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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.)
Source Notes
Gordon Boelzner
355. Élégie 1966
- Music
Igor Stravinsky (Élégie-Elegy for solo viola, 1944)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
July 15, 1966, Philharmonic Hall, New York. Violist: Jesse Levine. (First New York City Ballet performance July 28, Saratoga Performing Arts Center. Violist: Jesse Levine)
- Cast
Suzanne Farrell
Performance Type
Ballet
Note
The premiere formed part of A Festival of Stravinsky: His Heritage and His Legacy, directed by Lukas Foss, which also included the premiere of Balanchine’s Ragtime (II).
