Glass Pieces is a ballet made by 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...

 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 Philip Glass

Philip Glass

Philip Glass is an American composer. He is considered to be one of the most influential composers of the late 20th century and is widely acknowledged as a composer who has brought art music to the public .His music is often described as minimalist, along with...

' Rubric and Façades from Glassworks

Glassworks

Glassworks is a chamber music work of six movements by Philip Glass. It is regarded as being a characteristically Glass-like work. Following his larger-scale concert and stage works, Glassworks was Philip Glass's successful attempt to create a more pop-oriented "Walkman-suitable" work, with...

and excerpts from his opera Akhnaten

Akhnaten (opera)

Akhnaten is an opera in three acts based on the life and religious convictions of the pharaoh Akhenaten , written by the American minimalist composer Philip Glass in 1983. Akhnaten had its world premiere on March 24, 1984 at the Stuttgart State Opera, under the German title Echnaton...

. The premiere took place on Thursday, May 12th, 1983, 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 production was designed by the choreographer and 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 costumes by Ben Benson and the lighting by Mr. Bates.

original

Rubric

• Heléne Alexopoulos
• Lourdes Lopez
• Lisa Hess

• Peter Frame
• Joseph Duell
• Victor Castelli

Facades

• Maria Calegari

• Bart Cook

first cast

Rubric

• Rebecca Krohn
• Rachel Rutherford
  Rachel Rutherford
  Rachel Rutherford is a soloist with New York City Ballet. She began her training at age eight at the Joffrey Ballet School, entered the School of American Ballet in 1987, where she received the D.A.N.C.E. scholarship allowing her to study in Spring 1992 at the Royal Danish Ballet...
  
  
• Savannah Lowery

• Tyler Angle
• Jason Fowler
  Jason Fowler (dancer)
  Jason Fowler studied ballet at the Dallas Ballet Center and entered the School of American Ballet in 1993. While there he danced selections from Balanchine's Agon, Cortège Hongrois, The Nutcracker and A Midsummer Night's Dream...
  
  
• Ask la Cour

Facades

• Wendy Whelan
  Wendy Whelan
  Wendy 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...
  
  

• Sébastien Marcovici

second cast

Rubric

• Rebecca Krohn
• Rachel Rutherford
  Rachel Rutherford
  Rachel Rutherford is a soloist with New York City Ballet. She began her training at age eight at the Joffrey Ballet School, entered the School of American Ballet in 1987, where she received the D.A.N.C.E. scholarship allowing her to study in Spring 1992 at the Royal Danish Ballet...
  
  
• Savannah Lowery

• Tyler Angle
• Jason Fowler
  Jason Fowler (dancer)
  Jason Fowler studied ballet at the Dallas Ballet Center and entered the School of American Ballet in 1993. While there he danced selections from Balanchine's Agon, Cortège Hongrois, The Nutcracker and A Midsummer Night's Dream...
  
  
• Ask la Cour

Facades

• Maria Kowroski
  Maria Kowroski
  Maria 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....
  
  

• Philip Neal
  Philip Neal
  Philip Neal was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After six years of study there, Edward Villella arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet...
  
  

2009 Spring

Rubric

• Rebecca Krohn
• Ellen Bar
• Savannah Lowery

• Tyler Angle
• Jason Fowler
  Jason Fowler (dancer)
  Jason Fowler studied ballet at the Dallas Ballet Center and entered the School of American Ballet in 1993. While there he danced selections from Balanchine's Agon, Cortège Hongrois, The Nutcracker and A Midsummer Night's Dream...
  
  
• Ask la Cour

Facades

• Maria Kowroski
  Maria Kowroski
  Maria 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....
  
  

• Philip Neal
  Philip Neal
  Philip Neal was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. He studied from age 11 at the Richmond Ballet School. After six years of study there, Edward Villella arranged a summer scholarship for him at NCYB's School of American Ballet...
  
  

Tuesday, October 5

Rubric

• Rebecca Krohn
• Ellen Bar
• Faye Arthurs

• Adrian Danchig-Waring
• Chase Finlay
  Chase Finlay
  Chase Finlay is a soloist with the New York City Ballet. While still a member of the corps de ballet, he has soloed in the George Balanchine's Apollo. .-External Links:* * , Gia Kourlas, June 2, 2011...
  
  
• Christian Tworzyanski

Facades

• Wendy Whelan
  Wendy Whelan
  Wendy 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...
  
  

• Sébastien Marcovici

Saturday, October 9

Rubric

• Ashley Laracey
• Ellen Bar
• Faye Arthurs

• Adrian Danchig-Waring
• Chase Finlay
  Chase Finlay
  Chase Finlay is a soloist with the New York City Ballet. While still a member of the corps de ballet, he has soloed in the George Balanchine's Apollo. .-External Links:* * , Gia Kourlas, June 2, 2011...
  
  
• Christian Tworzyanski

Facades

• Rebecca Krohn

• Craig Hall

Sunday, October 10

Rubric

• Ashley Laracey
• Amanda Hankes
• Faye Arthurs

• Adrian Danchig-Waring
• Chase Finlay
  Chase Finlay
  Chase Finlay is a soloist with the New York City Ballet. While still a member of the corps de ballet, he has soloed in the George Balanchine's Apollo. .-External Links:* * , Gia Kourlas, June 2, 2011...
  
  
• Christian Tworzyanski

Facades

• Rebecca Krohn

• Craig Hall

Reviews

• http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B03EEDB1038F937A25756C0A965948260NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff
  Anna Kisselgoff
  Anna 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...
  
  , May 14, 1983]

• NY Times, Gia Kourlas, June 16, 2008
• http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/arts/dance/30ball.htmlNY Times, Alastair Macaulay
  Alastair Macaulay
  Alastair 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 30, 2008]

External links

• NYCB website

• Robbins Foundation and Trust website