220. Danses Concertantes 1944
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (Danses Concertantes for chamber orchestra, 1941-42, commissioned by Werner Janssen)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Scenery and costumes by Eugene Berman. Scenery executed by E. B. Dunkel Studios; costumes executed by Karinska, Inc.
- Premiere
September 10, 1944, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Emanuel Balaban
- Cast
Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin; I. VARIATION: Gertrude Svobodina, Nikita Talin, Nora White; II. VARIATION: Ruthanna Boris, Alexander Goudovitch, Dorothy Etheridge; III. VARIATION: Lillian Lanese, Herbert Bliss, Pauline Goddard; IV. VARIATION: Maria Tallchief, Nicholas Magallanes, Mary Ellen Moylan; PAS DE DEUX: Danilova, Franklin; FINALE: Entire cast
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
Stravinsky wrote the music for concert performance; Balanchine choreographed the score as his first new work for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo at the beginning of his two-year association with that company as choreographer.
Additional Productions
Revisions
2016 Suzanne Farrell Ballet
Recorded Performances
Videos/DVD
2005, Zeitgeist Films, Ballets Russes (excerpt)
Balanchine, Nikita Talin, Frederic Franklin
