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Introduction to the Database

Preface by Lincoln Kirstein
Background

Chronology: Life and Works
Roles Performed By Balanchine

Chronological Title List
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Festivals Directed By Balanchine
Bibliography
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Videography

Itineraries Undertaken by
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74.1. ROMANESQUE

Music: By Alexander Glazounov (character mazurka from Raymonda, Act I, 1896), arranged by Alexei Archangelsky.

Choreography: By George Balanchine [?], quite possibly with the assistance of Tamara Geva.

Production: Presented by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Guest. Conceived and directed by Nikita Balieff. Scenery by Perez Sucre. Costume design uncredited.

Premiere: October 10, 1927, Balieff's Chauve-Souris (The Bat Theatre of Moscow), Cosmopolitan Theater, New York. Conductor: S. Kogan.

Cast: Tamara Geva.

Note: Balanchine's contribution to the choreography, if any, is not clear, since Geva gave conflicting accounts, sometimes crediting the choreography to herself (interviews 1939, 1976, 1980, 1984), sometimes to Balanchine (interviews 1991, 1997).