376. Divertimento from 'Le Baiser de la Fée' 1972
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (excerpts from the full-length ballet, Le Baiser de la Fée, 1928)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costumes by Eugene Berman (from Roma [306]). Lighting by Ronald Bates
- Premiere
June 21, 1972, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Irving
- Cast
Patricia McBride, Helgi Tomasson; Bettijane Sills, Carol Sumner, 10 women
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
-
133.7. La Prédiction,
*178. Le Baiser de la Fée,
271. The Fairy's Kiss (Le Baiser de la Fée)
Video Archives Recording
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive (male solo), forthcoming
Note
Included in the Stravinsky Festival. Unlike Balanchine’s earlier staging of Le Baiser de la Fée as a narrative ballet, the Divertimento tells no story, although certain sections suggest quest and foreboding. Despite the ballet’s title, it appears that Stravinsky’s Divertimento concert suite of 1934 did not figure in Balanchine’s musical selections, which he drew (and edited extensively) from the full ballet score of 1928. (Some but not all of the same musical material occurs in the Divertimento.) (See FESTIVALS DIRECTED BY BALANCHINE.)
Additional Productions
Revisions
2001 Chautauqua Institution (New York)
2022 City Ballet of San Diego
Recorded Performances
Videos/DVD
2002, George Balanchine Foundation, Music Dances: Balanchine Choreographs Stravinsky (male solo)
Film
1973, RM Productions
1973 (RM Productions)
Additional music information provided by Gordon Boelzner, Stephanie Jordan; additional revisions information provided by Nancy Goldner, Patricia McBride, Helgi Tomasson