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Preface by Lincoln Kirstein
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Roles Performed By Balanchine

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Festivals Directed By Balanchine
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423. ÉLÉGIE

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

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Premiere: June 13, 1982, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. On-stage violist: Warren Laffredo.

Cast: Suzanne Farrell.

Note: Included in the Stravinsky Centennial Celebration. Balanchine first choreographed Stravinsky's Élégie as a pas de deux in 1948, and then as a solo in 1966. At the opening and closing of this newly choreographed work the dancer kneels in a circle of light on the darkened stage. (See FESTIVALS DIRECTED BY BALANCHINE.)