Music: By Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky (Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55, 1884).

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Production: Scenery and costumes by Nicolas Benois; costumes for TEMA CON VARIAZIONI later redesigned by Ben Benson. Lighting by Ronald Bates.

Premiere: December 3, 1970, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Irving.

Cast: ÉLÉGIE: Karin von Aroldingen, Anthony Blum, 6 women; VALSE MÉLANCOLIQUE: Kay Mazzo, Conrad Ludlow, 6 women; SCHERZO: Marnee Morris, John Clifford, 8 women; TEMA CON VARIAZIONI: Gelsey Kirkland, Edward Villella, 4 demi-solo couples, 8 women, 8 men.

Note: The first three movements take place in a darkened ballroom with the women's dresses long and flowing, their hair unbound; in the first movement they are barefoot. In the final movement, TEMA CON VARIAZIONI, the stage brightens, the women appear in tutus and the men are dressed as cavaliers. In 1947, as Theme and Variations, this section was premiered as an independent work.

Video/DVD: 1998, Nonesuch, The Balanchine Library: Choreography by Balanchine (ÉLÉGIE [1979]).