Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue

Slaughter on Tenth Avenue is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy "On Your Toes". "Slaughter" is the story of a hoofer who falls in love with a dance hall girl who is then shot and killed by her jealous boyfriend. The hoofer then shoots the boyfriend.

The ballet is integrated into the plot of the musical by the device of having two gangsters watching it from box seats in the theatre in which it is staged. They have orders to shoot the leading dancer (played by Ray Bolger in the original production). The dancer, who has been warned just in time, evades them by suddenly dancing at full speed even after the ballet actually ends, and finally two police officers enter and arrest the gangsters.

"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" was danced by Ray Bolger and Tamara Geva in the original stage production of "On Your Toes", and by Eddie Albert and Vera Zorina in the film version. In "Words and Music", the 1948 Technicolor film biography of Rodgers and Hart, the ballet was danced by Gene Kelly and Vera-Ellen, with a somewhat revised storyline and new choreography by Kelly.

"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" entered the repertoire of The New York City Ballet in 1968, first danced by Suzanne Farrell and Arthur Mitchell. [ [http://www.nycballet.com/company/rep.html?rep=166 Repertory Index - New York City Ballet ] ]

Adaptations

One of The Ventures' greatest hits was their instrumental version of "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue", which was based on the score of the ballet. It was released in 1964.

The British instrumental pop group The Shadows released their version in November 1969 (b/w "Midnight Cowboy" (John Barry) Columbia DB8628).

"Synergy", the 1975 album by synthesizer pioneer Larry Fast, featured the song.

James Last recorded the song on his 1975 album Well Kept Secret, featuring Larry Carlton on lead guitar.

Mick Ronson chose the song as title track to his debut solo recording Slaughter on 10th Avenue. Ronson was lead guitarist of David Bowie's legendary band, "The Spiders From Mars", and knew and liked the music from his childhood piano training. Ronson continued to play the song live the rest of his career.

Film

"Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" is also the title of a 1957 film noir starring Richard Egan, Jan Sterling and Dan Duryea. The story had nothing to do with the ballet, but Richard Rodgers's music for it was featured in the film.

Notes

External links

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

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

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


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