- Square Dance (ballet)
"Square Dance" is a ballet made by
New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmasterGeorge Balanchine toAntonio Vivaldi 's "Concerto Grosso in B minor " and the first movement of his "Concerto Grosso in E major ", Op. 3, nos. 10 and 12, respectively; in 1976 he addedArcangelo Corelli 's "Sarabanda, Badinerie e Giga ", second and third movements. The premiere took place on November 21, 1957, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, with lighting by Mark Stanley. The original version placed the musicians on stage with asquare dance caller calling the steps; from its 1976 revival the caller was eliminated, the orchestra placed in the pit, and a solo added for the "premierdanseur " to the Corelli "Sarabanda". ThePacific Northwest Ballet restored the caller for one performance at the 2007Vail International Dance Festival .Casts
original
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Patricia Wilde
*Nicholas Magallanes 2007 "PNB"
matinee
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Kaori Nakamura
*Benjamin Griffiths evening
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Noelani Pantastico
*Jonathan Porretta Winter 2008 "NYCB"
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Megan Fairchild
*Nikolaj Hübbe Spring 2008 "
Miami City Ballet "Saturday, March 29
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Jeanette Delgado
*Sunday, March 30
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*Jeremy CoxReferences
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Playbill ", New York City Ballet, Friday, June 27, 2008External 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=F10E1EFB3855137A93C0AB178AD95F438585F9 NY Times review by John Martin, November 22, 1957]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F50D17F6395F167493C0AB178ED85F428785F9 NY Times review by
Anna Kisselgoff , May 22, 1976]* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A06EFD91639F930A25753C1A962948260 NY Times review by Jack Anderson, October 13, 1984]
* [http://www.ballet-dance.com/200404/articles/SFB20040403b.html Ballet Dance review by Jeff Kuo, April 3, 2004]
* [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/thearts/2003895595_webpnb22.html review by
Seattle Times arts criticMoira Macdonald , September 22, 2007]* [http://www.nytimes.com/2007/09/25/arts/dance/25nort.html NY Times review by
Alastair Macaulay , September 25, 2007]* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/01/arts/dance/01twyl.html NY Times review by
Alastair Macaulay , April 1, 2008]* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/06/30/arts/dance/30ball.html NY Times review by
Alastair Macaulay , June 30, 2008]
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