Metastasies and Pithoprakta

"Metastasies and Pithoprakta" is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to eponymous music by Iannis Xenakis (1953-54 and 1955-56. respectively). The premiere took place January 18, 1968, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center with lighting designed by Ronald Bates.

Casts

Original

*"Metastasies"

:"22 women"

:"6 men"

*"Pithoprakta"

*Suzanne Farrell :"7 women"

*Arthur Mitchell :"5 men"

Suzanne Farrell Ballet

*"Pithoprakta"

Washington DC 2007

City Center "Fall for Dance festival", September 25, 2008

*"t.b.a."

External links

* [http://www.nycballet.com NYCB website]

* [http://www.balanchine.com George Balanchine Trust website]

* [http://www.balanchine.org George Balanchine Foundation website]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00912F93C5E1A7B93CBA8178AD85F4C8685F9 NY Times review by Don McDonagh, January 19, 1968]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10912F93C5E1A7B93CBA8178AD85F4C8685F9 NY Times review by Donal Henahan, January 19, 1968]

* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0E14F83B5C147493C0AB178AD85F4C8685F9 NY Times review by Clive Barnes, January 22, 1968]

* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/27/arts/dance/27farr.html NY Times review by Alastair Macaulay, November 27, 2007]

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/15/AR2007111500864.html Washington Post article, November 16, 2007]

* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/25/AR2007112501528.html Washington Post review, November 16, 2007]

* [http://www.ballet.co.uk/magazines/yr_08/jan08/ok_rev_suzanne_farrell2_1107.htm Ballet.co review, November, 2007]