Igor Stravinsky (1942, written at the request of George Balanchine, with the dedication ‘For a young elephant’)
Choreography
George Balanchine
Premiere
November 5, 1945, Carnegie Hall, New York. National Orchestral Society, Leon Barzin, musical director. Danced by students of the School of American Ballet
Performed once, on a program arranged by Lincoln Kirstein entitled Adventure in Ballet, which also included Élégie [245] and Symphonie Concertante [241], danced by students of the School of American Ballet, with Todd Bolender as guest artist.