Narkissos (ballet)
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Narkissos is a ballet made by Edward Villella
to music by Robert Prince
, from an idea by William D. Roberts. The premiere took place July 21, 1966, with the New York City Ballet
at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
, Saratoga Springs, NY
.
Edward Villella
Edward Villella is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer at the time....
to music by Robert Prince
Robert Prince (composer)
Robert Prince wrote music for two ballets made by Jerome Robbins on his company Ballets USA; NY Export: Opus Jazz and Events , as well as incidental music for the play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mama's Hung You In The Closet and I'm Feeling So Sad which Robbins directed off-Broadway in 1962...
, from an idea by William D. Roberts. The premiere took place July 21, 1966, with the 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...
at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
Saratoga Performing Arts Center
The Saratoga Performing Arts Center is an amphitheater in Saratoga Springs, New York, which presents summer festivals of all kinds of music , dance, and opera, as well as a Wine & Food Festival...
, Saratoga Springs, NY
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
.
Original cast
- Patricia McBridePatricia McBridePatricia McBride is a ballerina who spent nearly 30 years dancing with the New York City Ballet....
- Edward VillellaEdward VillellaEdward Villella is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer at the time....
- Michael Steele
Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0A10FE3459117B93C0AB178CD85F428685F9NY Times review by Harold C. SchonbergHarold C. SchonbergHarold Charles Schonberg was an American music critic and journalist, most notably for The New York Times. He was the first music critic to win the Pulitzer Prize for Criticism...
, July 22, 1966] - http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F60D16FE3A54117B93C7AB178AD95F428685F9NY Times review 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...
, November 25, 1966]
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40E17FD385B107B93C1AB178FD85F438685F9Sunday NY Times review 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...
, April 23, 1967]