Dances at a Gathering
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Dances at a Gathering is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
to the music of Chopin
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The premiere took place on Thursday, May 22, 1969, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
, with costumes by Joe Eula and lighting by Jennifer Tipton
. Robbins made three other ballets to Chopin's music:
The Concert
, 1956; In the Night
, 1970; and Other Dances
, 1976, made on Mikhail Baryshnikov
and Natalia Makarova
.
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 the music of Chopin
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"....
:
- Mazurka, Op. 63, No. 3
- Waltz, Op. 69, No. 2
- Mazurka, Op. 33, No. 3
- Mazurka, Op. 6, No. 4
- Mazurka, Op. 7, No. 5
- Mazurka, Op. 7, No. 4
- Mazurka, Op. 24, No. 2
- Mazurka, Op. 6, No. 2
- Waltz, Op. 42
- Waltz, Op. 34, No. 2
- Mazurka, Op. 56, No. 2
- Etude, Op. 25, No. 4
- Waltz, Op. 34, No. 1
- Waltz, Op. 70, No. 2
- Etude, Op. 25, No. 5
- Etude, Op. 10, No. 2
- Scherzo, Op. 20
- Nocturne, Op. 15, No. 1
The premiere took place on Thursday, May 22, 1969, 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:...
, with costumes by Joe Eula 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...
. Robbins made three other ballets to Chopin's music:
The Concert
The Concert (ballet)
The Concert is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently New York City Ballet's balletmaster, to Chopin's: *Tanaquil LeClercq*Todd Bolender*Yvonne Mounsey*Robert Barnett*Wilma Curley*John Mandia*Shaun O'Brien...
, 1956; 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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2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins celebration
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Paris
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- first cast
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2009 Spring Dancers' Choice benefit
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2009 Fall tour to Japan
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Articles
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D10FD345F13728EDDA10994DD405B898AF1D3Sunday New York Times by Clive BarnesClive Barnes (critic)Clive Alexander Barnes, CBE was a British-born American writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of...
, May 18th, 1969]
Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60714F93D5C137A93C1AB178ED85F4D8685F9NY Times by Clive BarnesClive Barnes (critic)Clive Alexander Barnes, CBE was a British-born American writer and critic. From 1965 to 1977 he was the dance and theater critic for the New York Times, the most powerful position he had held, since its theater critics' reviews historically have had great influence on the success or failure of...
, May 23rd, 1969] - NY Times, June 4th, 1977
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E01E1DB1738F93BA35756C0A967948260NY Times 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...
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, January 13th, 1991] - http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/06/arts/dance/06nycb.htmlNY Times by 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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