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355. ÉLÉGIE

Music: By Igor Stravinsky (Élégie-Elegy for solo viola, 1944).

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Premiere: July 15, 1966, Philharmonic Hall, New York. Violist: Jesse Levine. (First New York City Ballet performance July 28, Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Violist: Jesse Levine. )

Cast: Suzanne Farrell.

Note: The premiere formed part of A Festival of Stravinsky: His Heritage and His Legacy, directed by Lukas Foss, which also included the premiere of Balanchine's Ragtime (II).