Fancy Free

Fancy Free

"Fancy Free" is a ballet by Jerome Robbins, subsequently balletmaster of New York City Ballet, made on Ballet Theatre, predecessor of American Ballet Theatre, to Leonard Bernstein's eponymous music from 1944 with scenery by Oliver Smith, costumes by Kermit Love and lighting by Ronald Bates. The premiere took place on April 18, 1944, at the Old Metropolitan Opera House, New York. The NYCB premiere took place January 31, 1980.

Cast

original

*Muriel Bentley
*Janet Reed
*Shirley Eckl
*John Kriza
*Harold Lang
*Jerome Robbins

Jeromes Robbins celebration Spring 2008

*Amanda Hankes
*Tiler Peck
*Briana Shepherd
*Damian Woetzel
*Joaquín De Luz
*Ethan Stiefel
*Jason Fowler

References

*"Playbill", New York City Ballet, Thursday, May 1, 2008

*"Repertory Week", New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 1

External links

* [http://jeromerobbins.org/ The Jerome Robbins Foundation and Trust website]

* [http://www.nycballet.com New York City Ballet home page]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0917FC3B5D11728DDDAB0894DA405B8084F1D3 NY Times article by Anna Kisselgoff, February 2, 1980]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50810FD355D11728DDDAC0894DA405B8084F1D3 NY Times article by Jack Anderson, February 5, 1980]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E1EFB3A5E16738FDDA00994DC405B8588F1D3 NY Times article, April 19, 1945]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0C16FF3555157B93C2A8178BD95F408485F9&scp=5 NY Times review by John Martin, October 10, 1944]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E15FD3F5A157B93CBA8178FD85F408485F9 NY Times review by John Martin, April 19, 1944]


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