Serenade. La Valse. Theme and Variations
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Serenade
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Serenade in C Major for String Orchestra, Op. 48)
Choreography: George Balanchine (1935)
Staging: Francia Russell and Karin von Aroldingen
Costume design: Karinska
Original lighting design: Ronald Bates
Lighting: Vladimir Lukasevich
World premiere: 6 June 1934, School of American Ballet, White Plains, New York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 30 April 1998, St Petersburg
Running time: 30 minutes
La Valse
Music: Maurice Ravel (Valses nobles et sentimentales, 1911, orchestrated 1912; La Valse, 1920, commissioned: Serge Diaghilev)
Choreography: George Balanchine (1974)
Staged: John Clifford
Costumes: Karinska
Lighting: Mark Stanley, realized: Vladimir Lukasevich
Premiere: February 20, 1951, New York City Ballet, City Center of Music and Drama, New York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 13 April, 2004
Running time: 30 minutes
Theme and Variations
a classical ballet
Music: Pyotr Tchaikovsky (final movement of Suite No.3 for orchestra in G major, 1884)
Choreography: George Balanchine (1947)
Staging: Francia Russel
Costumes: Galina Solovieva (1989)
Lighting design: Vladimir Lukasevich
Premiere: November 26, 1947, Ballet Theatre, City Center of Music and Drama, New York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: April, 16, 1989
Running time: 25 minutes
The Ballets of George Balanchine is presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® service standards established and provided by the Trust
The Mariinsky Theatre would like to express its gratitude to Mrs Bettina von Siemens for her support in bringing the "Ballets of George Balanchine" project to life
