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418. Tempo di Valse: Garland Dance from The Sleeping Beauty 1981
- Music
Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky (as given below)
- Choreography
George Balanchine (two of five parts), Jacques d’Amboise, and John Taras
- Production
Costumes for GARLAND DANCE by Karinska (from DIAMONDS in Jewels [358] and Chaconne [400]) and Rouben Ter-Arutunian (from Coppélia [387])
- Premiere
June 9, 1981, New York City Ballet with students from the School of American Ballet, New York State Theater. Conductor: Robert Irving
- Cast
GARLAND DANCE from The Sleeping Beauty, Act I (produced 1890): 25 women, 16 men, 16 young girls
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
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65. Aurora's Wedding. Ariadne and Her Brothers,
225. Pas de Deux (Grand Adagio),
259. Princess Aurora,
281. The Sleeping Beauty. Variation from Aurora's Wedding,
404. The Sleeping Beauty. Aurora's Solo, Vision Scene
Note
Included in the Tchaikovsky Festival. Sixteen couples dance, each couple holding aloft a garland of flowers in the form of an arch; a chain of little girls enters, weaving under the garlands, and is joined by nine older girls. In addition to the GARLAND DANCE, the short works presented under the general title Tempo di Valse during the Tchaikovsky Festival (and later in the season) were the WALTZ OF THE FLOWERS from The Nutcracker [302] by Balanchine, VALSE-SCHERZO by d’Amboise, and VARIATION VI FROM TRIO IN A MINOR and WALTZ FROM EUGENE ONEGIN, ACT II by Taras. (See FESTIVALS DIRECTED BY BALANCHINE.)
404. The Sleeping Beauty: Aurora's Solo, Vision Scene 1977
- Music
Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky (produced 1890)
- Choreography
After the choreography of Marius Petipa. Choreography for the GARLAND DANCE by Michael Vernon. Choreography for Aurora’s solo in the VISION SCENE by George Balanchine.
- Production
Staged and directed by André Eglevsky. Scenery and costumes by Peter Farmer
- Premiere
April 14, 1977, The Eglevsky Ballet, Hofstra University, Hempstead, New York
- Cast
Princess Aurora, Patricia McBride; Prince, Peter Schaufuss; Lilac Fairy, Leslie Peck; corps de ballet
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
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65. Aurora's Wedding. Ariadne and Her Brothers,
225. Pas de Deux (Grand Adagio),
259. Princess Aurora,
281. The Sleeping Beauty. Variation from Aurora's Wedding,
418. Tempo di Valse. Garland Dance from The Sleeping Beauty
Source Notes
Information corroborated by Patricia McBride
281. The Sleeping Beauty: Variation from Aurora's Wedding 1951
- Choreography
George Balanchine
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
-
65. Aurora's Wedding. Ariadne and Her Brothers,
225. Pas de Deux (Grand Adagio),
259. Princess Aurora,
404. The Sleeping Beauty. Aurora's Solo, Vision Scene,
418. Tempo di Valse. Garland Dance from The Sleeping Beauty
Note
In the summer of 1951, at Jacob’s Pillow, Diana Adams performed a variation from Aurora’s Wedding (divertissements from Act III of The Sleeping Beauty [Tchaikovsky]), with choreography credited to Balanchine.
225. Pas de Deux (Grand Adagio) 1945
- Music
Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky (entr’acte from The Sleeping Beauty, 1890, orchestrated by Ivan Boutnikoff)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Premiere
March 14, 1945, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, City Center of Music and Drama, New York. Conductor: Emanuel Balaban
- Cast
Alexandra Danilova, Frederic Franklin
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
-
65. Aurora's Wedding. Ariadne and Her Brothers,
259. Princess Aurora,
281. The Sleeping Beauty. Variation from Aurora's Wedding,
302. The Nutcracker,
404. The Sleeping Beauty. Aurora's Solo, Vision Scene,
418. Tempo di Valse. Garland Dance from The Sleeping Beauty
Note
In 1955, Balanchine interpolated this music in its original form as a violin cadenza into Act I of his production of The Nutcracker for the New York City Ballet.
Source Notes
Additional music information provided by Balanchine, Gordon Boelzner
65. Aurora's Wedding: Ariadne and Her Brothers 1927
- Choreography
George Balanchine
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
-
225. Pas de Deux (Grand Adagio),
259. Princess Aurora,
281. The Sleeping Beauty. Variation from Aurora's Wedding,
404. The Sleeping Beauty. Aurora's Solo, Vision Scene,
418. Tempo di Valse. Garland Dance from The Sleeping Beauty
Note
In 1926 or 1927 Balanchine replaced the pas de trois for a man and two women in Aurora’s Wedding (divertissements from Act III of Petipa’s The Sleeping Beauty [Tchaikovsky]) known as ‘Florestan and His Sisters’ with a pas de trois for a woman and two men called ‘Ariadne and Her Brothers.’ The earliest program found is for the January 10, 1927, performance of Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes at La Scala, Milan. Throughout his tenure as ballet master to Diaghilev, Balanchine made frequent adjustments to repertory pieces, from minor alterations to entire new variations; most of these changes are not noted on printed programs. During the frequent periods between the seasons of the Ballets Russes, Balanchine is also known to have created choreography for productions in provincial opera houses in France; these are no longer possible to document.
Source Notes
Alicia Markova