Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze”
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Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze” (Dances of the League of David) is one of the last major works made by New York City Ballet
's founding choreographer and balletmaster-in-chief George Balanchine
. It is set to Robert Schumann
's Davidsbündlertänze
, Opus 6 (1837). The premiere took place on June 19, 1980, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
. A series of dances for four couples, the ballet draws on the life of Schumann, in particular his reconciliation with Clara Wieck after a 16-month estrangement in the year of its composition.
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...
's founding choreographer and balletmaster-in-chief George Balanchine
George Balanchine
George Balanchine , born Giorgi Balanchivadze in Saint Petersburg, Russia, to a Georgian father and a Russian mother, was one of the 20th century's most famous choreographers, a developer of ballet in the United States, co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet...
. It is set to Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann
Robert Schumann, sometimes known as Robert Alexander Schumann, was a German composer, aesthete and influential music critic. He is regarded as one of the greatest and most representative composers of the Romantic era....
's Davidsbündlertänze
Davidsbündlertänze
Davidsbündlertänze , Op. 6, is a group of eighteen pieces for solo piano composed by Robert Schumann in 1837. Schumann named them after the imaginary Davidsbündler. The pieces are not true dances, but are characteristic pieces, musical dialogues about contemporary music between Schumann's...
, Opus 6 (1837). The premiere took place on June 19, 1980, 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:...
. A series of dances for four couples, the ballet draws on the life of Schumann, in particular his reconciliation with Clara Wieck after a 16-month estrangement in the year of its composition.
Original
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- Peter MartinsPeter MartinsPeter Martins is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was named man of the year by Danish American Society, 1980...
2008 Winter
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- Janie Taylor
- Jared Angle
- Charles AskegardCharles AskegardCharles Askegard was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and began his dance training at the age of five with Loyce Houlton and the Minnesota Dance Theatre. He continued his studies in Minneapolis until the age of 16, spending one summer at the School of American Ballet in 1983Mr...
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Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70B13FD3C5E12728DDDA80A94D9415B8084F1D3NY Times by 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...
, November 21, 1980]