378. Duo Concertant 1972

Igor Stravinsky (Duo Concertant for violin and piano, 1931)

George Balanchine

Lighting by Ronald Bates

June 22, 1972, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Pianist: Gordon Boelzner. Violinist: Lamar Alsop. Both instrumentalists on stage

Kay Mazzo, Peter Martins I. CANTILENA; II. ECLOGUE I; III. ECLOGUE II; IV. GIGUE; V. DITHYRAMB

Performance Type

Ballet

Note

Included in the Stravinsky Festival. The performance of the musicians on stage is integral to the conception of the ballet. Standing at the piano with the musicians, the dancers listen to the first movement. During the next three movements they dance, mirroring the music and each other, and pause several times to rejoin the musicians and to listen. In the final movement, the stage is darkened; within circles of light the dancers enact a love story. (See FESTIVALS DIRECTED BY BALANCHINE.)

Stagings

1976   Ballett der Wiener Staatsoper (Vienna)
1982   Chicago City Ballet (Closed)
1995   Royal Ballet
1998   Carolina Ballet
1998   Santa Fe Festival Ballet
2000   Miami City Ballet
2001   Ballet Arizona
2001   Suzanne Farrell Ballet
2003   Caramoor
2004   Boston Ballet
2004   Dutch National Ballet
2004   Oregon Ballet Theatre
2005   Birmingham Royal Ballet
2005   Pacific Northwest Ballet
2005   Royal Danish Ballet
2005   Teatro Colon
2005   Royal Ballet
2005   Suzanne Farrell Ballet
2007   American Repertory Ensemble
2008   Tbilisi Ballet
2009   Oper Liepzig
2010   Oregon Ballet Theatre
2011   American Ballet Theatre
2011   Zurich Ballet
2012   Richmond Ballet
2013   Miami City Ballet
2013   Suzanne Farrell Ballet, The
2014   American Ballet Theatre
2014   Tbilisi Ballet
2016   Paris Opera Ballet
2019   Miami City Ballet
2019   Nashville Ballet
2021 Wiener Staatsopern Ballet (Vienna)
2022 Pacific Northwest Ballet

Recorded Performances

Film

1973, RM Productions

Television

1973 (RM Productions)
1975 (PBS, Great Performances, “Three by Balanchine”)
1976 (German television)
2004 (PBS, Live from Lincoln Center, “Balanchine 100”)