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Preface by Lincoln Kirstein
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425. VARIATIONS FOR ORCHESTRA

Music: By Igor Stravinsky (Variations in Memory of Aldous Huxley, 1965).

Choreography: By George Balanchine, in collaboration with Suzanne Farrell.

Production: Lighting by Ronald Bates.

Premiere: July 2, 1982, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Irving.

Cast: Suzanne Farrell.

Note: The premiere of this ballet intended for the Stravinsky Centennial Celebration took place two weeks after its official close. Balanchine had first choreographed a solo for Suzanne Farrell to this music as the final section of his 1966 work for the New York City Ballet [353], in which the music was played three times. The 1982 ballet was entirely rechoreographed. This was Balanchine's final work.