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Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky (Suite No. 4, Mozartiana, Op. 61, 1887; based on Mozart’s Gigue in G major [K. 574], Minuet in D major [K. 355], the motet ‘Ave, Verum Corpus’ [K. 618], and variations on ‘Les Hommes Pieusement’ from Gluck’s comic opera La Rencontre Imprévue [K. 455])
George Balanchine
Scenery and costumes by Christian Bérard (from the 1933 production). Costumes executed by Karinska.
September 28, 1935, Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York. Conductor: Sandor Harmati. (First performed in America by students of the School of American Ballet, June 9, 1934, at Woodlands, the estate of Felix Warburg, Hartsdale [near White Plains], New York; then by the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, December 6, 1934, Avery Memorial Theater, Hartford, Connecticut.)
1. GIGUE: Hortense Kahrklin, Joseph Levinoff, Jack Potteiger;
2. MENUET: 8 women;
3. PREGHIERA: Annabelle Lyon;
4. THEME AND VARIATIONS: PAS DE SIX: 6 women; PROMENADE: 5 women, 2 men; SCHERZANDO: Annia Breyman, Elise Reiman; PAS DE QUATRE: 4 women; CLOCHETTES: Gisella Caccialanza, Elena de Rivas, Potteiger; PAS DE DEUX: Holly Howard, Charles Laskey;
5. FINALE: Entire cast
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
Note
Originally presented by Les Ballets 1933, Paris.
Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky (Suite No. 4, Mozartiana, Op. 61, 1887; based on Mozart’s Gigue in G major [K. 574], Minuet in D major [K. 355], the motet ‘Ave, Verum Corpus’ [K. 618], and variations on ‘Les Hommes Pieusement’ from Gluck’s comic opera La Rencontre Imprévue [K. 455])
George Balanchine
Forecurtain, scenery, and costumes by Christian Bérard
June 7, 1933, Les Ballets 1933, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris. Conductor: Maurice Abravanel
GIGUE: Ludovic Matlinsky;
MENUETTO: 6 women;
PREGHIERA: Lucienne Kylberg;
TEMA CON VARIAZIONI: Tamara Toumanova, Roman Jasinsky, corps de ballet;
FINALE: Toumanova, Kylberg, Jasinsky, 7 women, 1 man
Performance Type
Ballet
See Also
Video Archives Recording
The George Balanchine Foundation Archive of Lost Choreography (TEMA CON VARIAZIONI: two pas de deux), 2003
Note
A suite of dances against an Italianate backdrop, Mozartiana was one of six new ballets created by Balanchine during the brief existence of Les Ballets 1933, the company he formed with Boris Kochno, financed by Edward James. It was performed in Paris and London with Les Sept Péchés Capitaux, Les Songes, Fastes, L’Errante, Les Valses de Beethoven, and other musical works without choreography. In 1981, Balanchine choreographed a new ballet to Mozartiana for the New York City Ballet Tchaikovsky Festival, changing the order of the movements to place the PREGHIERA first. See FESTIVALS DIRECTED BY BALANCHINE.
Additional Productions
Revisions
1935, American Ballet: Sections originally danced by Toumanova and Jasinsky differently apportioned, with single pas de deux for leading couple; pas de six in THEME AND VARIATIONS danced by six women (three in men’s costumes).
1945, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo: Original form more closely followed, with two pas de deux for leading couple and more complicated choreography for the leading man; corps de ballet entirely women; one male soloist instead of two.
1956, Danilova Concert Company: Presented without PREGHIERA by cast of four dancers.
Other Versions
1981, New York City Ballet
Stagings

1935   American Ballet Ensemble (1935-1938—resident Metropolitan Opera company)
1945   Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
1956   Danilova Concert Company (‘Great Moments of Ballet’—1954-1957)
2014  Richmond Ballet
2014  Tbilisi Ballet

Recorded Performances
Videos/DVD
2005, Zeitgeist Films, Ballets Russes (excerpt)