336. Ragtime (I) 1960
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (Ragtime for Eleven Instruments, 1918)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Scenery by Robert Drew (from Blackface [Lew Christensen], 1947). Costumes by Karinska. Lighting by David Hays
- Premiere
December 7, 1960, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Robert Irving
- Cast
Diana Adams, Bill Carter
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
The choreography is jazz-inspired in a cabaret style, one of a quartet of works by Balanchine, Todd Bolender, Francisco Moncion, and John Taras collectively titled Jazz Concert. Balanchine first used this music for a dance in 1922; in 1966, he choreographed another work to this score, titled Ragtime (II).
