Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts

Music: By Maurice Ravel (1920-25). Libretto by Colette (translated by Lincoln Kirstein and Jane Barzin).

Choreography: By George Balanchine.

Production: Scenery and costumes by Aline Bernstein. Costumes executed by Karinska. Lighting by Jean Rosenthal.

Premiere: November 20, 1946, Ballet Society, Central High School of Needle Trades, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin.

Cast: Each role was performed by a singer off stage and a dancer on stage. Child (sung and danced), Joseph Connolly; His Mother; Armchair; Bergère; Clock; Tea Pot; Chinese Cup; Fire, Elise Reiman; 2 Shepherdesses; 2 Shepherds; Princess, Tanaquil Le Clercq; Teacher Arithmetic; 10 Numbers; Black Cat, William Dollar; White Cat, Georgia Hiden; Big Frog; 4 Little Frogs; Tree (sung only); 7 Dragonflies; Nightingale; Bat; Squirrel; Little Squirrel; Owl.

Note: Presented with The Four Temperaments on the initial program of Ballet Society, the membership-supported non-profit organization formed by Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein.

Other Versions: 1925, Opéra de Monte-Carlo (L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, danced by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes). 1975, New York City Ballet (L'Enfant et les Sortilèges, Ravel Festival). 1981, for the PBS television series Dance in America (The Spellbound Child/L'Enfant et les Sortilèges).