Histoire du Soldat Composer Igor Stravinsky Music l′Histoire du Soldat Scenery Boris Aronson Costumes Patricia Zipprodt Lighting Dick Casler 1 Genre BALLET Premiere January 1, 2007
Casting Requirements 3 principal men Requirements Narrator, 7 musicians
Les Noces Composer Igor Stravinsky Music Les Noces Dancers Erin Martin (Bridge); Veronika Mlakar, Joseph Carow (Her Parents); William Glassman (Groom); Sallie Wilson, Bruce Marks (His Parents); Rosanna Seravalli, Ted Kivitt (Matchmakers) Scenery Oliver Smith Costumes Patricia Zipprodt Lighting Jean Rosenthal 1 Genre BALLET Premiere March 30, 1965, New York State Theatre, Ballet Theatre
Casting Requirements The Bride; Her Parents; The Groom; His Parents; Matchmakers (1 man, 1 woman; Friends & Guests (9 women, 10 men--corps) Requirements 4 singers, 4 pianists, 4 percussionists, xylophone, timpani Running Time 24′ Notes Stravinsky used as material for "Les Noces" the ritualistic elements found in the ancient customs and traditions of Russian peasant weddings but reserved the right to use them with absolute freedom, paying little heed to ethnographical considerations. His purpose was not to reproduce the wedding or show a staged dramatization with descriptive music but rather to present a ritualized abstraction of its essences, customs, and tempers.
The text is adapted from folk songs and popular verse, typical wedding remarks – clichés of conversations – but again, they are not used realistically but rather as a collage of the words spoken or sung during these traditional rites. The first half of the "scenic ceremony" deals with the preparations and revolves around religious elements. Alternating with these intense invocations and blessings are continual lamentations by the parents for the loss of their children and by the bride, against the matchmaker, on leaving home and on losing her virginity.
In the second half (the wedding feast), the grief and religious elements are forgotten in robust celebrations with food, drink, songs, toasts, boasts, bawdiness, rough jokes, etc.. A married couple is selected to warm the bed and finally the marriage is allowed to be consummated while all sit outside the nuptial chamber.
The composition is divided into four tableaus which run without interruption.
Live from Studio 8H: An Evening with Jerome Robbins and Members of the New York City Ballet Choreographer Jerome Robbins 1 Genre TELEVISION Premiere January 1, 2007
Notes 1980; Live NBC telecast
Look Ma, I'm Dancin' Book Jerome Lawrence & Robert E. Lee Composer Hugh Martin Lyrics Hugh Martin Director George Abbott & Jerome Robbins Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Nancy Walker (Lily Malloy)
Harold Lang (Eddie Winkler) Janet Reed (Ann Bruce) Alice Pearce (Dusty Lee) Don Liberto (Wotan) Loren Welch (Larry) Virginia Gorski (Snow White) Rommy Rall (Tommy) Robert H. Harris (F. Plancek) Katherine Sergava (Tanya Drinskaya) Alexander March (Vladimir Lubov) Raul Celada (Tanya′s Partner)
Dancers Margaret Banks; Mary Broussard; Julie Curtis; Clare Duffy; June Graham; Nina Frenkin; Priscilla Hathaway; Douglas Luther; Bettye McCormack; Gloria Patrice; James Pollack; Dottie Pyrfn; Walter Rinner; Marten Sameth; Walter Stane; Robert Tucker Scenery Oliver Smith Costumes John Pratt 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere January 29, 1948, Adelphi Theatre, New York City
Notes Scenario by Jerome Robbins.
Miss Liberty Book Robert Sherwood Composer Irving Berlin Lyrics Irving Berlin Director Moss Hart Leads Eddie Albert (Horace Miller)
Allyn McLerie (Monique Dupont) Mary McCarty (Maisie Dell) Charles Dingle (James Gordon Bennett) Herbert Berghof (Bartholdi) Philip Bourneuf (Joseph Pulitzer) Ethel Griffies (The Countess) Tommy Rall (The Boy/The Dandy) Maria Karnilova (The Girl/Ruby)
Dancers Virginia Cowell; Coy Dare; Norma Doggett; Dolores Goodman; Patricia Hammerlee; Norma Kaiser; Gloria Patrice; Janice Rule; Tiny Shimp; Bill Bradley; Fred Hearn; Allen Knowles; Kazimir Kokic; Erik Kristen; Robert Pagent; Eddie Phillips; Bob Tucker Scenery Oliver Smith Costumes Motley 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere July 15, 1949, Imperial Theatre, New York City
Notes Staged by Jerome Robbins
Mother Courage and Her Children Book Bertolt Brecht, translated by Eric Bentley Director Jerome Robbins Leads Anne Bancroft (Mother Courage) Scenery Ming Cho Lee Costumes Motley 1 Genre PLAYS Premiere March 28, 1963, Martin Beck Theatre; New York City
Notes Produced by Jerome Robbins
Mother Goose Composer Maurice Ravel Music Ma Mere l′Oye Suite (1908, orchestrated 1912) Dancers Muriel Aasen (Story Teller, Princess Florine); Delia Peters (Good Fairy); Tracy Bennett (Bad Fairy); Deborah Koolish (Beauty); Richard Hoskinson (Beast); Matthew Giordano (Hop o′ My Thumb); Colleen Neary (Laideronette); Jay Jolley (Green Serpent); Daniel Duell (Prince Charming) Costumes Stanley Simmons Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 22, 1975, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 32 Dancers
Story Teller, Princess Florine, Good Fairy (girl), Bad Fairy (boy), Beauty (girl), Beast (boy), Hop o My Thumb (boy), Laideronnette (girl), Green Serpent (boy), Prince Charming, Cupid (boy), Blackamoors (2 girls, 2 boys), Pagodines (2 girls, 2 boys), Courrier (boy), Corps (5 girls, 8 boys)
Requirements story teller, orchestra Running Time 25′ Notes In 1908 Ravel wrote five piano pieces based on fairy tales as a suite which he called "Ma Mere l′Oye". Later, in 1911, writing a scenario of his own, he added more pieces plus connective transitions. His scenario, charming and wittily detailed as written into the score itself, contains delightful invention. To the spellbound Sleeping Beauty (a character in a fairy tale by Perrault) he gives dreams of other fairy tale characters (also by Perrault or imitators). The ballet had its premiere in 1912 at the Theatre des Arts, Paris.
Moves Music A Ballet in Silence Dancers Erin Martin, Michael Maule, Lawrence Gradus, John Jones, James Moore, Bill Reilly, Doug Spingler, Jamie Bauer, Gwen Lewis, Jane Mason, Barbara Milberg, Christine Mayer Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere July 3, 1959, ″Teatro Nuovo Spoleto, Italy; Ballets: U.S.A.
Casting Requirements 12 Dancers: 6 women, 6 men Running Time 25′ Notes Moves was created for Robbins′ Ballets: U.S.A. and had its world premiere at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy in 1959.
Whether a ballet tells a story or concerns itself with pure dance, its form is determined by the web of music on which it is composed according to the interpretations of the choreographer. The score conditions, supports, predicts, and establishes the dynamics, tempos and mood not only for the dance, but for the audience. The music acts as a base for the spectators′ responses to the happenings on stage and creates a pervasive atmosphere for reaction.
Moves severs that guidance and permits the audience to respond solely to the action of the dance, to become aware of the potential to gesture and to respond directly to the curiosity of movement, and to be released from the associations evoked by scenery, costumes, and music.
N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz Composer Robert Prince Music N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz Dancers Patricia Dunn, Jay Norman, Tom Abbott, Bob Bakanic, John Mandia, James White, Wilma Curley, John Jones, Sondra Lee, Gwen Lewis, Erin Martin, Barbara Milberg, Beryl Towbin, Joan Van Orden, James Moore Scenery Ben Shahn Costumes Ben Shahn and Florence Klotz Lighting Jean Rosenthal 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 8, 1958, Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto, Italy; Ballets: U.S.A.
Casting Requirements 18 Dancers: 2 principal men, 2 principal women; 7 men, 7 women Running Time 28′ Notes "N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz" was first performed by Jerome Robbins′ Ballets: U.S.A. at the Festival of Two Worlds in Spoleto, Italy in June of 1958. Following are revised program notes from that production which concern the youth and dances of the late 50's.
There has always been a tremendous amount of popular dancing in America. At this time, its vitality has reached a new high, developing and expanding in form and style from the major and basic contributions of the African-American and Latin-American. Because of a strong unconscious emotional kinship with those minority roots, teenagers particularly have popularized these dances. Feeling very much like a minority group in this threatening and explosive world, the young have so identified with the dynamics, kinetic impetus, the drives and ′coolness′ of today′s jazz steps that these dances have become an expression of our youths′ outlook and their attitudes toward the contemporary world around them, just as each era′s dance has significantly reflected the character of our changing world and a manner of dealing with it.
"N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz" is a formal, abstract ballet based on the kinds of movements, complexities of rhythms, expressions of relationships, and qualities of atmospheres found in today′s dance.
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama′s Hung You in the Closet and I′m Feelin′ So Sad Book Arthur Kopit Composer Robert Prince Director Jerome Robbins Leads Jo Van Fleet
Austin Pendleton Barbara Harris Tony Lo Bianco
Scenery William & Jean Eckart Costumes Patricia Zipprodt 1 Genre PLAYS Premiere August 27, 1963, Morosco Theatre; New York City
On the Town Book Betty Comden & Adolph Green Composer Leonard Bernstein Lyrics Betty Comden & Adolph Green Director George Abbott Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Sono Osato (Ivy)
Nancy Walker (Hildy) Betty Comden (Claire) Adolph Green (Ozzie) John Battles (Gabey) Robert Chisholm (Pitkin) Chris Alexander (Chip) Ray Harrison (The Great Lover)
Dancers Barbara Gaye; Lavina Nielsen; Atty Vandenberg; Dorothy McNichols; Cyprienne Gabelman; Jean Handy; Virginia Miller; Nelle Fisher; Royce Wallace; Allyn Ann McLerie; Malka Farber; Aza Bard; Ray Harrison; Frank Neal; Carle Ebrele; James Flashe Riley; Ben Piazza; Douglas Matheson; Duncan Noble; Frank Westbrook; John Butler; Richard D'Arcy; Lyle Clark Scenery Oliver Smith Costumes Alvin Colt 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere December 28, 1944, Adelphi Theatre, New York City
Notes Based on Jerome Robbins' ballet "Fancy Free" www.tams-witmark.com
Opus 19 / The Dreamer Composer Sergei Prokofiev Music Violin concerto No. 1 in D Major Dancers Patricia McBride, Mikhail Baryshnikov Costumes Ben Benson Lighting Jennifer Tipton (original lighting by Ronald Bates) 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 14, 1979, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 14 Dancers: 1 principal woman, 1 principal man; 6 corps women, 6 corps men Requirements violin, orchestra Running Time 23′
Other Dances Composer Frederic Chopin Music Mazurka (op. 17, no. 4)
Mazurka (op. 41, no. 3) Waltz (op. 64, no. 3) Mazurka (op. 63, no. 2) Mazurka (op. 33, no. 2)
Dancers Natalia Makarova, Mikhail Baryshnikov Costumes Santo Loquasto Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 9, 1976, Metropolitan Opera House; Gala, NYPL for the Performing Arts
Casting Requirements 2 Dancers: 1 woman, 1 man Requirements piano on stage Running Time 17′ Notes ″Other Dances″ was created especially for a gala benefit for the Library of Performing Arts at Lincoln Center. The program notes for that occasion follow:
″The title of this series of dances reflects their relationship to Jerome Robbins′ ″Dances at a Gathering″. There was so much of Chopin′s music that Mr. Robbins wished to choreograph that he has used this opportunity to devise for Miss Makarova and Mr Baryshnikov these Other Dances -- a waltz and four mazurkas.″
Dedicated to the memory of Eugenia Doll.
Pas de Trois Composer Hector Berlioz Music from "The Damnation of Faust" Dancers Anton Dolin, Andre Eglevsky, Rosella Hightower Costumes John Pratt 1 Genre BALLET Premiere March 26, 1947, Metropolitan Opera House, original Ballet Russe
Peter Pan Book James M. Barrie Composer Mark Charlap & Jule Styne Lyrics Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden & Adolph Green Director Jerome Robbins Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Mary Martin (Peter Pan)
Cyril Ritchard (Mr. Darling/Captain Hook) Kathy Nolan (Wendy/Jane) Robert Harrington (John) Heller Halliday (Liza) Margalo Gillmore (Mrs Darling) Joe E. Marks (Smee) Sondra Lee (Tiger Lily)
Dancers Indians:
Robert Banas, Don Lurio, Robert Piper, William Sumner, Richard Wyatt, Linda Dangcil, Lisa Lang, Suzanne Luckey, Joan Tewkesbury. Pirates: Robert Tucker, Frank Lindsay, Frank Marasco, James Whyte, William Burke, Chester Fisher, John Newton, Arthur Tookoian, Robert Vanselow, Richard Winter
Scenery Peter Larkin Costumes Motley 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere October 20, 1954, Winter Garden Theatre; New York City
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Peter Pan Book James M. Barrie Composer Mark Charlap & Jule Styne Lyrics Carolyn Leigh, Betty Comden & Adolph Green Director Jerome Robbins Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Mary Martin (Peter Pan) 1 Genre TELEVISION Premiere March 7, 1955
Notes With Mary Martin; Directed and choreographed
Piano Pieces Composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky Music (in order of performance)
1) Danse Caracteristique, op. 72, no. 4 2) Le Paysan Prelude, op. 39, no. 12 3) Chanson Populaire, op. 39, no. 13 4) Polka, op. 39, no. 14 5) Le Petit Cavalier, op. 39, no. 3 6) Reverie, op. 9, no. 1 7) La Sorciere, op. 39, no. 20 8) November - Troika, op. 37, no. 11 9) Natha Waltz, op. 51, no. 4 10) Mazurka, op. 39, no. 10 11) October - Chant d'Automne, op. 37, no. 10 12) Polka de Salon, op. 9, no. 2 13) June - Barcarolle, op. 37, no. 6 14) Scherzo a la Russe, op. 1, no. 1
Dancers Ib Andersen, Kyra Nichols, Daniel Duell, Maria Calegari, Joseph Duell, Bart Cook, Heather Watts Costumes Ben Benson Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 11, 1981, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements ″19 Dancers: 3 principal women, 4 principal men; 6 corps women (2 demi), 6 corps men″ Requirements piano Running Time 39′ Notes Tchaikovsky composed an extraordinary amount of music for the solo piano, most of it unknown compared to his more famous orchestral works. The music for this ballet is comprised of pieces which span his musical career from Opus 1, No. 1 through Opus 72, No. 4 and come from various collections: The Seasons, Children′s Album, and Opus 1, 9, 51, and 72.
Piccolo Balletto Composer Igor Stravinsky Music concerto in E Flat "Dumbarton Oaks, 8.5.1928" for Chamber Orchestra Dancers Darci Kistler, Robert LaFosse Scenery Santo Loquasto Costumes Santo Loquasto Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 5, 1986, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 14 Dancers: 1 principal woman, 1 principal man; 6 corps women, 6 corps men Requirements orchestra Running Time 15′
Poppa Piece 1 Genre WORKSHOPS Premiere January 1, 2007, Lincoln Center Theatre
Notes 1991; Written by Jerome Robbins
Pulcinella (with George Balanchine) Composer Igor Stravinsky Music Pulcinella Dancers Edward Villella (Pulcinella); Violette Verdy (Girl); Michael Arshansky (Pulcinella′s Father); Francisco Moncion, Shaun O′Brien (Devil), George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins (Beggars) Scenery Eugene Berman Costumes Eugene Berman Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 23, 1972, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 12 Dancers: 3 principal men; 3 corps women, 3 corps men Requirements 1 soprano, 1 tenor, 1 bass Running Time 37′
Quartet Composer Sergei Prokofiev Music String Quartet No. 2, Op. 92 Dancers Patricia Wilde, Herbert Bliss, Jillana, Jacques d′Amboise, Yvonne Mounsey, Todd Bolender Scenery Jean Rosenthal Costumes Karinska Lighting Jean Rosenthal 1 Genre BALLET Premiere February 18, 1954, City Center of Music and Drama, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 3 principal couples; 4 couples Requirements string quartet Notes In 1942 Prokofiev was living in Nalchik in the eastern Caucasus. Drawing material from the rich, strange and poignant folk music of that region, he composed his second string quartet. He described it as "the combination of the least known varieties of folk song with the most classical form of the quartet."
The first movement follows the sonata form of exposition, development and recapitulation. The second is an adagio based on a Caucasian love song. The final movement derives from a loosely knit series of wild and free Caucasian dances.
Quiet City Composer Aaron Copland Music Quiet City (1940) Dancers Robert LaFosse, Peter Boal, Damian Woetzel Costumes Barbara Matera Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 8, 1986, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 12 Dancers: 3 principal men; 3 corps women, 6 corps men Running Time 12′ Notes "Quiet City" is the name of an orchestral interlude written by Mr. Copland in 1940. He drew his material from incidental music he had written a year earlier for Irwin Shaw′s play of the same name.
The ballet is dedicated to the memory of Joe Duell.
Race to Urga 1 Genre WORKSHOPS Premiere January 1, 2007, Lincoln Center Theatre
Notes 1968; With Stephen Sondheim, Leonard Bernstein and John Guare
Requiem Canticles Composer Igor Stravinsky Music Requiem Canticles Dancers Merrill Ashley, Susan Hendl, Robert Maiorano, Bruce Wells Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 25, 1972, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 19 Dancers: 2 principal women, 2 principal men; 7 corps women, 8 corps men. Requirements 1 soprano, 1 bass, chorus Notes In a program note for stage performances of "Requiem Canticles" Stravinsky wrote:
"I planned my 'Requiem Caticles' as an instrumental work originally, and I composed the threnody for wind instruments and muffled drums, now at the center of the work, first. Later I decided to use sentences (merely) from six texts of the traditional Requiem service, and at that time I conceived the triangulate instrumental frame of the string Prelude, wind-instrument Interlude, and percussion Postlude. The 'Requiem Canticles' are concert music, but the celebration of death is to be played in memory of a man of God, a man of the poor, a man of peace."
Rondo Composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Music Rondo in A Minor Dancers Kyra Nichols, Stephanie Saland Cast Pianist: Gordon Boelzner Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere November 11, 1980, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 2 Dancers: women Requirements piano on stage Running Time 10′
Salute to Israel Choreographer Jerome Robbins Dancers Mikhail Baryshnikov & Gelsey Kirkland 1 Genre TELEVISION Premiere January 1, 2007
Notes 1978; New Chopin dance.
Scherzo Fantastique Composer Igor Stravinsky Music Scherzo Fantastique (1908) Dancers Gelsey Kirkland, Bart Cook, Stephen Caras, Victor Castelli, Bryan Pitts Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 18, 1972, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 5 Dancers: 1 woman, 4 men Requirements orchestra Running Time 16′
Silk Stockings Book George S. Kaufman, Lelleen McGrath & Abe Burrows Composer Cole Porter Lyrics Cole Porter Director Cy Feuer Choreographer Eugene Loring Leads Don Ameche (Steve Canfield)
Hildegarde Neff (Ninotchka George Tobias (Commissar Markovitch) Gretchen Wyler (Janice Dayton
Scenery Jo Mielziner Costumes Lucinda Ballard 1 Genre SHOWS DOCTORED Premiere February 24, 1955
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Summer Day Composer Sergei Prokofiev Music Quartet No. 2, Op.92 Dancers Annabelle Lyon, Jerome Robbins 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 12, 1947, City Center of Music & Drama, American-Soviet Musical Society
The Cage Composer Igor Stravinsky Music Concerto in D for string orchestra "Basler" (1946) Dancers Nora Kaye (The Novice), Yvonne Mounsey (The Queen), Nicholas Magallanes, Michael Maule (The Intruders) Scenery Jean Rosenthal Costumes Ruth Sobotka Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere June 14, 1951, City Center of Music and Drama, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 16 Dancers: Novice: principal woman; 1st Intruder: solo man; The Group: corps of 12 women; Queen: solo woman; 2nd Intruder: principal man Requirements orchestra Running Time 13′ Notes There occurs in certain forms of insect and animal life, and even in our own mythology, the phenomenon of the female species considering the male as prey. This ballet concerns the rites of such a species.
The Concert (Or, The Perils of Everybody) Composer Frederic Chopin Music Polonaise in A Major (op. 40, no. 1)
Berceuse (op. 57) Prelude (op. 28, no. 18) Prelude (op. 28, no. 16) Waltz in E-Minor (posthumous, op. 15) Prelude (op. 28, no. 7) Mazurka in G Major (posthumous) Prelude (op. 28, no. 4) Ballade (op. 47, no. 3) Orchestrated by Clare Grundman.
Dancers Tanaquil LeClercq, Todd Bolender, Yvonne Mounsey, Robert Barnett, Wilma Curley, John Mandia, Shaun O′Brien, Patricia Savoia, Richard Thomas Scenery Saul Steinberg; Edward Gorey Costumes Irene Sharaff Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere March 6, 1956, City Center of Music and Drama, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 21 Dancers Requirements piano on stage; orchestra Running Time 26′ Notes One of the pleasures of attending a concert is the freedom to lose oneself in listening to the music. Quite often, unconsciously, mental pictures and images form, and the patterns and paths of these reveries are influenced by the music itself, or its program notes, or by the personal dreams, problems and fantasies of the listener. Chopin′s music in particular has been subject to fanciful ″program″ names such as the Butterfly Etude, the Minute Waltz, the Raindrop Prelude, etc..
The Four Seasons Composer Giuseppe Verdi Music "Il Ballo delle Quattro Stagioni" from "I Vespri Siciliani"; "Scherzando" and "Valse" from "Jérusalem" (the French version of "I Lombardi alla Prima Crociata" and the only production in which the ballet music was used); and "Echo de la Bohèmienne" from "Il Trovatore". Dancers Joseph Duell, Heather Watts, Peter Frame, Kyra Nichols, Daniel Duell, Stephanie Saland, Bart Cook, Patricia McBride, Mikhail Baryshnikov, Jean-Pierre Frohlich Scenery Santo Loquasto Costumes Santo Loquasto Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere January 18, 1979, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 31 Dancers: Janus - 1 man
WINTER Allegory: 1 man, Principals: 1 woman, 2 men, Corps: 8 women SPRING Allegory: 1 woman, Principals: 1 woman, 1 man, Corps: 4 men SUMMER Allegory: 1 woman, Principals: 1 woman, 1 man, Corps: 6 women FALL Allegory: 1 man, Principals: 1 woman, 2 men, Corps: 8 women + 2 for finale, 8 men + 1 for finale
Requirements orchestra Running Time 36′ Notes When opera was presented in Paris in the late Nineteenth Century, the composer was obliged to include a ballet at the beginning of the third act whether or not it had anything to do with the plot of the opera. Usually it didn′t but it gave the Jockey Club, a group of wealthy subscribers, a chance to look over their favorite beautiful ladies of the ballet at a convenient time of the evening and these patrons were attentively in their seats for the ballet, if not for the rest of the opera. The tradition of the third act divertissement was so firmly established that when Wagner put his ″Venusberg″ ballet at the very beginning of Act I of ″Tannhäuser″, there were such forcible protests by the Jockey Club that the whole opera was nearly withdrawn.
Fortunately for us, Verdi was less revolutionary about Parisian conventions and composed many third Act opera ballets. Although seldom included in today′s productions, they contain some of the most delightful dance music of the period. For ″I Vespri Siciliani″, he devised a ballet called ″The Four Seasons″. His libretto called for Janus, the God of New Year, to inaugurate a series of dances by each of the seasons in turn. Verdi′s notes suggest such notions as ballerinas warming themselves in Winter by dancing, Spring bringing on warm breezes, indolent Summer ladies being surprised by an Autumnal faun, etc.. The present ballet follows his general plan. The original score is augmented by a few selections of his ballet music from ″I Lombardi″ and ″Il Trovatore″.
The Goldberg Variations Composer Johann Sebastian Bach Music The Goldberg Variations or Aria with Thirty Variations (1742) Dancers Renee Estopinal, Michael Steele, Gelsey Kirkland, Sara Leland, John Clifford, Robert Maiorano, Robert Weiss, Bruce Wells, Karin von Aroldingen, Peter Martins, Susan Hendl, Anthony Blum, Patricia McBride, Helgi Tomasson Costumes Joe Eula Lighting Thomas Skelton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 27, 1971, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 47 Dancers
Part I Principals: 2 women, 4 men; Corps: 6 women, 5 men Part II Principals: 3 women, 3 men; Corps: 12 women, 9 men
Running Time 75′ Notes Bach′s so-called "Goldberg Variations" was published in 1742 under the title "Area Mit Verschieden Veraenderungen". "Veraenderungen" is usually translated as variations, but it also means alterations or mutations.
It is the only work of Bach′s in the structure of a Theme and Variations. However, it differs from most compositions of this nature in that the variations are not based on the melody but on the harmonic implications of the accompaniment of the theme, a sarabande that Bach wrote for his second wife.
The Guests Composer Marc Blitzstein Music The Guests Dancers Maria Tallchief, Nicholas Magallanes, Francisco Moncion Costumes Jerome Robbins 1 Genre BALLET Premiere January 20, 1949, City Center of Music & Drama, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 2 principal men, 1 principal woman; First group: 5 couples; Second group: 3 couples
The King and I Book Ernest Lehman, Oscar Hammarstein II, Margaret Landon Composer Richard Rodgers Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II Director Walter Lang Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Deborah Kerr (Anna Leonowens)
Yul Brynner (King Mongkut of Siam) Rita Moreno (Tuptim) Martin Benson (Kralahome) Terry Saunders (Lady Thiang)
Scenery John De Cuir, Lyle R. Wheeler Costumes Irene Sharaff 1 Genre MOTION PICTURES Premiere June 28, 1956, New York City
The King and I Book Oscar Hammerstein II Composer Richard Rodgers Lyrics Oscar Hammerstein II (based on the novel Anna and the King of Si Director John van Druten Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Gertrude Lawrence (Anna Leonowens)
Yul Brynner (The King) Doretta Morrow (Tuptim) Dorothy Sarnoff (Lady Thiang) Larry Douglas (Lun Tha)
Dancers The Royal Dancers:
Jamie Bauer, Lee Becker, Mary Burr, Gemze de Lappe, Shellie Farrell, Marilyn Gennaro, Evelyn Giles, Ina Kurland, Nancy Lynch, Michiko, Helen Murielle, Prue Ward, Dusty Worrall, Yuriko; Wives: Stephanie Augustine, Marcia James, Ruth Korda, Suzanne Lake, Gloria Marlowe, Carolyn Maye, Helen Merritt, Phyllis Wilcox; Amazons: Geraldine Hamburg, Maribel Hammer, Norma Larkin, Miriam Lawrence; Priests: Duane Camp, Joseph Caruso, Leonard Graves, Jack Matthews, Ed Preston Slaves: Doris Avila, Raul Celada, Beau Cummingham, Tommy Gomez
Scenery Jo Mielziner Costumes Irene Sharaff 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere March 29, 1951, St. James Theatre, New York City
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The Pajama Game Book George Abbott & Richard Bissell Composer Richard Adler & Jerry Ross Lyrics Richard Adler & Jerry Ross Director George Abbott & Jerome Robbins Choreographer Bob Fosse Leads John Raitt (Sid Sorokin)
Janis Paige (Babe Williams) Eddie Foy Jr. (Hines) Carol Haney (Gladys) Buzz Miller (Second Helper) Peter Gennaro (Worker) Stanley Prager (Prez) Ralph Dunn (Hasler) Reta Shaw (Mabel) Thelma Pelish (Mae) Marion Colby (Brenda) Jack Waldron (Salesman)
Dancers Carmen Alvarez; Marilyn Gennaro; Lida Koehring; Shirley MacLaine; Marsha Reynolds; Ann Wallace; Robert Evans; Eric Kristen; Jim Hutchison; Dale Moreda; Augustin Rodriquez; Ben Vargas Scenery Lemuel Ayers Costumes Lemuel Ayers 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere May 13, 1954, St. James Theatre; New York City
Notes Based on the book "7 1/2 Cents" by Richard Bissell. www.mtishows.com
The Pied Piper Composer Aaron Copland Music Concerto for Clarinet and String Orchestra with Harp and Piano Dancers Diana Adams, Nicholas Magallanes, Jillana, Roy Tobias, Janet Reed, Todd Bolender, Melissa Hayden, Herbert Bliss, Tanaquil LeClerq, Jerome Robbins Costumes supplied by performers Lighting Jean Rosenthal 1 Genre BALLET Premiere December 4, 1951, City Center of Music and Drama, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 5 principal couples; 16 corps women, 7 corps men Requirements solo clarinet
The Tender Land Book Horace Everett Composer Aaron Copland Director Jerome Robbins 1 Genre OPERA Premiere April 1, 1954, New York City Opera
Tricolore Composer Georges Auric Choreographer with Peter Martins and Jean-Pierre Bonnefoux Dancers Renee Estopinal, Jay Jolley, Kyra Nichols, Joseph Duell, Karin von Aroldingen, Nina Fedorova Scenery Rouben Ter-Arutunian Costumes Rouben Ter-Arutunian 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 18, 1978, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Running Time 24′
Two's Company Book Charles Sherman & Peter DeVries Composer Vernon Duke, Sheldon Harnick Lyrics Ogden Nash, Sammy Cahn, Sheldon Harnick Director Jules Dassin Choreographer Jerome Robbins Leads Bette Davis; Hiram Sherman; David Burns; Bill Callahan; Stanley Prager; Ellen Hanley; Maria Karnilova; George S. Irving; Nora Kaye; Buzz Miller; Oliver Wakefield; Peter Kelley Dancers William Inglis; John Kelly; Ralph Linn; Job Sanders; Stanley Simmons; Florence Baum; Jeanna Beldin; Eleanor Boleyn; Barbara Heath; Dorothy Hill; Julie Marlowe; Helen Murielle.
Robert Orton′s Teen Aces: Robert Orton; Francis Edwards; Henry Mallory; Gilbert Shipley; Armstead Shobey; Norman Shobey.
Scenery Ralph Alswang Costumes Miles White 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere December 15, 1952, Alvin Theatre; New York City
Notes SKETCHES DIRECTOR: JULES DASSIN. MUSICAL NUMBERS: JEROME ROBBINS
Une Barque sur L′Ocean Composer Maurice Ravel Music Une Barque sur l′Ocean (orchestral version) Dancers Victor Castelli, Daniel Duell, Laurence Matthews, Jay Jolley, Nolan T′Sani Costumes Parmelee Welles Lighting Ronald Bates 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 29, 1975, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 5 men
Watermill Composer Teiji Ito Music Watermill (1971) Dancers Edward Villella, Penny Dudleston, Colleen Neary, Tracy Bennett, Victor Castelli, Hermes Conde, Bart Cook, Jean-Pierre Frohlich, Deni Lamont, Robert Maiorano Cast Musicians: Dan Erkkila, Genji Ito, Teiji Ito, Kensuke Kawase, Mara Purl, Terry White Scenery Jerome Robbins in association with David Reppa Costumes Patricia Zipprodt Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere February 3, 1972, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 24 Dancers: 1 principal man; 1 demi woman, 4 demi men; 7 corps women, 11 corps men Requirements Ito′s ensemble (6 musicians) Running Time 59′ Notes The score of ″Watermill″ stems mainly from the religious ceremonials and theatrical music of the Orient. It features the Shakuhachi, a bamboo flute used in the 13th Century in Japan, played mainly by Zen Buddhist priests whose compositions for the instrument still survive. The majority of these musical-religious works are contemplative evocations of nature and the seasons.
The ballet itself is influenced by the music and theater of the East; however, its world, people, and events are not construed as Oriental.
West Side Story Book Arthur Laurents Composer Leonard Bernstein Lyrics Stephen Sondheim Director Jerome Robbins Choreographer Jerome Robbins with Peter Gennaro Cast The Jets:
Mickey Calin (Riff), Larry Kert (Tony), Eddie Roll (Action), Tony Mordente (A-Rab), David Winters (Baby John), Grover Dale (Snowboy), Martin Charnin (Big Deal), Hank Brunjes (Diesel), Tommy Abbott (Gee-Tar), Frank Green (Mouth Piece), Lowell Harris (Tiger), Wilma Curley (Graziella), Carole D′Andrea (Velma), Nanette Rosen (Minnie), Marilyn D′Honau (Clarice), Julie Oser (Pauline), Lee Becker (Anybodys). The Sharks: Ken LeRoy (Bernardo), Carol Lawrence (Maria), Chita Rivera (Anita), Jamie Sanchez (Chino), George Marcy (Pepe), Noel Schwartz (Indio), Al De Sio (Luis), Gene Gavin (Anxious), Ronnie Lee (Nibbles), Jay Norman (Juano), Erne Castaldo (Toro), Jack Murry (Moose), Marilyn Cooper (Rosalia), Reri Grist (Consuelo), Carmen Guiterrez (Teresita), Elizabeth Taylor (Francisca), Lynn Ross (Estella), Liane Plane (Marguerita). The Adults: Art Smith (Doc), Arch Johnson (Schrank), William Bramley (Krupke), John Harkins (Gladhand)
Scenery Oliver Smith Costumes Irene Sharaff 1 Genre MUSICALS Premiere September 26, 1957, Winter Garden Theatre; New York City
Notes Entire production conceived, directed and choreographed by Jerome Robbins. www.mtishows.com
West Side Story Book Arthur Laurents, Ernest Lehman Composer Leonard Bernstein Director Jerome Robbins, Robert Wise Leads Natalie Wood (Maria)
Richard Beymer (Tony) Russ Tamblyn (Riff ) Rita Moreno (Anita) George Chakiris (Bernardo)
Scenery Victor Gangelin Costumes Irene Sharaff 1 Genre MOTION PICTURES Premiere December 13, 1961, Los Angeles (New York premiere: October 18, 1961
Notes 1960; Co-directed and choreographed
West Side Story Suite Composer Leonard Bernstein Music Prologue, Something′s Coming, Dance at the Gym, Cool, America, Rumble, Somwhere Ballet Lyrics Stephen Sondheim Choreographer with Peter Gennaro Dancers Robert LaFosse (Tony); Elena Diner (Maria); Jock Soto (Bernardo); Nancy Ticotin (Anita); Nikolaj Hubbe (Riff); Natalie Toro (Rosalia) Scenery Oliver Smith Costumes Irene Sharaff Lighting Jennifer Tipton 1 Genre BALLET Premiere May 18, 1995, New York State Theater, New York City Ballet
Casting Requirements 41 Dancers: Tony, Riff, Bernardo, Anita, Maria, Rosalia; 9 Jet boys, 10 Jet girls; 8 Shark boys, 8 Shark girls Requirements 5 Singers in pit (1 on stage for Something′s Coming, possibly 11 on stage for America and Cool if dancer can′t sing) Running Time 36′ Notes "West Side Story", set in 1957, is based on Shakespeare′s "Romeo & Juliet". The musical opened on September 26 of that year and the movie followed in 1960. Mr. Robbins extracted a sequence of dances from "West Side Story" to make this Suite.
Wish You Were Here Book Arthur Kober & Joshua Logan Composer Harold Rome Lyrics Harold Rome Director Joshua Logan Choreographer Joshua Logan Scenery Jo Mielziner Costumes Robert Mackintosh 1 Genre SHOWS DOCTORED Premiere June 25, 1952, Imperial Theatre; New York City
Wonderful Town Book Joseph Fields & Jerome Chodorov Composer Leonard Bernstein Lyrics Betty Comden & Adolph Green Director George Abbott Choreographer Donald Saddler Leads Rosalind Russell (Ruth Sherwood)
Edith Adams (Eileen Sherwood) Cris Alexander (Frank Lippencott) Jordan Bentley (Wreck)
Scenery Raoul Pene Du Bois Costumes Raoul Pene Du Bois 1 Genre SHOWS DOCTORED Premiere February 25, 1953, Winter Garden Theatre; New York City
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Jerome Robbins | [orig. Jerome Rabinowitz] (born Oct. 11, 1918, New York, N.Y., U.S.—died July 29, 1998, New York City) U.S. dancer, choreographer, and director. He joined Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre) as a dancer in 1940. His first choreographic success was Fancy Free (set to a musical score by Leonard Bernstein), which was expanded into the musical On the Town (1944). He joined the NYCB in 1948 and soon became associate director (1950–59), creating many works for the company. For the Broadway stage he choreographed successful musicals such as The King and I (1951; film, 1956), West Side Story (1957; film, 1961), Gypsy (1959; television, 1993), and Fiddler on the Roof (1964). Returning to the NYCB, he was resident choreographer and ballet master (1969–83) and then codirector with Peter Martins until retiring in 1990. His choreography is marked by a blend of modern, academic, and popular dance styles in a variety of American idioms. www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1B1-376999.html Copyright 1994-2008 Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | From: Britannica Concise Encyclopedia | Date: 2007
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It wouldn't be a celebration without special guests and NYCB is pleased to welcome some famous names from the worlds of dance and music to pay tribute to Jerome Robbins this spring as part of the 2008 Jerome Robbins Celebration. Mark your calendar now and plan to be with us for these rare and special highlights. Familiar and much-loved faces will join some new friends as part of this festive occasion. You won't want to miss one of them!
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April 29 - May 4: Tuesday eve., April 29, former NYCB Principal Dancer Robert La Fosse in Circus Polka Thursday eve., May 1, American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Ethan Stiefel in Fancy Free Friday eve., May 2, Artistic Director Designate Royal Danish Ballet Nikolaj Hübbe in Watermill Saturday eve., May 2, Artistic Director Designate Royal Danish Ballet Nikolaj Hübbe in Watermill Sunday mat., May 4, American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Marcelo Gomes in Fancy Free
May 6 - 11: Tuesday eve., May 6, American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Herman Cornejo in Fancy Free Thursday eve., May 8, Artistic Director Designate Royal Danish Ballet Nikolaj Hübbe in Watermill
May 27 - June 1: Tuesday eve., May 27, former NYCB Principal Dancer Robert La Fosse in Ives, Songs Friday eve., May 30, former NYCB Principal Dancer Robert La Fosse in Ives, Songs Sunday mat., June 1, former NYCB Principal Dancer Robert La Fosse in Ives, Songs
June 3 - 8: Wednesday eve., June 4 American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Julie Kent in Other Dances Friday eve., June 6, Royal Ballet Principal Dancers Alina Cojocaru & Johan Kobborg in Other Dances
June 10 - 15: Tuesday eve., June 10, former NYCB Principal Dancer Robert La Fosse in Circus Polka Wednesday eve., June 11, former NYCB Principal Dancer Robert La Fosse in Circus Polka Saturday. mat., June 14 Paris Opera Ballet Etoile Nicolas Le Riche in A Suite of Dances Sunday mat., June 15, former NYCB Principal Dancer Robert La Fosse in Circus Polka
June 16 - 29: Tuesday. eve., June 16, Paris Opera Ballet Etoile Nicolas Le Riche in A Suite of Dances Saturday mat. June 21, American Ballet Theatre Principal Dancer Julie Kent in Other Dances
Singers: May 1, May 4, May 5, May 11, the singers will be Philip Horst and Jeremy Kelly in Dybbuk May 1, May 4, May 5, May 11, the singers will be Rob Lorey, Whitney Webster, Julie Price, Leslie Becker (Stephanie Bast on May 4 mat., May 6 and May 11 mat.,) and Lara Marie Hirner in West Side Story Suite May 9, May 14, May 17, the singers will be Jason Hardy, Elizabeth DeShong, Sari Gruber and Bryan Griffin in Les Noces.
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Wednesday, April 30, 2008 7:30 PM SYMPHONIC BALANCHINE Symphony in C Bizet/Balanchine Symphony in Three Movements Stravinsky/Balanchine Western Symphony Kay/Balanchine No one delighted in grand ballets more than George Balanchine, and no one did it with greater variety. Symphony in C turned a long-lost Georges Bizet score into a masterpiece of regal, crystalline luminosity. Bold and jet-propelled, Symphony in Three Movements is a kinetic tour de force, striking for its simplicity and power. The frontier bravura of Western Symphony will warm your heart and the rousing, non-stop finale will leave you wanting more! Thursday, May 01, 2008 8:00 PM BERNSTEIN COLLABORATIONS Fancy Free Bernstein/Robbins Dybbuk Bernstein/Robbins West Side Story Suite Bernstein/Robbins American entertainment was never the same after Leonard Bernstein and Jerome Robbins took it to brilliant new heights. The New York of popular imagination would not exist without the comic genius of Fancy Free. Boisterous and beloved, it captures the essence and optimism of shore leave in the Big City. Carrying ancient Russian-Jewish culture in their bones, Bernstein and Robbins’ Dybbuk explores a mystical world of dreadful consequences and enduring passion. A Robbins retrospective would not be complete without the heart-rending poignancy of West Side Story Suite. No other theater piece is as well known and loved as this American classic. Friday, May 02, 2008 8:00 PM SEASONS Watermill Ito/Robbins The Four Seasons Verdi/Robbins All life has its seasons. Robbins’ Watermill is meditative, epic, and intense, and was a controversial sensation at its 1972 premiere. It is unlike any ballet you have ever seen, dwelling in memory, timelessness and the deeply personal quest for consequence. It glows from within as if a Japanese scroll painting has come to life. In vivid contrast stands The Four Seasons, one of Robbins’ jolliest romps. It translates the seasonal calendar into frosty flirtation, springtime awakening, sultry reverie, and a blow-you-away bacchanal, all set to Verdi’s vibrant melodies. Saturday, May 03, 2008 2:00 PM SYMPHONIC BALANCHINE Symphony in C Bizet/Balanchine Symphony in Three Movements Stravinsky/Balanchine Western Symphony Kay/Balanchine Saturday, May 03, 2008 8:00 PM SEASONS Watermill Ito/Robbins The Four Seasons Verdi/Robbins Sunday, May 04, 2008 3:00 PM BERNSTEIN COLLABORATIONS Fancy Free Bernstein/Robbins Dybbuk Bernstein/Robbins West Side Story Suite Bernstein/Robbins Tuesday, May 06, 2008 7:30 PM BERNSTEIN COLLABORATIONS Fancy Free Bernstein/Robbins Dybbuk Bernstein/Robbins West Side Story Suite Bernstein/Robbins Wednesday, May 07, 2008 7:30 PM SYMPHONIC BALANCHINE Symphony in C Bizet/Balanchine Symphony in Three Movements Stravinsky/Balanchine Western Symphony Kay/Balanchine Thursday, May 08, 2008 8:00 PM SEASONS Watermill Ito/Robbins The Four Seasons Verdi/Robbins Friday, May 09, 2008 8:00 PM RUSSIAN ROOTS Opus 19/The Dreamer Prokofiev/Robbins Andantino Tschaikovsky/Robbins Piano Pieces Tschaikovsky/Robbins Les Noces Stravinsky/Robbins Jerome Robbins’ Russian roots ran deep and this program puts them on abundant display. Andantino is a lilting pas de deux suffused with the sweetness and promise of youth. It is a gentle beauty. In Opus 19/The Dreamer, set to Prokofiev’s 1923 Violin Concerto, one can hear the surging tides of the Russian Revolution as a male protagonist pursues an elusive search. Like Andantino, Piano Pieces was a hit of the 1981 Tschaikovsky Festival. Playful and joyous, it is filled with the unmistakable exuberance of the Russian character. Les Noces (Weddings) closes the program. A monumental work of genius, Les Noces is primitive, overpowering and raw ritual. Requiring massive forces, this is the first time NYCB will fulfill Stravinsky and Robbins’ vision of Les Noces as it was originally conceived. It is the season’s must-see. Saturday, May 10, 2008 2:00 PM WORLD TOUR An American in Paris Gershwin/Wheeldon Valse Triste Sibelius/Martins The Chairman Dances Adams/Martins Bugaku Mayuzumi/Balanchine Russian Seasons Desyatnikov/Ratmansky NYCB takes you on a journey across the globe. You don’t have to be a Francophile to love the Tour de France, and there is nothing like Paris in the springtime, as the amusing An American in Paris proves. Jean Sibelius forged Finland’s national identify in music. In Valse Triste, his ardent melodies inspire a poignant portrait of remembered loss. China’s iconic grace and exotic mystery lie at the center of The Chairman Dances, a vibrantly–colored piece inspired by music from John Adams’ opera, Nixon in China. Like peeling the petals from a chrysanthemum, the Japanese-inspired Bugaku strips away ancient courtship conventions to reveal smoldering, explosive desire. The multi-hued Russian Seasons embraces life’s most important moments with a vivid and compelling humanity. Saturday, May 10, 2008 8:00 PM WORLD TOUR An American in Paris Gershwin/Wheeldon Valse Triste Sibelius/Martins The Chairman Dances Adams/Martins Bugaku Mayuzumi/Balanchine Russian Seasons Desyatnikov/Ratmansky Sunday, May 11, 2008 3:00 PM BERNSTEIN COLLABORATIONS Fancy Free Bernstein/Robbins Dybbuk Bernstein/Robbins West Side Story Suite Bernstein/Robbins Tuesday, May 13, 2008 7:30 PM SYMPHONIC BALANCHINE Symphony in C Bizet/Balanchine Symphony in Three Movements Stravinsky/Balanchine Western Symphony Kay/Balanchine Wednesday, May 14, 2008 7:30 PM RUSSIAN ROOTS Opus 19/The Dreamer Prokofiev/Robbins Andantino Tschaikovsky/Robbins Piano Pieces Tschaikovsky/Robbins Les Noces Stravinsky/Robbins Thursday, May 15, 2008 8:00 PM FRENCH CUSINE Mother Goose Ravel/Robbins Afternoon of a Faun Debussy/Robbins Antique Epigraphs Debussy/Robbins In G Major Ravel/Robbins For this program, Robbins calls upon all the chic and romance of France with the aid of two supreme composers, Ravel and Debussy. Mother Goose resonates for children of all ages with its nostalgic score and fairytale friends. Afternoon of a Faun depicts a chance encounter between two young dancers. Subtle, sensual, and narcissistic, it reveals the very heart of human attraction. Enveloped by Debussy’s prismatic score, Antique Epigraphs’ all-female ensemble moves to the echoes of centuries past. The program concludes with In G Major, a saucy Riviera romp. At the ballet’s heart is one of the most touching and luminous pas de deux in the Robbins repertory. Friday, May 16, 2008 8:00 PM DOUBLE FEATURE The Blue Necklace from Double Feature Berlin/Stroman Makin' Whoopee from Double Feature Donaldson/Stroman Double Feature is a whirligig of a ballet. Broadway’s Susan Stroman, of the smash hits The Producers and Young Frankenstein, has created a masterful tribute to America’s silver screen era. Like its namesake, the ballet features two stories under one bill of fare. The first, “The Blue Necklace,” is a 1920’s Cinderella story complete with an abandoned daughter, matinee idol, and endless line of Louis Brooks look-a-like chorines. “Makin’ Whoopee” follows the story of Jimmie Shannon, who has only hours to find a wife or forfeit his uncle’s fortune. Complete with songs by Irving Berlin and Walter Donaldson, Double Feature is double the fun. Saturday, May 17, 2008 8:00 PM RUSSIAN ROOTS Opus 19/The Dreamer Prokofiev/Robbins Andantino Tschaikovsky/Robbins Piano Pieces Tschaikovsky/Robbins Les Noces Stravinsky/Robbins Saturday, May 17, 2008 2:00 PM DOUBLE FEATURE The Blue Necklace from Double Feature Berlin/Stroman Makin' Whoopee from Double Feature Donaldson/Stroman Sunday, May 18, 2008 3:00 PM DOUBLE FEATURE The Blue Necklace from Double Feature Berlin/Stroman Makin' Whoopee from Double Feature Donaldson/Stroman Tuesday, May 20, 2008 7:30 PM DOUBLE FEATURE The Blue Necklace from Double Feature Berlin/Stroman Makin' Whoopee from Double Feature Donaldson/Stroman Wednesday, May 21, 2008 7:30 PM BAROQUE TO JAZZ: A MUSICAL ODYSSEY I Brandenburg Bach/Robbins In the Night Chopin/Robbins N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz Prince/Robbins Three musical epochs. Three distinct voices. All in one dazzling program. Robbins’ Brandenburg – danced to Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos – is ebullient in spirit and filled with the wonder of boundless freedom and endless possibility. With In the Night, Robbins gives us vastly contrasting sets of lovers under a midnight sky. Ranging from idyllic to headstrong, this work is as passionate as its Chopin score. With 1950s inflections at its core, N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz is a reflection of the post-war era when city streets were bustling with teens moving to cool jazz and angst-ridden beats. Thursday, May 22, 2008 8:00 PM DOUBLE FEATURE The Blue Necklace from Double Feature Berlin/Stroman Makin' Whoopee from Double Feature Donaldson/Stroman Friday, May 23, 2008 8:00 PM WORLD TOUR An American in Paris Gershwin/Wheeldon Valse Triste Sibelius/Martins The Chairman Dances Adams/Martins Bugaku Mayuzumi/Balanchine Russian Seasons Desyatnikov/Ratmansky Saturday, May 24, 2008 2:00 PM FRENCH CUSINE Mother Goose Ravel/Robbins Afternoon of a Faun Debussy/Robbins Antique Epigraphs Debussy/Robbins In G Major Ravel/Robbins Saturday, May 24, 2008 8:00 PM BAROQUE TO JAZZ: A MUSICAL ODYSSEY I Brandenburg Bach/Robbins In the Night Chopin/Robbins N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz Prince/Robbins Sunday, May 25, 2008 3:00 PM JEWELS Emeralds from Jewels Fauré/Balanchine Rubies from Jewels Stravinsky/Balanchine Diamonds from Jewels Tschaikovsky/Balanchine Jewels is a miracle of movement. Inspired by a visit to Van Cleef & Arpels, Balanchine turned a love of gems into a grand pyrotechnical display that distills the brilliant facets of the French, Russian, and American traditions. "Emeralds" moves at a mesmerizing pace, while "Rubies" is lightning fast, racing through Stravinsky’s jazz-inflected capriccio. "Diamonds", with its symphonic Tschaikovsky score, venerates the sumptuous nature of the Russian ballet as experienced by Balanchine in his youth. Tuesday, May 27, 2008 7:30 PM ALL AMERICAN FARE Interplay Gould/Robbins Ives, Songs Ives/Robbins I'm Old Fashioned Gould/Robbins All American Fare reaches deep into America’s soul and spirit as expressed in its music. Robbins’ Interplay is a fun-loving, daredevil firecracker of a ballet, filled with the best of jive and jitterbug. Bathed in autumn light, Ives, Songs gives voice to the musical poetry of Charles Ives, recalling the memories of a lifetime as captured in 18 New England vignettes of a less-hurried time. I’m Old Fashioned is a valentine to America at the height of its love affair with Fred Astaire. If you’ve ever been swept off your feet by a romance that made you feel 40 feet tall, Robbins made this ballet with you in mind. Wednesday, May 28, 2008 7:30 PM FRENCH CUSINE Mother Goose Ravel/Robbins Afternoon of a Faun Debussy/Robbins Antique Epigraphs Debussy/Robbins In G Major Ravel/Robbins Thursday, May 29, 2008 8:00 PM HERE AND NOW Rococo Variations Tschaikovsky/Wheeldon River of Light Wuorinen/Martins Oltremare Moretti/Bigonzetti New Ratmansky Ballet Ratmansky Friday, May 30, 2008 8:00 PM ALL AMERICAN FARE Interplay Gould/Robbins Ives, Songs Ives/Robbins I'm Old Fashioned Gould/Robbins Saturday, May 31, 2008 2:00 PM JEWELS Emeralds from Jewels Fauré/Balanchine Rubies from Jewels Stravinsky/Balanchine Diamonds from Jewels Tschaikovsky/Balanchine Saturday, May 31, 2008 8:00 PM HERE AND NOW Rococo Variations Tschaikovsky/Wheeldon River of Light Wuorinen/Martins Oltremare Moretti/Bigonzetti New Ratmansky Ballet Ratmansky Sunday, June 01, 2008 3:00 PM ALL AMERICAN FARE Interplay Gould/Robbins Ives, Songs Ives/Robbins I'm Old Fashioned Gould/Robbins Tuesday, June 03, 2008 7:30 PM HERE AND NOW Rococo Variations Tschaikovsky/Wheeldon River of Light Wuorinen/Martins Oltremare Moretti/Bigonzetti New Ratmansky Ballet Ratmansky Wednesday, June 04, 2008 7:30 PM DEFINITIVE CHOPIN Dances at a Gathering Chopin/Robbins Other Dances Chopin/Robbins The Concert Chopin/Robbins Robbins turned to Chopin as he sought to express the truth of human relationships. After years of spectacular Broadway success, Dances at a Gathering marked Robbins’ magnificent return to the ballet stage. It was and remains a landmark for its sustained invention, unstressed virtuosity, and constantly shifting emotions. Again, Robbins turned to Chopin for Other Dances, a pas de deux renowned for its abundant brio. In 1956, The Concert set the standard for just how funny a ballet could be. If you love the theater, you’ll adore The Concert’s cast of feisty theatergoers, officious staff, and prima donnas who gather at an unforgettable piano recital. Thursday, June 05, 2008 8:00 PM BAROQUE TO JAZZ: A MUSICAL ODYSSEY I Brandenburg Bach/Robbins In the Night Chopin/Robbins N.Y. Export: Opus Jazz Prince/Robbins Friday, June 06, 2008 8:00 PM DEFINITIVE CHOPIN Dances at a Gathering Chopin/Robbins Other Dances Chopin/Robbins The Concert Chopin/Robbins Saturday, June 07, 2008 2:00 PM JEWELS Emeralds from Jewels Fauré/Balanchine Rubies from Jewels Stravinsky/Balanchine Diamonds from Jewels Tschaikovsky/Balanchine Saturday, June 07, 2008 8:00 PM JEWELS Emeralds from Jewels Fauré/Balanchine Rubies from Jewels Stravinsky/Balanchine Diamonds from Jewels Tschaikovsky/Balanchine Sunday, June 08, 2008 3:00 PM THEN AND THERE Thou Swell Rodgers/Martins Prodigal Son Prokofiev/Balanchine Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Brahms, Schoenberg/Balanchine History is filled with events and places that come together and become emblems of their time. These three ballets each recall such iconic moments. For many, the world of mid-century café society is Manhattan. Thou Swell embodies glittering décor, sumptuous fashion, elegant couples, and Richard Rodgers’ glorious music. The world of biblical patriarchs is typified by the story of the Prodigal Son. Balanchine’s dramatic retelling of this parable swells with color, emotion, and powerful characterization. In the mid-19th Century, Vienna was the epicenter of European music. Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet embodies the majesty, impetuous romance, and Gypsy zest of this intoxicating age. Tuesday, June 10, 2008 7:30 PM GENERATION NEXT Circus Polka Stravinsky/Robbins Moves A ballet in silence/Robbins The Cage Stravinsky/Robbins Four Bagatelles Beethoven/Robbins Fanfare Britten/Robbins As the adage goes, “Youth will be served,” and this program celebrates just that. Students from the School of American Ballet perform two of Robbins’ utterly enchanting works: Circus Polka, with the tiniest of dancers, and Fanfare, a rousing, light-hearted spin through the world of orchestral music. Moves forgoes musical accompaniment and enthralls with the unexpected intensity it derives through movement alone. The Cage is one of Robbins’ most famous ballets. Dark and deadly, it plunges into the natural world of selection and survival as a novice must make life and death decisions. Four Bagatelles is a tender pas de deux, being brought back this season after a long absence. Wednesday, June 11, 2008 7:30 PM GENERATION NEXT Circus Polka Stravinsky/Robbins Moves A ballet in silence/Robbins The Cage Stravinsky/Robbins Four Bagatelles Beethoven/Robbins Fanfare Britten/Robbins Thursday, June 12, 2008 8:00 PM HERE AND NOW Rococo Variations Tschaikovsky/Wheeldon River of Light Wuorinen/Martins Oltremare Moretti/Bigonzetti New Ratmansky Ballet Ratmansky Friday, June 13, 2008 8:00 PM THEN AND THERE Thou Swell Rodgers/Martins Prodigal Son Prokofiev/Balanchine Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Brahms, Schoenberg/Balanchine Saturday, June 14, 2008 2:00 PM BACH TO GLASS: A MUSICAL ODYSSEY II 2 and 3 Part Inventions Bach/Robbins A Suite of Dances Bach/Robbins In Memory of... Berg/Robbins Glass Pieces Glass/Robbins As Balanchine famously said, “The music is always first,” and Robbins puts that principle on vivid display here. Turning to the music of Bach, he set 2 and 3 Part Inventions on young dancers from the School of American Ballet in 1994, creating a work of shining clarity, surprise and optimism. Accompanied by an on-stage cellist, A Suite of Dances is a piece for one male dancer that is a solo tour de force, at once witty and pensive. Deeply-felt and elegiac, In Memory Of… is a study of unfathomable loss from which no life is immune. Glass Pieces is utterly contemporary, pulsating with the throbbing pace of urban life. Saturday, June 14, 2008 8:00 PM BACH TO GLASS: A MUSICAL ODYSSEY II 2 and 3 Part Inventions Bach/Robbins A Suite of Dances Bach/Robbins In Memory of... Berg/Robbins Glass Pieces Glass/Robbins Sunday, June 15, 2008 3:00 PM GENERATION NEXT Circus Polka Stravinsky/Robbins Moves A ballet in silence/Robbins The Cage Stravinsky/Robbins Four Bagatelles Beethoven/Robbins Fanfare Britten/Robbins Tuesday, June 17, 2008 7:30 PM BACH TO GLASS: A MUSICAL ODYSSEY II 2 and 3 Part Inventions Bach/Robbins A Suite of Dances Bach/Robbins In Memory of... Berg/Robbins Glass Pieces Glass/Robbins Wednesday, June 18, 2008 7:30 PM One-time only program: Damian Woetzel farewell Thursday, June 19, 2008 8:00 PM THEN AND THERE Thou Swell Rodgers/Martins Prodigal Son Prokofiev/Balanchine Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Brahms, Schoenberg/Balanchine Friday, June 20, 2008 8:00 PM MUSICAL MUSES Mozartiana Tschaikovsky/Balanchine Le Tombeau de Couperin Ravel/Balanchine Divertimento from "Baiser de la Fée" Stravinsky/Balanchine La Sonnambula Rieti/Balanchine O for a muse of fire!, wrote Shakespeare. The history of art is filled with such pleas. Balanchine made his final masterpiece, Mozartiana, in homage to the composer whose sensibility informed his life - - Peter Ilyich Tschaikovsky. As Mr. B. honored Tschaikovsky, the composer was recalling his own debt to Mozart in this score. Le Tombeau de Couperin is Maurice Ravel’s musical monument to the French Baroque composer, François Couperin. Refined, gallant, and filled with simple grace, it is a fitting memorial. Stravinsky’s Divertimento from “Le Baiser de la Fée” also honors Tschaikovsky, and takes the fleeting and fickle nature of inspiration itself as its source. Art’s unpredictability as expressed in Bellini’s mystery-filled melodies is at the soul of La Sonnambula. In the midst of a sinister masked ball, a poet is transfixed by a gossamer sleepwalker to devastating effect. Once seen, it is unforgettable. Saturday, June 21, 2008 2:00 PM DEFINITIVE CHOPIN Dances at a Gathering Chopin/Robbins Other Dances Chopin/Robbins The Concert Chopin/Robbins Saturday, June 21, 2008 8:00 PM MUSICAL MUSES Mozartiana Tschaikovsky/Balanchine Le Tombeau de Couperin Ravel/Balanchine Divertimento from "Baiser de la Fée" Stravinsky/Balanchine La Sonnambula Rieti/Balanchine Sunday, June 22, 2008 3:00 PM ALL GERMAN AND SOME THARP The Goldberg Variations Bach/Robbins Brahms/Handel Handel, Brahms/Robbins, Tharp JS Bach and Johannes Brahms tower over the German musical landscape. The music of one: clear-eyed, confident and complex, seems to have flowed from the head of a god. The other has its headwaters in the depths of the soul: tumultuous and passionate. A Robbins’ masterpiece, The Goldberg Variations are precision and performance grandly executed on every level. The ballet is a testament to Robbins’ unceasing choreographic invention. Brahms’ Variations and Fugue on a Theme by Handel brought Twyla Tharp and Jerome Robbins together for the only time. Their collaboration, Brahms/Handel is a vibrant, quicksilver ballet that employs two cadres of dancers pitted against each other in an exuberant ballet of artistic wills. It will make you catch your breath. Tuesday, June 24, 2008 7:30 PM THEN AND THERE Thou Swell Rodgers/Martins Prodigal Son Prokofiev/Balanchine Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Brahms, Schoenberg/Balanchine Wednesday, June 25, 2008 7:30 PM ALL GERMAN AND SOME THARP The Goldberg Variations Bach/Robbins Brahms/Handel Handel, Brahms/Robbins, Tharp Thursday, June 26, 2008 8:00 PM THEN AND THERE Thou Swell Rodgers/Martins Prodigal Son Prokofiev/Balanchine Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet Brahms, Schoenberg/Balanchine Friday, June 27, 2008 8:00 PM One-time only program TBA Saturday, June 28, 2008 2:00 PM MUSICAL MUSES Mozartiana Tschaikovsky/Balanchine Le Tombeau de Couperin Ravel/Balanchine Divertimento from "Baiser de la Fée" Stravinsky/Balanchine La Sonnambula Rieti/Balanchine Saturday, June 28, 2008 8:00 PM ALL GERMAN AND SOME THARP The Goldberg Variations Bach/Robbins Brahms/Handel Handel, Brahms/Robbins, Tharp Sunday, June 29, 2008 3:00 PM ALL GERMAN AND SOME THARP The Goldberg Variations Bach/Robbins Brahms/Handel Handel, Brahms/Robbins, Tharp
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