Sonate di Scarlatti
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Sonate di Scarlatti; originally titled Tivoli, Giardino Di Scarlatti; is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
balletmaster in chief Peter Martins
to Domenico Scarlatti
's Sonata Nos. 164, 424. 188, 335, 104, 483, 349, 3, 23, 209, 465 (1728—1757). The premiere took place July 13, 1979, at the Saratoga Performing Arts Center
, Saratoga Springs, NY.
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 in chief 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 Domenico Scarlatti
Domenico Scarlatti
Giuseppe Domenico Scarlatti was an Italian composer who spent much of his life in the service of the Portuguese and Spanish royal families. He is classified as a Baroque composer chronologically, although his music was influential in the development of the Classical style...
's Sonata Nos. 164, 424. 188, 335, 104, 483, 349, 3, 23, 209, 465 (1728—1757). The premiere took place July 13, 1979, 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.
Original cast
- Heather WattsHeather WattsHeather Watts was a principal dancer with New York City Ballet. A native of California, Ms. Watts was born as Linda Heather Watts in Long Beach on September 27, 1953. She started taking up ballet at the age of 10, came to New York at the age of 13 on a Ford Foundation scholarship to attend the...
- Bart Cook
- Elyse Borne
- Judith Fugate
- Lisa Hess
- Lourdes Lopez
- Victor Castelli
- Peter Frame
- Douglas Hay
- Kipling Houston