- Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux
The "Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux" is a ballet made by
New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmasterGeorge Balanchine to an excerpt from "Swan Lake ", Op. 20, Act III, (1877) by Peter Ilyitch Tschaikovsky. The premiere took place March 29, 1960, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York.Cast
original
*
Violette Verdy
*Conrad Ludlow
= ABT "premiere", August 11, 1970 =:Santander International Festival
*Mimi Paul
*Bruce Marks Jacob's Pillow "gala", August 1983*
Lisa Hess
*Joseph Duell Houston Ballet , September 2008:City Center "Fall for Dance festival: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://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9904E6DE1E3BF933A05756C0A9649C8B63 NY Times review by Jack Anderson, May 30, 2002]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9F0DE0DF1638F936A2575BC0A965948260 NY Times review by
Jennifer Dunning , August 15, 1983]
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