273. Sylvia: Pas de Deux 1950
- Music
Léo Delibes (from Sylvia, ou la Nymphe de Diane, produced 1876 [Act I VALSE LENTE and Act III pas de deux])
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costumes by Karinska
- Premiere
December 1, 1950, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin
- Cast
Maria Tallchief, Nicholas Magallanes
Performance Type
Ballet
Video Archives Recording
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive (ballerina solo), 1997
Note
A grand pas de deux in the French style, with entrée, adagio, two solos, and coda. In 1965, incorporated (with minor changes) into Pas de Deux and Divertissement [350], choreographed for the New York City Ballet. The male variation is reproduced in the Balanchine-Danilova Coppélia [387], Act III (PEACE pas de deux).
1958 Eglevsky Ballet Company
1963 National Ballet (Washington, D.C. 1963-74)
1965 American Ballet Theatre
1967 Den Norske Opera [Ballet] (Norway)
1968 Harkness Ballet (1964-70)
1979 Royal Winnipeg Ballet
1980 Pennsylvania Ballet
1981 Matsuyama Ballet Company (Japan)
1987 Pacific Northwest Ballet
1988 Miami City Ballet
Recorded Performances
Videos/DVD
1999, Kultur, American Ballet Theatre at the Met [1984]
1950 (CBS)
1955 (CBS, Ed Sullivan Show)
1959 excerpts (PBS, “Classical Ballet”)
1960 (ABC)
1963 (CBC [Montreal])
1965 (NBC, Bell Telephone Hour)
1984 (PBS, “American Ballet Theatre at the Met”)
1984 (Japanese television,”American Ballet Theatre on Tour”)
Arlene Croce, David Vaughan
