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Scene from Les Sylphides. The following is a list of ballets with entries in English Wikipedia. The entries are sorted alphabetically by ballet title, with the name of the composer (or the composer whose music the ballet is set to) and the year of the first performance.
An abridged version of the ballet, performed by the Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo, was staged in New York City in 1940 by Alexandra Fedorova [4] - again, after Petipa's version. [2] [3] The ballet's first complete United States performance was on 24 December 1944, by the San Francisco Ballet, staged by its artistic director Willam Christensen. [3]
Ballet Imperial George Balanchine: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Rouben Ter-Arutunian: 10 February 1988 Ballo Della Regina George Balanchine: Giuseppe Verdi: Dale Wibben 23 October 2007 Barn Dance Catherine Littlefield: David Guion, John Powell, Louis Gottschalk: Salvatore Pinto 9 May 1944 Baroque Game Robert Hill Dmitry Polischuk Santo Loquasto ...
The Nutcracker (Russian: Щелкунчик [a], romanized: Shchelkunchik, pronounced [ɕːɪɫˈkunʲt͡ɕɪk] ⓘ), Op. 71, is an 1892 two-act classical ballet (conceived as a ballet-féerie; Russian: балет-феерия, romanized: balet-feyeriya) by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, set on Christmas Eve at the foot of a Christmas tree in a child's imagination featuring a Nutcracker doll.
Words without Music: A Surrealist Ballet, a production number for the singing and dancing ensemble; Night Flight, a solo for Harriet Hoctor; 5 A.M., a number for Josephine Baker and male dancers; On Your Toes (1936), music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart; starring Tamara Geva and Ray Bolger. This dramatic ballet served as the climax ...
One performance, staged in the Linbury Studio Theatre: Acte de Présence: Frederick Ashton: Pyotr Il'yich Tchaikovsky: 18 October 1984 Ashton created this work for himself and Margot Fonteyn. It was performed at the centennial gala of the Metropolitan Opera House, and at the Royal Opera House during a Gala Tribute to celebrate Ashton's 80th ...
Sadler's Wells Ballet billed the performance as The Sleeping Princess. [7] 1940 [6] Dante Sonata: choreography Frederick Ashton, music by Franz Liszt leader of the Children of Light Fonteyn was the first to dance the role in the ballet's debut performance. [6] 1940 [6] The Wise Virgins: choreography by Frederick Ashton, music by Johann ...
San Francisco Ballet Premiere - January 22, 2015 [2] Classical Symphony; Concerto Grosso. World Premiere: January 29, 2003 [2] Coppélia; Company B by Paul Taylor [1] World Premiere (complete ballet): June 21, 1991 - Houston Ballet, Eisenhower Theatre, Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, Washington, DC