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238. Divertimento 1947
  • Music
Alexei Haieff (Divertimento for small orchestra, 1944)
  • Choreography
George Balanchine
  • Production
Lighting by Jean Rosenthal
  • Premiere
January 13, 1947, Ballet Society, Hunter College Playhouse, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin
  • Cast
Mary Ellen Moylan, Francisco Moncion; Gisella Caccialanza, Tanaquil Le Clercq, Elise Reiman, Beatrice Tompkins, Todd Bolender, Lew Christensen, Fred Danieli, John Taras.
PRELUDE; ARIA; SCHERZO; LULLABY; FINALE
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
Choreographed for a leading couple and four supporting couples, with a nod toward popular dance idoms and featuring a widely praised blues pas de deux .

1993   New York City Ballet (retitled Haieff Divertimento)
1985   Kansas City Ballet
2009   Suzanne Farrell Ballet (retitled Haieff Divertimento)

Tanaquil Le Clercq, Maria Tallchief

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