Jeu de cartes (Martins)
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Jeu de Cartes is a ballet made for New York City Ballet
's Diamond Project
by balletmaster Peter Martins
to Stravinsky's
eponymous music
from 1936. The premiere took place on Thursday, May 28th, 1992, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln 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...
's Diamond Project
Diamond Project
The Diamond Project was inaugurated May 27, 1992, at New York City Ballet with funding from the Irene Diamond Fund. It has presented — every two to four years — work by new choreographers.- 1992 : *David Allan*John Alleyne*Bart Cook*William Forsythe...
by balletmaster Peter Martins
Peter Martins
Peter Martins is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was named man of the year by Danish American Society, 1980...
to Stravinsky's
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
eponymous music
Jeu de Cartes
Jeu de cartes can refer to either of two ballets, both to Stravinsky's eponymous music from 1936:* Jeu de cartes , made by George Balanchine on his American Ballet and danced fourteen years later by New York City Ballet...
from 1936. The premiere took place on Thursday, May 28th, 1992, 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:...
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