- Other Dances
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Other Dances is a ballet made by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins on Natalia Makarova and Mikhail Baryshnikov to the music of Chopin:
- Mazurka, op. 17, no. 4
- Mazurka, op. 41, no. 8
- Waltz, op. 64, no. 3
- Mazurka, op. 63, no. 2
- Mazurka, op. 33, no. 2
Robbins originally made six variations on Makarova and Baryshnikov but used only four in performance; the other two are preserved on a rehearsal tape.[1] The premiere took place on Sunday, May 9, 1976, at the Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Center, as part of a gala for the Performing Arts division of the New York Public Library. The costumes were by Santo Loquasto and lighting by Ronald Bates; the New York City Ballet premiere Friday, November 26, 1976, at New York State Theater (also at Lincoln Center). Other Dances is the fourth ballet Robbins made to Chopin's music; the previous ballets were: The Concert, 1956; Dances at a Gathering, 1969; and In the Night, 1970.
Contents
Casts
original
NYCB revivals
2008 Spring – Jerome Robbins celebration
first cast
- Julie Kent
second cast
- Julie Kent
- Gonzalo Garcia
2009 Spring
first cast
- Tiler Peck[2]
- Gonzalo Garcia
second cast
- Ashley Bouder[2]
third cast
- Tiler Peck
2009 Saratoga Springs
first cast
- Tiler Peck
- Gonzalo Garcia
second cast
- Ashley Bouder
third cast
- Ashley Bouder
other companies
American Ballet Theatre Fall 2009
- David Hallberg
ABT tour to China
- first cast
- Veronika Part
- second cast
- David Hallberg
Footnotes
References
- Playbill, New York City Ballet, Wednesday and Friday, June 4 and 6, 2008
- New York City Ballet News, Spring 2008
- Repertory Week, New York City Ballet, Spring season, 2008 repertory, week 6
Reviews
- NY Times, Clive Barnes, November 27, 1976
- NY Times, Jennifer Dunning, May 7, 1979
- NY Times, Anna Kisselgoff, January 29, 1981
External links
Categories:- New York City Ballet repertory
- Ballets by Jerome Robbins
- Ballets to the music of Frédéric Chopin
- 1976 ballet premieres
- Ballets designed by Ronald Bates
- Ballets designed by Santo Loquasto
- American Ballet Theatre 2009 Fall repertory
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