373. Symphony in Three Movements 1972

Igor Stravinsky (1942-45, dedicated to the New York Philharmonic)

George Balanchine

Lighting by Ronald Bates

June 18, 1972, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Craft. (Annual New York City Ballet Gala Benefit.)

I. Sara Leland, Marnee Morris, Lynda Yourth, Helgi Tomasson, Edward Villella, Robert Weiss; 5 demi-solo women; 5 demi-solo men; 16 women;
II. Leland, Villella;
III. Entire cast

Performance Type

Ballet

Note

Included in the Stravinsky Festival. An ensemble ballet of driving energy, the first and third movements contrasting with a meditative pas de deux in the second movement. (See FESTIVALS DIRECTED BY BALANCHINE.)

Stagings

1981   Zurich Ballet (Ballett des Opernhauses Zurich)
1987   Paris Opera Ballet
1989   Pennsylvania Ballet
1990   Birmingham Royal Ballet/Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
1990   Royal Ballet
1994   Birmingham Royal Ballet/Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
1994   Dutch National Ballet
1998   Birmingham Royal Ballet/Sadler’s Wells Royal Ballet
2000   Dutch National Ballet
2000   San Francisco Ballet
2003   Miami City Ballet
2005   Pacific Northwest Ballet
2007   Birmingham Royal Ballet
2007   Miami City Ballet
2007   Norwegian National Ballet
2008   Oper Leipzig
2009   Royal Danish Ballet
2011   Boston Ballet
2013   Boston Ballet
2013   Royal Danish Ballet
2013   San Francisco Ballet
2014   Perm State Opera and Ballet Theatre
2015   Australian Ballet
2015   Miami City Ballet
2016   Ballet Arizona
2016   Miami City Ballet
2019   Het Nationale Ballet (Stitchting Nationale Opera and Ballet)
2021 Wiener Staatsopern Ballet (Vienna)

Recorded Performances

Videos/DVD

2008, City Lights Media, Bringing Balanchine Back: The Historic Return to Russia (excerpts)