Octet (Christensen)
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Octet is a ballet made on New York City Ballet
by Willam Christensen
to Stravinsky's
Octet for Wind Instruments
(1922-1923). The premiere took place December 2, 1958, at the City Center of Music and Drama
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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...
by Willam Christensen
Willam Christensen
Willam Farr Christensen was an American ballet dancer, choreographer and founder of the San Francisco Ballet and Ballet West in Salt Lake City, Utah. He is known for bringing the complete version of the Russian ballet The Nutcracker to the United States, as well as staging the first American...
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....
Octet for Wind Instruments
Octet (Stravinsky)
The Octet for wind instruments is a chamber-music composition by Igor Stravinsky, completed in 1923.Stravinsky’s Octet is scored for an unusual combination of woodwind and brass instruments: flute, clarinet in B and A, two bassoons, trumpet in C, trumpet in A, tenor trombone, and bass trombone...
(1922-1923). The premiere took place December 2, 1958, at the 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...
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Original cast
- Barbara Walczak
- Edward VillellaEdward VillellaEdward Villella is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer at the time....
- Dido Sayers
- William WeslowWilliam WeslowWilliam Weslow is an American dancer who split his career between ballet and musical theatre.-Dance career:Weslow studied ballet with the noted teacher Mary Ann Wells, whose other students included Marc Platt and Tommy Rall. He spent most of his career with the New York City Ballet, where he was...
- Roberta Lubell
- Robert Lindgren
- Judith Green
- Richard Rapp
Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40D17F73F59107B93C1A91789D95F4C8585F9NY Times by John MartinJohn Martin (dance critic)John Martin became America’s first major dance critic in 1927. Focusing his efforts on propelling the modern dance movement, he greatly influenced the careers of dancers such as Martha Graham...
, December 3, 1958]