- Bugaku (ballet)
"Bugaku" is a ballet made by
New York City Ballet co-founder and balletmasterGeorge Balanchine to eponymous music byToshiro Mayuzumi commissioned by City Ballet in 1962. The premiere took place on March 30, 1963, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, with scenery by David Hays, costumes by Karinska and lighting by Ronald Bates. NYCB had toured Japan in 1958 and the Gagaku Company of the Imperial Household toured the US the following year;bugaku is the dance component ofgagaku .Cast
original NYCB
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Allegra Kent
*Edward Villella Spring 1984 NYCB
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Heather Watts
*Bart Cook March 1987
Dance Theatre of Harlem *
Christina Johnson
*Donald WilliamsSpring 2007 NYCB
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Maria Kowroski
*Albert EvansNovember 2007 Suzanne Farrell Ballet
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Natalia Magnicaballi
*Michael CookWinter 2008 NYCB
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Maria Kowroski
*Albert EvansSpring 2008 NYCB
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Wendy Whelan
*Albert EvansReferences
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Playbill ", New York City Ballet, Saturday, May 10, 2008*"Repertory Week", New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 2
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://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40616FA3B5B12718DDDA90B94D0405B838AF1D3 NY Times review by Allen Hughes, August 30, 1963]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F40F13F63B54157A93C0AB1788D85F478685F9 NY Times article by Allen Hughes, March 22, 1963]
* [http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F20E13F6345C127A93C2AB178AD95F428785F9 NY Times review by Clive Barnes, November 20, 1976]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A02E3DB1338F93AA15757C0A962948260 NY Times review by
Anna Kisselgoff , April 29, 1984]* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5DE1F3CF933A15750C0A961948260 NY Times review by
Anna Kisselgoff , March 20, 1987]* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE0D8153CF936A35757C0A961948260 NY Times article by
Anna Kisselgoff , April 5, 1987]* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/01/19/arts/dance/19bala.html NY Times review by
Alastair Macaulay , January 19, 2008]* [http://www2.nysun.com/article/55704 review in the
New York Sun by Joel Lobenthal, June 1, 2007]* [http://www.villagevoice.com/dance/0807,jowitt,79079,14.html review by
Deborah Jowitt in theVillage Voice , February 5th, 2008]* [http://www.danceviewtimes.com/2007/11/bugaku-pas-clas.html review in Dance View Times by Alexandra Tomalonis, November 25, 2007]
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