423. Élégie 1982
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (Élégie-Elegy for solo viola, 1944)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
June 13, 1982, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater. On-stage violist: Warren Laffredo
- Cast
Suzanne Farrell
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
Included in the Stravinsky Centennial Celebration. Balanchine first choreographed Stravinsky’s Élégie as a pas de deux in 1948, and then as a solo in 1966. At the opening and closing of this newly choreographed work the dancer kneels in a circle of light on the darkened stage. (See FESTIVALS DIRECTED BY BALANCHINE.)
Gordon Boelzner
