- Antique Epigraphs
"Antique Epigraphs" is a ballet made on
New York City Ballet by balletmasterJerome Robbins to an orchestrated version of Debussy's "Six épigraphes antiques ", L131, for piano, four hands, from 1914:
*“Pour invoquer Pan, dieu du vent d'été”
*“Pour un tombeau sans nom”
*“Pour que la nuit soit propice”
*“Pour la danseuse aux crotales”
*“Pour l'égyptienne”
*“Pour remercier la pluie au matin”and his "Syrinx", L129, a melody for unaccompanied flute from 1913. "Six épigraphes antiques" were originally written to accompanyPierre Louys ' "Chanson de Bilitis ", prose poetry which was purported to be a translation of freshly discovered autobiographical verse bySappho (it was not.) [ "Playbill ", New York City Ballet, Thursday, May 15, 2008 ] [ "Repertory Week", New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 3 ] The premiere took place on February 2, 1984, at theNew York State Theater , Lincoln Center, with costumes byFlorence Klotz and lighting byJennifer Tipton .Casts
original
*
Kyra Nichols
*Stephanie Saland
*Helene Alexopoulos
*Victoria Hall
*Maria Calegari
*Simone Schumacher
*Jerri Kumery
*Florence Fitzgerald Spring 2008 Jerome Robbins celebration
*
Sara Mearns
*Rebecca Krohn
*Rachel Rutherford
*Teresa Reichlen Notes
External links
* [http://jeromerobbins.org/ The Jerome Robbins Foundation and Trust website]
* [http://www.nycballet.com NYCB website]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B02E2DD143BF937A35751C0A962948260 NY Times review by
Anna Kisselgoff , February 4, 1984]* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9402EEDC123BF931A25751C0A962948260 NY Times article by
Anna Kisselgoff , February 12, 1984]* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CEFDF103BF932A15751C0A962948260 NY Times review by Jack Anderson, February 21, 1984]
* [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9A07E1D61639F93BA25755C0A962948260 NY Times review by Jack Anderson, June 18, 1984]
* [http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/17/arts/dance/17ball.html NY Times review by
Gia Kourlas , May 17, 2008]
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