412. Ballade 1980
- Music
Gabriel Fauré (Ballade for piano and orchestra, Op. 19, 1881)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Scenery and costumes by Rouben Ter-Arutunian (from Tricolore, PAS DEGAS [409]), lighting by Ronald Bates
- Premiere
May 8, 1980, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Irving. Pianist: Gordon Boelzner
- Cast
Merrill Ashley, Ib Andersen, 10 women
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
The music (celebrated in Proust) is in one movement with three underlying sections; the ballet is a series of pas de deux and solos for a ballerina and her cavalier, accompanied from time to time by the corps of women.
Additional Productions
New Productions by Balanchine Companies
1982, New York City Ballet: Performed without décor; costumes by Ben Benson (from Introduction and Fugue [J. Duell], 1981), lighting by Ronald Bates
2007 Suzanne Farrell Ballet
