Serenade (ballet)
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Serenade is a ballet by George Balanchine
, subsequently co-founder and balletmaster of New York City Ballet
, to Tschaikovsky
's 1880 Serenade for Strings in C
, Op. 48. Students of the School of American Ballet
gave the first performance of Serenade on Sunday, June 10, 1934, on the Felix Warburg
estate in White Plains, N.Y., where Mozartiana had been danced the previous day. It was the first ballet that Balanchine choreographed in America. The official premiere took place March 1, 1935, with the American Ballet
, at the Adelphi Theatre, New York, conducted by Sandor Harmati
. NYCB principal dancer Philip Neal
chose to include Serenade in his farewell performance, Sunday, June 13, 2010.
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...
, subsequently co-founder and balletmaster of 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...
, to Tschaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Russian: Пётр Ильи́ч Чайко́вский ; often "Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky" in English. His names are also transliterated "Piotr" or "Petr"; "Ilitsch", "Il'ich" or "Illyich"; and "Tschaikowski", "Tschaikowsky", "Chajkovskij"...
's 1880 Serenade for Strings in C
Serenade for Strings (Tchaikovsky)
Tchaikovsky's Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48, premiered in 1880. It remains one of the late Romantic era's most definitive compositions.-Form:Serenade for Strings has 4 movements:...
, Op. 48. Students of the School of American Ballet
School of American Ballet
The School of American Ballet is one of the most famous classical ballet schools in the world and is the associate school of the New York City Ballet, a leading international ballet company based at the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts in New York City. The school trains students from the...
gave the first performance of Serenade on Sunday, June 10, 1934, on the Felix Warburg
Felix M. Warburg
Felix Moritz Warburg was a member of the Warburg banking family of Hamburg, Germany.- Biography :He was a grandson of Moses Marcus Warburg, one of the founders of the bank, M. M. Warburg . Felix Warburg was a partner in Kuhn, Loeb & Co.. He is known as a leading advocate of a Federal Reserve...
estate in White Plains, N.Y., where Mozartiana had been danced the previous day. It was the first ballet that Balanchine choreographed in America. The official premiere took place March 1, 1935, with the American Ballet
American Ballet
The American Ballet was the first professional ballet company George Balanchine created in the United States. The company was founded with the help of Lincoln Kirstein and Edward Mortimer Morris Warburg, managed by Alexander Merovitch and populated by students of Kirstein and Balanchine's School of...
, at the Adelphi Theatre, New York, conducted by Sandor Harmati
Sandor Harmati
Sandor Harmati was a Hungarian-American violinist, conductor and composer, best known for his song "Bluebird of Happiness" written in 1934 for Jan Peerce.-Biography:...
. NYCB principal dancer Philip Neal
Philip Neal
Philip Neal was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After six years of study there, Edward Villella arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet...
chose to include Serenade in his farewell performance, Sunday, June 13, 2010.
original
- Leda Anchutina
- Holly Howard
- Elise Reiman
- Elena de Rivas
- Sylvia Giselle (Gisella Caccialanza)
- Helen Leitch
- Annabelle LyonAnnabelle Lyon (dancer)Annabelle Lyon was raised in Memphis, where father Max ran a chain of grocery stores...
- Kathryn Mullowny
- Heidi Vosseler
- Ruthanna Boris
- Charles Laskey
1984 New York State Theater 20-Year Celebration
- Maria Calegari
- Kyra Nichols
- Heather WattsHeather WattsHeather Watts was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. A native of California, Ms. Watts was born as Linda Heather Watts in Long Beach on September 27, 1953. She started taking up ballet at the age of 10, came to New York at the age of 13 on a Ford Foundation scholarship to attend the...
- Leonid KozlovLeonid KozlovLeonid Kozlov is a former principal dancer of the Bolshoi and New York City Ballet. He is also a choreographer, and the founder of Kozlov Dance International and Youth Dance Festival of New Jersey.-Biography:...
2008 Winter
- Darci KistlerDarci KistlerDarci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...
- Yvonne BorreeYvonne BorreeYvonne Borree is a former principal dancer at New York City Ballet and was raised in Norfolk, Virginia, where she began her dance studies with the Tidewater Ballet Association at four years of age....
- Kaitlyn Gilliland
- 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...
- Stephen Hanna
2009 Spring Dancers' Choice benefit
- Maria KowroskiMaria KowroskiMaria Kowroski is a principal ballerina at the New York City Ballet.Ms. Kowroski's training in ballet began at the School ofthe Grand Rapids Ballet and subsequently the School of American Ballet in 1992; became an apprentice with New York City Ballet in 1994 and joined the corps de ballet in 1995....
All performers in Dancers' Choice appeared for the first time in the rôles which they danced. - Teresa Reichlen
- Megan LeCrone
- Jason FowlerJason Fowler (dancer)Jason Fowler studied ballet at the Dallas Ballet Center and entered the School of American Ballet in 1993. While there he danced selections from Balanchine's Agon, Cortège Hongrois, The Nutcracker and A Midsummer Night's Dream...
first cast
- Janie Taylor
- Ashley Bouder
- Sara Mearns
- Robert Fairchild
- Ask la Cour
second cast
- Darci KistlerDarci KistlerDarci Kistler is a noted American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for legendary choreographer George Balanchine.-Biography:...
- Sterling Hyltin
- Kaitlyn Gilliland
- 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...
- Adrian Danchig-Waring
Saturday, October 2nd
- Jenifer Ringer
- Ashley Bouder
- Rebecca Krohn
- Jonathan Stafford
- Ask la Cour
2011 First Tour to Hong Kong (Saturday, March 5)
- Sara Mearns
- Teresa Reichlen
- Jenifer Ringer
- 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...
- Ask la Cour
Articles
- Sunday NY Times, June 10, 1934
- NY Times, June 11, 1934
- NY Times, February 10, 1936
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C16F73E5F1A7A93C5AB178CD85F458485F9Sunday NY Times by John MartinJohn Martin (dance critic)John Martin became America’s first major dance critic in 1927. Focusing his efforts on propelling the modern dance movement, he greatly influenced the careers of dancers such as Martha Graham...
, July 27, 1941]
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20717FA3C5A147B93C6AB178DD85F468485F9NY Times by John MartinJohn Martin (dance critic)John Martin became America’s first major dance critic in 1927. Focusing his efforts on propelling the modern dance movement, he greatly influenced the careers of dancers such as Martha Graham...
, June 24, 1942] - http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D1FF63A5C0C768EDDA00894DB484D81Sunday NY Times by 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...
, September 25, 1983] - NY Times by Roberta Heshenson April 11, 2004
Obituaries
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/arts/03marie-jeanne.htmlNY Times of Marie-Jeanne 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...
, January 3, 2008]
Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30711F73B5A11728DDDA10994D8415B8088F1D3NY Times by John MartinJohn Martin (dance critic)John Martin became America’s first major dance critic in 1927. Focusing his efforts on propelling the modern dance movement, he greatly influenced the careers of dancers such as Martha Graham...
, October 18, 1940] - http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F5091EF93954177B93C3AB1789D95F428585F9NY Times by John MartinJohn Martin (dance critic)John Martin became America’s first major dance critic in 1927. Focusing his efforts on propelling the modern dance movement, he greatly influenced the careers of dancers such as Martha Graham...
, December 21, 1956]
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4061EF73458137B93CBAB1783D85F4D8585F9NY Times by John MartinJohn Martin (dance critic)John Martin became America’s first major dance critic in 1927. Focusing his efforts on propelling the modern dance movement, he greatly influenced the careers of dancers such as Martha Graham...
, August 29, 1959] - Ballet Magazine, by Eric Taub, February–March 2004
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/arts/dance/18ball.htmlNY Times by 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 18, 2008]