Dance Preludes
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Dance Preludes was a ballet made by Miriam Mahdaviani
on New York City Ballet
to Witold Lutosławski's 1955 music as a pièce d'occasion for the Dancers' Emergency Fund Benefit, February 24, 1991, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
. The program also included George Balanchine
's Serenade
, the pas de deux from his Theme and Variations
, Robert La Fosse's Gretry Pas de Deux, Sean Lavery
's Romeo and Juliet
, Alexandre Proia's Salome Dances for Peace, and ended with Balanchine's Stars and Stripes
.
Miriam Mahdaviani
Miriam Mahdaviani is a choreographer, a former New York City Ballet dancer and a repetiteur for the George Balanchine Trust. She has made ballets for NYCB's 1988 American Music Festival and its Diamond Project in 1992, 1994,1997, 2000 and 2002...
on 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 Witold Lutosławski's 1955 music as a pièce d'occasion for the Dancers' Emergency Fund Benefit, February 24, 1991, 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:...
. The program also included 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...
's Serenade
Serenade (ballet)
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...
, the pas de deux from his Theme and Variations
Theme and Variations (ballet)
Theme and Variations is a ballet by George Balanchine to the final movement of Tschaikovsky's Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G major, Op. 55 . The premiere took place November 26, 1947, with Ballet Theatre at City Center of Music and Drama. Theme and Variations was conceived specially for Alicia...
, Robert La Fosse's Gretry Pas de Deux, Sean Lavery
Sean Lavery (dancer)
Sean Lavery, born in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, is assistant to the balletmaster in chief at New York City Ballet, of which he was principal dancer; a répétiteur with the George Balanchine Trust; and a faculty member at the School of American Ballet....
's Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet (Lavery)
The balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet was staged by Sean Lavery, assistant to the balletmaster in chief at New York City Ballet to Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet . The premiere took place February 24, 1991, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center.-NYCB revivals:-Reviews:* review by Eric Taub,...
, Alexandre Proia's Salome Dances for Peace, and ended with Balanchine's Stars and Stripes
Stars and Stripes (ballet)
Stars and Stripes is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine in 1958, using original music by John Philip Sousa and performed in 5 acts . It lasts an average of 28 minutes...
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Original 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...
- Albert EvansAlbert Evans (dancer)Albert Evans began his ballet training at Terpsichore Expressions in his native Atlanta and was awarded a full scholarship to the School of American Ballet in 1986...