The Witch (ballet)

The Witch (ballet)

Infobox Ballet
name = The Witch


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choreographer = John Cranko
composer = Maurice Ravel
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premiere = 18 August 1950
place = Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London
ballet_company = Royal Ballet
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genre = Neoclassical ballet
type = classical ballet

"The Witch" is a ballet made by John Cranko to Maurice Ravel's "Piano Concerto No. 2" in G Major (1931). The premiere took place August 18, 1950, at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, London.

Original Cast

*Melissa Hayden
*Francisco Moncion

External links

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


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