The Cage (ballet)
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The Cage is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
to Stravinsky's
Concerto in D for string orchestra, the "Basle Concerto" (1946), which he was commissioned to compose on the twentieth anniversary of the Swiss orchestra; it notably shifts between D major and minor. The premiere took place on Sunday, June 10th, 1951, at City Center of Music and Drama
, New York, with décor by Jean Rosenthal
, costumers by Ruth Sobatka and lighting by Jennifer Tipton
. It was danced as part of City Ballet's 1982 Stravinsky Centennial Celebration.
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 Stravinsky's
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
Concerto in D for string orchestra, the "Basle Concerto" (1946), which he was commissioned to compose on the twentieth anniversary of the Swiss orchestra; it notably shifts between D major and minor. The premiere took place on Sunday, June 10th, 1951, 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, with décor by Jean Rosenthal
Jean Rosenthal
Jean Rosenthal is considered a pioneer in the field of theatrical lighting design. She was born in New York City to Romanian-Jewish immigrants....
, costumers by Ruth Sobatka 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...
. It was danced as part of City Ballet's 1982 Stravinsky Centennial Celebration.
original
- Nora KayeNora KayeNora Kaye was an American ballerina called the Duse of Dance after acclaimed actress Eleonora Duse. She also worked in films as a choreographer and producer....
- Yvonne Mounsey
- Nicholas MagallanesNicholas MagallanesNicholas Magallanes was a first-generation principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. Along with Jerome Robbins, Francisco Moncion and Maria Tallchief, Magallanes was among the core group of dancers with which George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein formed the New York City Ballet in 1948...
- Michael Maule
2008 Spring — Jerome Robbins celebration
- Wendy WhelanWendy WhelanWendy Whelan is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.-Early life:A native of Louisville, Kentucky , she began her dance training with local teacher Virginia Wooton at the age of three...
- Teresa Reichlen
- Sébastien Marcovici
- Adam Hendrickson
2009 Spring
- Janie Taylor
- Teresa Reichlen,
- Craig Hall
- Adam Hendrickson
2009 Saratoga Springs
first cast
- Wendy WhelanWendy WhelanWendy Whelan is a principal dancer with the New York City Ballet and guest artist with Morphoses/The Wheeldon Company.-Early life:A native of Louisville, Kentucky , she began her dance training with local teacher Virginia Wooton at the age of three...
- Rebecca Krohn
- Sébastien Marcovici
- Adam Hendrickson
first cast
- Janie Taylor
- Teresa Reichlen
- Craig Hall
- Adam Hendrickson
Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10813FE355B177B93C7A8178DD85F458585F9NY Times, 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 15th, 1951] - http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70C12F63C5C12728DDDA90A94D9415B898BF1D3NY 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...
, November 20th, 1979]
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9504E6DE163BF936A35751C0A964948260NY 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 5th, 1982] - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9401E3DB143BF930A15755C0A9659C8B63NY 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...
, June 23rd, 2003]