74. Sarcasm 1927
- Music
Sergei Prokofiev (Sarcasms, suite for piano, Op. 17, 1912-14), arranged by Alexei Archangelsky
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Presented by F. Ray Comstock and Morris Guest. Conceived and directed by Nikita Balieff. Scenery by Yuri Annenkov. Costume design uncredited
- Premiere
October 10, 1927, Balieff’s Chauve-Souris (The Bat Theatre of Moscow), Cosmopolitan Theater, New York. Conductor: S. Kogan
- Cast
Tamara Geva
Performance Type
Concert Works
See Also
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73. Grotesque Espagnol,
74.1. Romanesque,
85.1. The Romance of the Toys,
85.2. The Celebrated Popoff's Porcelains,
85.3. Fragment of an Etruscan Vase
Note
In Petrograd, Kasian Goleizovsky, whom Balanchine cited as an influence, created a ballet, Sarcasms, to Prokofiev music, probably in the early 1920s. See 73
Tamara Geva, Lincoln Kirstein. Although part of a revue, these pieces were reviewed separately by J[ohn] M[artin] in the New York Times, December 11, 1927. Additional information about the Chauve-Souris productions [73] [74, 74.1] [85.1, 85.2, 85.3] provided by Claude Conyers.
