List of La Valse casts
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This is a list of casts for the ballet La valse
made by New York City Ballet
co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine
to the eponymous 1920 music of Maurice Ravel
(with additions from Ravel's 1911 Valses nobles et sentimentales
in his orchestration of 1912). The premiere took place Tuesday, February 20th, 1951, at City Center of Music and Drama
in New York City with costumes by Karinska
and lighting by Jean Rosenthal
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La Valse
La valse, un poème choréographique pour orchestre , is a work written by Maurice Ravel from February 1919 until 1920 ; it was conceived as a ballet but is now more often heard as a concert work...
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...
co-founder and founding choreographer 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...
to the eponymous 1920 music of Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer known especially for his melodies, orchestral and instrumental textures and effects...
(with additions from Ravel's 1911 Valses nobles et sentimentales
Valses nobles et sentimentales (Ravel)
The Valses nobles et sentimentales is a suite of waltzes composed by Maurice Ravel. The piano version was published in 1911, and an orchestral version was published in 1912. The suite contains an eclectic blend of Impressionist and Modernist music, which is especially evident in the orchestrated...
in his orchestration of 1912). The premiere took place Tuesday, February 20th, 1951, at City Center of Music and Drama
New York City Center
New 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...
in New York City with costumes by Karinska
Barbara Karinska
Varvara Jmoudsky, better known as Barbara Karinska or simply Karinska , was costumer of the New York City Ballet, and the first costume designer ever to win the Capezio Dance Award, for costumes "of visual beauty for the spectator and complete delight for the dancer".However, she designed the...
and lighting by Jean Rosenthal
Jean Rosenthal
Jean Rosenthal is considered a pioneer in the field of theatrical lighting design. She was born in New York City to Romanian-Jewish immigrants....
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Original cast
- Diana AdamsDiana AdamsDiana Adams was an American dancer, leading dancer for the New York City Ballet from 1950 to 1963 and a favorite of George Balanchine, later became a teacher and a dean at the School of American Ballet. Adams was born in Staunton, Virginia and died in San Andreas, California....
- Tanaquil LeClercq
- Yvonne Mounsey
- Patricia Wilde
- Herbert Bliss
- Frank Hobi
- Nicholas MagallanesNicholas MagallanesNicholas Magallanes was a first-generation principal dancer with the New York City Ballet. Along with Jerome Robbins, Francisco Moncion and Maria Tallchief, Magallanes was among the core group of dancers with which George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein formed the New York City Ballet in 1948...
- Francisco Moncion
2009 Winter
- Janie Taylor
- Sébastien Marcovici
- Philip NealPhilip NealPhilip 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...
- Kyle Froman
- Lauren King
- Ana Sophia Scheller
- Rebecca Krohn
- Antonio Carmena
- Sean Suozzi
- Tyler Angle
- Dena Abergel
- Gwyneth Muller
- Saskia Beskow
2009 Spring
- Janie Taylor
- Sébastien Marcovici
- Philip NealPhilip NealPhilip 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...
- Ralph Ippolito
- Lauren King
- Kathryn Morgan
- Rebecca Krohn
- Antonio Carmena
- Sean Suozzi
- Tyler Angle
- Dena Abergel
- Gwyneth Muller
- Saskia Beskow