The Concert (ballet)
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The Concert is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins
, subsequently New York City Ballet
's balletmaster, to Chopin's
:
The décor was by Saul Steinberg
, the costumes by Irene Sharaff
and the lighting by Ronald Bates
; the premiere took place at City Center of Music and Drama
, New York, on Tuesday, March 6th, 1956. Robbins made three subsequent ballets to Chopin's music: Dances at a Gathering
, 1969; In the Night
, 1970; and Other Dances
, 1976, made on Mikhail Baryshnikov
and Natalia Makarova
.
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...
, subsequently 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...
's balletmaster, to Chopin's
Frédéric Chopin
Frédéric François Chopin was a Polish composer and virtuoso pianist. He is considered one of the great masters of Romantic music and has been called "the poet of the piano"....
:
- Polonaise in A major "Military"Polonaises Op. 40 (Chopin)The twin Op. 40 Polonaises of the Polonaise in A major, Op. 40, No. 1, nicknamed the Military Polonaise, and the Polonaise in C minor, Op. 40, No. 2 were composed by Frédéric Chopin in 1838...
, Op. 40, No. 1 - Berceuse in D flat majorBerceuse (Chopin)Frédéric Chopin's Berceuse Op. 57 is a lullaby to be played on piano. It consists of variations in D-flat major. At first the composer titled the work Variations, but the title was altered for publication to the current Berceuse....
, Op. 57 - Prelude in F minor, Op. 28, No. 18
- Prelude in B flat minor, Op. 28, No. 16
- Waltz in E minorWaltz in E minor (Chopin)The Waltz in E minor is a waltz for solo piano by Frédéric Chopin. It was composed circa 1830 and published in 1868.It was the first of Chopin's posthumously published waltzes not to be given a posthumous opus number. It appears in Brown's catalogue as B.56, in Kobylańska's catalogue as KK IVa/15,...
, Op. posth. - Prelude in A major, Op. 28, No. 7
- Prelude in E minor, Op. 28, No. 4
- Mazurka in G majorMazurkas (Chopin)Over the years 1825-1849, Frédéric Chopin wrote at least 69 mazurkas, based on the traditional Polish dance :* 58 have been published** 45 during Chopin's lifetime, of which 41 have opus numbers...
, Op. posth. 67, No. 1 - Ballade No. 3 in A flat majorBallades (Chopin)Frédéric Chopin's four ballades are one-movement pieces for solo piano, composed between 1835 and 1842. They are some of the most challenging pieces in the standard piano repertoire....
, Op. 47
The décor was by Saul Steinberg
Saul Steinberg
Saul Steinberg was a Romanian-born American cartoonist and illustrator, best known for his work for The New Yorker.-Biography:...
, the costumes by Irene Sharaff
Irene Sharaff
Irene Sharaff was an American costume designer for stage and screen. Her work earned her five Academy Awards and a Tony Award.- Background :...
and the lighting by Ronald Bates
Ronald Bates
Ronald Bates was production stage manager for New York City Ballet where he began working in 1957. He studied scenic design at Los Angeles City College after serving in the Navy...
; the premiere took place 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, on Tuesday, March 6th, 1956. Robbins made three subsequent ballets to Chopin's music: Dances at a Gathering
Dances at a Gathering
Dances at a Gathering is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to the music of Chopin: *John Clifford*Robert Maiorano*John Prinz*Edward Villella- 2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins celebration : *Yvonne Borree...
, 1969; In the Night
In the Night
In the Night is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to solo piano music of Chopin: The premiere took place on Thursday, January 29, 1970, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with costumes by Anthony Dowell and lighting by Jennifer Tipton...
, 1970; and Other Dances
Other Dances
Other Dances is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins on Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov to the music of Chopin:...
, 1976, made on Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Baryshnikov
Mikhail Nikolaevich Baryshnikov is a Soviet and American dancer, choreographer, and actor, often cited alongside Vaslav Nijinsky and Rudolf Nureyev as one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century. After a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad, he defected to Canada in 1974...
and Natalia Makarova
Natalia Makarova
Nataliya Romanovna Makarova is the legendary Soviet-Russian-born prima ballerina. The History of Dance, published in 1981, notes that “Her performances set standards of artistry and aristocracy of dance which mark her as the finest ballerina of her generation.” She has also won awards as an...
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- Todd BolenderTodd BolenderTodd Bolender was a renowned ballet dancer, teacher, choreographer, and director. He was an instrumental figure in the creation and dissemination of classical dance and ballet as an American art form...
- Yvonne Mounsey
- Robert Barnett
- Wilma Curley
- John Mandia
- Shaun O'Brien
- Patricia Savoia
- Richard Thomas
1983 Winter
- Stacy Caddell
- Laurence Matthews
- Alexia Hess
- Delia Peters
- Bart Cook
2008 Winter
- 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....
- Rachel Piskin
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch HigginsArch HigginsArch Higgins was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He...
- Adam Hendrickson
- Austin Laurent
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
2008 Winter tour to the Kennedy Center and London Coliseum
- Sterling Hyltin
- Rachel Piskin
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch HigginsArch HigginsArch Higgins was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He...
- Andrew Veyette
- Austin Laurent
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
2008 Spring — Jerome Robbins celebration
first cast
- Sterling Hyltin
- Rachel Piskin
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch HigginsArch HigginsArch Higgins was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He...
- Andrew Veyette
- Austin Laurent
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
second cast
- Sterling Hyltin
- Rachel Piskin
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch HigginsArch HigginsArch Higgins was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He...
- Andrew Veyette
- Tom Gold
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
2008 Saratoga Springs
- Sterling Hyltin
- Rachel Piskin
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch HigginsArch HigginsArch Higgins was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He...
- Andrew Veyette
- Austin Laurent
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
2009 Spring
- Sterling Hyltin
- Stephanie Zungre
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch HigginsArch HigginsArch Higgins was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He...
- Andrew Veyette
- Austin Laurent
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
2009 Saratoga Springs
- Sterling Hyltin
- Stephanie Zungre
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch HigginsArch HigginsArch Higgins was a soloist with New York City Ballet. He began his study at eight years with Berkeley Ballet Theater with former City Ballet dancer Sally Streets. From 1982 he attended summer courses at the School of American Ballet which he entered full-time on scholarship four years later. He...
- Andrew Veyette
- Austin Laurent
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40C14FE345B177B93C5A91788D85F428585F9NY 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...
, March 7th, 1956] - http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9906E3D71039F935A15752C1A965948260NY 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...
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- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9801E2DB173AF936A25756C0A9679C8B63NY 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...
, May 15th, 2001] - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/05/arts/dance/05bran.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...
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