- Serenade (ballet)
"Serenade" is a ballet by
George Balanchine , subsequently co-founder and balletmaster ofNew York City Ballet , to Tschaikovsky's 1880 "Serenade for Strings in C", Op. 48. Students of theSchool of American Ballet gave the first performance of Serenade on June 10, 1934, at the Felix Warburg estate in White Plains, New York. The official premiere took place March 1, 1935, with theAmerican Ballet , at theAdelphi Theater , New York.Casts
Original
*Leda Anchutina
*Holly Howard
*Elise Reiman
*Elena de Rivas
*Sylvia Giselle "(Gisella Caccialanza)"
*Helen Leitch
*Annabelle Lyon
*Kathryn Mullowny
*Heidi Vosseler
*Ruthanna Boris
*Charles LaskeyWinter 2008 NYCB
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Darci Kistler
*Yvonne Borree
*Kaitlyn Gilliland
*Charles Askegard
*Stephen Hanna April 2008 Kirov Ballet "
New York City Center "References
*
Playbill , New York City Ballet, Friday, February 22, 2008*"Repertory Week", New York City Ballet, Winter Season, 2008 repertory, week 7
External links
* [http://www.nycballet.com NYCB website]
* [http://www.balanchine.org George Balanchine Foundation website]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F70E1FF8395D167A93C2A8178DD85F408385F9 Sunday NY Times article, June 10, 1934]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00D17FE3958177A93C3A8178DD85F408385F9 NY Times article, June 11, 1934]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0D13FA3D54147B93C2A81789D85F428385F9&scp=3&sq=serenade+balanchine+%22american+ballet%22&st=p NY Times article, February 10, 1936]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30711F73B5A11728DDDA10994D8415B8088F1D3&scp=1&sq=serenade+balanchine+%22american+ballet%22&st=p NY Times review by John Martin, October 18, 1940]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20C16F73E5F1A7A93C5AB178CD85F458485F9&scp=10&sq=serenade+balanchine+%22american+ballet%22&st=p Sunday NY Times article by John Martin, July 27, 1941]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20717FA3C5A147B93C6AB178DD85F468485F9&scp=4&sq=serenade+balanchine&st=p NY Times article by John Martin, June 24, 1942]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F5091EF93954177B93C3AB1789D95F428585F9&scp=10&sq=serenade+balanchine&st=p NY Times review by John Martin, December 21, 1956]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F4061EF73458137B93CBAB1783D85F4D8585F9&scp=2&sq=serenade+balanchine&st=p NY Times review by John Martin, August 29, 1959]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10D1FF63A5C0C768EDDA00894DB484D81&scp=1&sq=Marie-Jeanne+serenade&st=nyt Sunday NY Times article by
Anna Kisselgoff , September 25, 1983]* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E02E0DD1538F932A25757C0A9629C8B63 NY Times article by Roberta Heshenson April 11, 2004]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/03/arts/03marie-jeanne.html?scp=2&sq=serenade+balanchine&st=nyt NY Times obituary of Marie-Jeanne by Jack Anderson, January 3, 2008]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/02/18/arts/dance/18ball.html?scp=1&sq=serenade+balanchine&st=nyt NY Times review by
Jennifer Dunning , February 18, 2008]
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