Four Bagatelles
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Four Bagatelles is New York City Ballet
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
' only ballet made to the music of Beethoven
, Bagatelles, op. 33 nos. 4 , 5, and 2 (1823) and op. 126 no. 4 (1835). The premiere took place on Thursday, January 10th, 1974, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
; the Spring 2008 Jerome Robbins celebration is its first revival.
2009 Fall for Dance: New York City Center
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...
' only ballet made to the music of Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. A crucial figure in the transition between the Classical and Romantic eras in Western art music, he remains one of the most famous and influential composers of all time.Born in Bonn, then the capital of the Electorate of Cologne and part of...
, Bagatelles, op. 33 nos. 4 , 5, and 2 (1823) and op. 126 no. 4 (1835). The premiere took place on Thursday, January 10th, 1974, 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 Spring 2008 Jerome Robbins celebration is its first revival.
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- Gelsey KirklandGelsey KirklandGelsey Kirkland is an American ballerina. Kirkland joined the New York City Ballet in 1968 at age fifteen, at the invitation of George Balanchine. She was promoted to soloist in 1969 and principal in 1972...
- Jean-Pierre BonnefouxJean-Pierre BonnefouxJean-Pierre Bonnefoux is a French ballet dancer and instructor. He is currently the artistic director at the North Carolina Dance Theatre and the Chautauqua Institution. At 14, Bonnefoux joined the Paris Opera Ballet, and became a star dancer at age 21. Under the direction of George Balanchine,...
2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins celebration
- Ashley Bouder
- Gonzalo Garcia
2009 Fall for Dance: New York City CenterNew York City CenterNew 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...
- Tiler Peck
- Gonzalo Garcia
Articles
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20810FC3A5F107A93C4AB178ED85F408785F9Sunday NY Times, 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 26, 1974]
Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00D15F63D5A1A7493C0A8178AD85F408785F9NY 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...
, January 12, 1974] - http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40914F93C5C1A7A93C5A81789D85F408785F9Sunday NY Times, 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...
, February 17, 1974] - http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60714FE345D127A93CAA91789D95F408785F9Sunday NY Times, 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...
, December 8, 1974]
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/arts/dance/12next.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...
, June 12, 2008] - http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/02/arts/dance/02ballet.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...
, October 1, 2009]