Valse Triste (ballet)
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Valse Triste is a ballet made by New York City Ballet
then balletmaster Peter Martins
to Sibelius
's eponymous waltz
as well as Scene with Cranes from his incidental music
for the play Kuolema
(Death). the crane
being a symbol of death in Finnish literature. The premiere took place Thursday, May 23rd, 1985, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center
, with original lighting by Ronald Bates
and current lighting by Mark Stanley.
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...
then balletmaster 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 Sibelius
Jean Sibelius
Jean Sibelius was a Finnish composer of the later Romantic period whose music played an important role in the formation of the Finnish national identity. His mastery of the orchestra has been described as "prodigious."...
's eponymous waltz
Valse triste (Sibelius)
Valse triste , Op. 44, No. 1, is a short orchestral work in waltz form by the Finnish composer Jean Sibelius. It was originally part of the incidental music he composed for his brother-in-law Arvid Järnefelt's 1903 play Kuolema , but is far better known as a separate concert piece.Sibelius wrote...
as well as Scene with Cranes from his incidental music
Incidental music
Incidental music is music in a play, television program, radio program, video game, film or some other form not primarily musical. The term is less frequently applied to film music, with such music being referred to instead as the "film score" or "soundtrack"....
for the play Kuolema
Kuolema
Kuolema is a drama by Arvid Järnefelt, first performed on 2 December 1903. He revised the work in 1911.The play is notable for its incidental music: a group of six compositions created by the author's brother-in-law, Jean Sibelius...
(Death). the crane
Crane (bird)
Cranes are a family, Gruidae, of large, long-legged and long-necked birds in the order Gruiformes. There are fifteen species of crane in four genera. Unlike the similar-looking but unrelated herons, cranes fly with necks outstretched, not pulled back...
being a symbol of death in Finnish literature. The premiere took place Thursday, May 23rd, 1985, at the New York State Theater, 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:...
, with original lighting by Ronald Bates
Ronald Bates
Ronald Bates was production stage manager for New York City Ballet where he began working in 1957. He studied scenic design at Los Angeles City College after serving in the Navy...
and current lighting by Mark Stanley.
original
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Articles
Reviews
- http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/25/arts/dance/25ball.htmlNY Times, Alastair MacaulayAlastair MacaulayAlastair Macaulay is a dance critic for the New York Times. He was previously chief dance critic at The Times Literary Supplement and chief theater critic of the Financial Times, both of London...
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