- Fanfare (ballet)
"Fanfare" is a ballet made by
New York City Ballet balletmasterJerome Robbins to Britten's "The Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra ", op.34 (1945) in celebration of the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; the premiere took place onCoronation Night , June 2, 1953, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York. "The Young Person's Guide" begins with variations and end with a fugue on a theme byHenry Purcell .Cast
original
*
Carolyn George
*Jillana
*Irene Larsson
*Jacques d'Amboise
*Edward Bigelow
*Todd Bolender
*Robert Fletcher
*Frank Hobi
*Michael Maule Spring 2008 Jerome Robbins celebration
*students of the
School of American Ballet Notes
References
*"
Playbill ", New York City Ballet, Tuesday, June 10
*"Repertory Week", New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 7External links
* [http://jeromerobbins.org/ The Jerome Robbins Foundation and Trust website]
* [http://www.nycballet.com/company/rep.html?rep=46 NYCB website repertory index]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50F17FC3C5A117A93C1A9178DD85F478585F9 NY Times review by
John Martin , June 3, 1953]* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F1091FFE3E581A718DDDA90A94D9415B878BF1D3&scp=1&sq=%22jerome+robbins%22&st=p Sunday NY Times review by
Clive Barnes , November 20, 1977]* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/04/arts/dance/04scho.html NY Times review by
Alastair Macaulay , June 4, 2008]* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/12/arts/dance/12next.html NY Times review by
Alastair Macaulay , June 12, 2008]
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