St Petersburg, Mariinsky Theatre

Chopiniana. Without. Ballet Imperial


one act ballets

Performers

Age category 12+

Credits

Music by Frédéric Chopin, Pyotr Tchaikovsky
Choreography by Michel Fokine, Benjamin Millepied, George Balanchine

CHOPINIANA
choreographic composition in one act

Music by Frédéric Chopin (suite of piano pieces orchestrated by Alexander Glazunov and Maurice Keller)
Choreography by Michel Fokine (1908)
Scenario by Michel Fokine
Revised version by Agrippina Vaganova (1931)
Set design based on original sketches by Orest Allegri

World premiere: 8 March 1908, Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg
Running time 35 minutes

 
 

WITHOUT   Premiere
Danses Concertantes
10 dancers

Music: Frederic Chopin, Etudes, Preludes
Choreography by Benjamin Millepied
Coaches and Repetiteurs: Celine Cassone and Jean-Francois Kessler
Costume Designer: Benjamin Millepied
Lighting Designer: Vladimir Lukasevich

Production Sponsor: Toshihiko Takahashi

 

BALLET IMPERIAL
one act ballet

Music by Pyotr Tchaikovsky (Piano Concerto No. 2 in G Major)
Choreography by George Balanchine (1973)
Staged by Colleen Neary
Costumes after Karinska,
realised by Tatiana Noginova
Lighting by Mark Stanley,
realized by Vladimir Lukasevich

World premiere under the title of "Ballet Imperial": June 25, 1941, American Ballet Caravan,Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro
New production under the title of "Piano Concerto No. 2": January 12, 1973, New York City Ballet, New York State Theater, New York
Premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre: 13 April, 2004

Running time: 40 minutes

The Ballet of George Balanchine Ballet Imperial 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


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