Tarantella (ballet)
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Tarantella is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine
to Louis Moreau Gottschalk
's Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra
, Op. 67 (ca. 1866), reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay
. The premiere took place January 7, 1964, at City Center of Music and Drama
, New York.
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...
co-founder and balletmaster 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...
to Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Louis Moreau Gottschalk
Louis Moreau Gottschalk was an American composer and pianist, best known as a virtuoso performer of his own romantic piano works...
's Grand Tarantelle for Piano and Orchestra
Grand Tarantelle
The Grand Tarantelle , Op. 67, for piano and orchestra, by Louis Moreau Gottschalk, is a tarantella, composed around 1858. The composer transcribed the piece for many different combinations, including solo piano, piano trio, violin and piano, and two violins and piano...
, Op. 67 (ca. 1866), reconstructed and orchestrated by Hershy Kay
Hershy Kay
Hershy Kay was an American composer, arranger, and orchestrator. He is most noteworthy for the orchestrations of several Broadway shows, and for the ballets he arranged for George Balanchine's New York City Ballet....
. The premiere took place January 7, 1964, at City Center of Music and Drama
New York City Center
New York City Center is a 2,750-seat Moorish Revival theater located at 131 West 55th Street between 6th and 7th Avenues in Manhattan, New York City. It is one block south of Carnegie Hall...
, New York.
original
- Patricia McBridePatricia McBridePatricia McBride is a ballerina who spent nearly 30 years dancing with the New York City Ballet....
- Edward VillellaEdward VillellaEdward Villella is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer at the time....
Filmography
- 1968 Direct Cinema Ltd., Man Who Dances: Edward Villella (excerpts);
- 1973, RM Productions
Television
- 1966 PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
, Dance - 1968 NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
, Bell Telephone Hour, Man Who Dances: Edward Villella - 1971 CBCCBC TelevisionCBC Television is a Canadian television network owned by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster.Although the CBC is supported by public funding, the television network supplements this funding with commercial advertising revenue, in contrast to CBC Radio which are...
, Montreal - 1973 RM Productions
- 1975 PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
, Great Performances - 1975 BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
2, London - 1979 WETAWetaWeta is the name given to about 70 insect species endemic to New Zealand. There are many similar species around the world, though most are in the southern hemisphere. The name comes from the Māori word 'wētā' and is the same in the plural...
, Washington, D.C., Baryshnikov at the White House
See also
Reviews
- http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0807,jowitt,79079,14.htmlreview by Deborah JowittDeborah JowittDeborah Jowitt is an American dance critic, author, and choreographer. Her career in dance began as a performer and choreographer. Jowitt has received several awards for her work, including a Bessie for her work in dance criticism.Beginning in 1967, she wrote a weekly dance column for the Village...
in the Village Voice, February 5th, 2008]