In the Night
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In the Night is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
to solo piano music of Chopin
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The premiere took place on Thursday, January 29, 1970, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
, with costumes by Anthony Dowell
and lighting by Jennifer Tipton
. Robbins made three other ballets to Chopin's music: The Concert
, 1956; Dances at a Gathering
, 1969; and Other Dances
, 1976, made on Mikhail Baryshnikov
and Natalia Makarova
.
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New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Leon Barzin was the company's first music director. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company...
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins was an American theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and directed/produced for television. His work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater...
to solo piano music of Chopin
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
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- Nocturne in D flat major, Op. 27, No. 1 (1835)
- Nocturnes in F minor and E flat majorNocturnes Op. 55 (Chopin)Nocturnes Op. 55 by Frédéric Chopin consisted of two nocturnes, his fifteenth and sixteenth, dedicated to his pupil Jane Stirling. The pair were composed between 1842 and 1844, and published in August 1844. -Nocturne in F minor, Op. 55, No. 1:...
, Op. 55, Nos. 1 and 2 (1843)
- Nocturne in E flat major, Op. 9, No. 2 (1830–31)
The premiere took place on Thursday, January 29, 1970, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts is a complex of buildings in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of New York City's Upper West Side. Reynold Levy has been its president since 2002.-History and facilities:...
, with costumes by Anthony Dowell
Anthony Dowell
Sir Anthony James Dowell, CBE is a retired English ballet dancer and former Artistic Director of the Royal Ballet. He studied at the Hampshire School and The Royal Ballet Schools, before joining the Royal Ballet in 1961...
and lighting by Jennifer Tipton
Jennifer Tipton
Jennifer Tipton is a lighting designer. She has designed for dance, theater and opera.In 1958, she graduated from Cornell University...
. Robbins made three other ballets to Chopin's music: The Concert
The Concert (ballet)
The Concert is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently New York City Ballet's balletmaster, to Chopin's: *Tanaquil LeClercq*Todd Bolender*Yvonne Mounsey*Robert Barnett*Wilma Curley*John Mandia*Shaun O'Brien...
, 1956; Dances at a Gathering
Dances at a Gathering
Dances at a Gathering is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the music of Chopin: *John Clifford*Robert Maiorano*John Prinz*Edward Villella- 2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins celebration : *Yvonne Borree...
, 1969; and Other Dances
Other Dances
Other Dances is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins on Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov to the music of Chopin:...
, 1976, made on Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov is a Soviet and American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974...
and Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova
Nataliya Romanovna Makarova is the legendary Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina. The History of Dance, published in 1981, notes that “Her performances set standards of artistry and aristocracy of dance which mark her as the finest ballerina of her generation.” She has also won awards as an...
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Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C13F73D5D15778DDDA90B94D9405B808BF1D3NY Times, Clive BarnesClive Barnes (critic)Clive Alexander Barnes, CBE was a British-born American writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of...
, January 30, 1970] - http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00F1FF9395A1A7493CAA8178AD85F428785F9Sunday NY Times, Anna KisselgoffAnna KisselgoffAnna Kisselgoff is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for the New York Times. She began at the Times as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she held until 2005...
, January 18, 1976] - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C05E6DA173BF93BA35752C0A967948260NY Times, Jennifer DunningJennifer DunningJennifer Dunning is a writer and critic for the New York Times on the subjects of dance and ballet. She is the author of the 1985 But First a School: The First Fifty Years of the School of American Ballet, the 1996 Alvin Ailey, a Life in Dance and the 1997 Great Performances: A...
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, January 14, 1986] - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E04E6DE153AF93BA35755C0A962958260NY Times, Anna KisselgoffAnna KisselgoffAnna Kisselgoff is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for the New York Times. She began at the Times as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she held until 2005...
, June 8, 1994] - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0DE0DA1239F931A35756C0A9669C8B63NY Times, Jennifer DunningJennifer DunningJennifer Dunning is a writer and critic for the New York Times on the subjects of dance and ballet. She is the author of the 1985 But First a School: The First Fifty Years of the School of American Ballet, the 1996 Alvin Ailey, a Life in Dance and the 1997 Great Performances: A...
, May 2, 2000] - http://www.nytimes.com/2006/02/11/arts/dance/11robb.htmlNY Times, Claudia La RoccoClaudia La RoccoClaudia La Rocco is a dance critic for the New York Times. She began her career as a general arts writer for the Associated Press,- External links : * ** * **...
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