He came to the United States in late 1933, at the age of 29, accepting the invitation of the young American arts patron Lincoln Kirstein (1907-96), whose great passions included the dream of creating a ballet company in America. Petersburg, Russia, George Balanchine is regarded as the foremost contemporary choreographer in the world of ballet. With Eli Diersing Xander Visker Christopher Balbuenaīorn in St. * Recorded by the City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra, Daryl Griffith, conductorĮlisabeth Shim Madison Buchholtz Emmanuelle Hendrickson Sarah Lewis Samatha Goodelle Tierney Solmo Service standards established and provided by the Trust. The performance of Donizetti Variations, a Balanchine® Ballet, is presented by arrangement with © The George Balanchine Trust and has been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® This work demonstrates all the technical clarity and speed of Balanchine’s iconic style combined with allusions to the dramatic and exuberant passion of Italian dance. This ballet, originally titled Variations from “Don Sebastian,” was created for New York City Ballet in 1960 as a light-hearted piece in a program entitled “Salute to Italy.” The program celebrated the then 100 th anniversary of Italy’s unification. With Aram Hengen Carson Van Popering Fletcher Barr

Maddie Brown Julie Fawcett Mia Gonzalez-Lloren Katie Zak Sarah Pfeiffer Christina Henares Staged by Kyra Nichols Christian Claessens, Ballet Master Premiere: Novem| New York City Ballet City Center of Music and Drama (New York City) Balanchine created this cheerful and sunny work for “Salute to Italy,” a 1960 New York City Ballet program celebrating the one-hundredth anniversary of Italy’s unification.Ĭhoreography by George Balanchine Music: Selections from Don Sebastian* by Gaetano Donizetti Vivacious dances set to music from Gaetano Donizetti’s opera Dom Sébastien. This sad and soulful pas de deux invites the audience to contemplate loss-and invites the dancers to demonstrate the movement eclecticism of this world-renowned choreographer, now artistic director of BalletMet. The beautiful Bach Chaconne sets the mood for a work filled with contemporary ballet movement, Janes’ complex and visually stimulating approach to partnering, and the maturity these dancers demonstrate as they perform professional-level repertoire. Philip Glass’s “Four Movements for Two Pianos” takes center stage as Peck, resident choreographer for New York City Ballet, explores expansive new places-challenging the body instrument to express movement in its fullest form.

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