Symphony in Three Movements
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Symphony in Three Movements is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine
for opening night of its Stravinsky Festival to the composers's
eponymous symphony
from 1942–45, and lighting by Mark Stanley. The premiere took place on June 18, 1972, at the New York State Theater
, Lincoln Center
.
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 balletmaster 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...
for opening night of its Stravinsky Festival to the composers's
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ; 6 April 1971) was a Russian, later naturalized French, and then naturalized American composer, pianist, and conductor....
eponymous symphony
Symphony in Three Movements (Stravinsky)
The Symphony in Three Movements is a work by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky wrote the symphony from 1942–45 on commission by the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York...
from 1942–45, and lighting by Mark Stanley. The premiere took place on June 18, 1972, 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:...
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- Sara Leland
- Marnee Morris
- Lynda Yourth
- Helgi TomassonHelgi TomassonHelgi Tómasson is a former Icelandic ballet dancer and current artistic director for the San Francisco Ballet and its ballet school.- Early life :...
- Edward VillellaEdward VillellaEdward Villella is an American ballet dancer and choreographer, frequently cited as America's most celebrated male dancer at the time....
- Robert Weiss
Reviews
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0713F93959107B93CBA8178DD85F468785F9NY Times, 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...
, June 19, 1972]
Articles
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30614FD345A137B93C2AB178DD85F468785F9NY Times, 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...
, June 20, 1972]
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10716FA3D55137B93C4A8178AD95F468785F9NY Times, Anna KisselgoffAnna KisselgoffAnna Kisselgoff is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for the New York Times. She began at the Times as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she held until 2005...
, November 16, 1972]
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20A17F638551A7493CAAB178ED85F478785F9NY Times, 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...
, May 28, 1973]
- http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0B12FE385C11728DDDA80894DF405B8084F1D3NY Times, Anna KisselgoffAnna KisselgoffAnna Kisselgoff is a dance critic and cultural news reporter for the New York Times. She began at the Times as a dance critic and cultural news reporter in 1968, and became its Chief Dance Critic in 1977, a role she held until 2005...
, July 1, 1980]