293. Valse Fantaisie 1953
- Music
Mikhail Glinka (Valse Fantaisie in B minor, 1839; orchestrated 1856)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costumes by Karinska. Lighting by Jean Rosenthal
- Premiere
January 6, 1953, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Leon Barzin
- Cast
Diana Adams, Melissa Hayden, Tanaquil Le Clercq, Nicholas Magallanes
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
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*107. Dances for Sir Oswald Stoll's Variety Shows (A WALTZ FANTASY IN BLUE),
359. Glinkiana,
366. Valse Fantaisie
Note
The three ballerinas, wearing headdresses reminiscent of Glinka’s Russia, moved together in a perpetuum mobile, attended by the male dancer.
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