Suite of Dances (from “Dybbuk Variations”)
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Suite of Dances (from Dybbuk Variations) is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
from his 1974 Dybbuk Variations
which was itself a “cut” version of his Dybbuk from the same year. Suite of Dances premiere took place on January 17, 1980, at the New York State Theater
, Lincoln Center
; the eponymous 1974 music to all three versions is that of Leonard Bernstein
.
Suite of Dances (from Dybbuk Variations) is a ballet 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...
balletmaster Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins was an American theater producer, director, and choreographer known primarily for Broadway Theater and Ballet/Dance, but who also occasionally directed films and directed/produced for television. His work has included everything from classical ballet to contemporary musical theater...
from his 1974 Dybbuk Variations
Dybbuk (ballet)
Dybbuk is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Leonard Bernstein's eponymous music and taking S. Ansky's play The Dybbuk as a source...
which was itself a “cut” version of his Dybbuk from the same year. Suite of Dances premiere took place on January 17, 1980, at the New York State Theater
New York State Theater
The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet and opera, part of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts located at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street in New York City, United States. Originally named the New York State Theater, the house has been home to both the New York...
, 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:...
; the eponymous 1974 music to all three versions is that of Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein
Leonard Bernstein August 25, 1918 – October 14, 1990) was an American conductor, composer, author, music lecturer and pianist. He was among the first conductors born and educated in the United States of America to receive worldwide acclaim...
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- Patricia McBridePatricia McBridePatricia McBride is a ballerina who spent nearly 30 years dancing with the New York City Ballet....
- Helgi Tomasson
Reviews
- http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B04E1D8153BF936A15752C0A967948260NY Times review, Jennifer DunningJennifer DunningJennifer Dunning is a writer and critic for the New York Times on the subjects of dance and ballet. She is the author of the 1985 But First a School: The First Fifty Years of the School of American Ballet, the 1996 Alvin Ailey, a Life in Dance and the 1997 Great Performances: A...
, January 25, 1981]