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247. Pas de Trois Classique 1948
- Music
Léon Minkus (from Paquita, 1881)
- Choreography
George Balanchine
- Production
Costumes by Jean Robier
- Premiere
August 9, 1948, Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
- Cast
Rosella Hightower, Marjorie Tallchief, André Eglevsky
Performance Type
Ballet
Video Archives Recording
George Balanchine Foundation Interpreters Archive (complete ballet), forthcoming; (Marjorie Tallchief solo), forthcoming
Note
Balanchine considered his Pas de Trois Classique essentially a restaging of Petipa’s pas de trois from Paquita. He changed some steps for the 1951 New York City Ballet version; the ballet possibly contains additional original Balanchine choreography, as is usual in his remounting of the classics.
Additional Productions
Revisions
1951, New York City Ballet: Variation originally danced by Marjorie Tallchief revised.
New Productions by Balanchine Companies
1951, New York City Ballet, titled Pas de Trois, with costumes by Karinska.
Recorded Performances
Television
1963 (NBC, The Bell Telephone Hour)
Source Notes
Balanchine, André Eglevsky, Rosella Hightower, Victoria Simon, Maria Tallchief, Marjorie Tallchief
