Moves (ballet)
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Moves is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins
on his company Ballets: USA for the Spoleto
(Italy
) Festival of Two Worlds where it received its premiere July 3, 1959; the New York City Ballet
première took place on Wednesday, May 2, 1984, by which time Robbins was City Ballet's ballet master, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
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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...
on his company Ballets: USA for the Spoleto
Spoleto
Spoleto is an ancient city in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria on a foothill of the Apennines. It is S. of Trevi, N. of Terni, SE of Perugia; SE of Florence; and N of Rome.-History:...
(Italy
Italy
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) Festival of Two Worlds where it received its premiere July 3, 1959; the New York City Ballet
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...
première took place on Wednesday, May 2, 1984, by which time Robbins was City Ballet's ballet master, 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:...
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original
- Diana White
- Jock SotoJock SotoJock Soto is a former American ballet dancer and current ballet instructor.-Career:Soto danced featured roles in over 40 ballets, of which more than 35 were created for him....
first cast
- Rebecca Krohn
- Jared Angle
second cast
- Teresa Reichlen
- Andrew Veyette
Reviews
- Sunday NY Times, July 5, 1959
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9405EFDA1038F937A35756C0A962948260NY 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...
, May 4, 1984] - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE4DC173AF93AA35751C0A961948260NY 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...
, February 9, 1987]
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE2DE1E3EF937A25751C0A961948260NY 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...
, February 14, 1987] - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D05E6D61E3CF930A25751C0A9649C8B63NY Times, Jack AndersonJack Anderson (dance critic)Jack Anderson is an American dance critic and author. Since 1978, he has been a contributor of dance reviews and other articles in The New York Times...
, February 13, 2002] - http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/17/arts/dance/17nycb.htmlNY Times, Alastair MacaulayAlastair MacaulayAlastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
, May 17, 2007] - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/arts/dance/12next.htmlNY Times, Alastair MacaulayAlastair MacaulayAlastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
, June 12, 2008]