"Stravinsky's ""The Rite of Spring"" with choreography by Glen Tetley, George Balanchine's ""Theme and Variations"" with music by P.I. Tchaikovsky, and a new work by Val Caniparoli of San Francisco Ballet ""Light/The Holocaust and Humanity Project"" (choreography by Stephen Mills of Ballet Austin) ""Swan Lake"" (choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) ""The Nutcracker"" (music by P.I. Tchaikovsky) ""Peter Pan"" (choreography by Michael Pink, music by Philip Feeney) ""Tribute"" (choreography by Emery LeCrone, Jodie Gates and Amy Seiwert) ""Anniversary Triple Bill"" (Feast of the Gods - choreography by Edwaard Liang, “…smile with my heart” - choreography"
"Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (ballet) Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, originally called Ballet Imperial, is a ballet in three movements made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine for his earlier company, American Ballet Caravan, to the version of Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 2, originally composed in 1879–80, but later revised by Alexander Siloti. The ballet was given a preview performance on 29 May 1941 at the Little Theater of Hunter College in New York City. The premiere took place on 25 June 1941 at Teatro Municipal, Rio de Janeiro. The ""Ballet Imperial"""
"commentator Deems Taylor observes that he ""really detested"" the score.) Tchaikovsky accepted the commission from Vsevolozhsky but did not particularly want to write the ballet (though he did write to a friend while composing it: ""I am daily becoming more and more attuned to my task""). Tchaikovsky made a selection of eight of the numbers from the ballet before the ballet's December 1892 première, forming ""The Nutcracker Suite"", Op. 71a, intended for concert performance. The suite was first performed, under the composer's direction, on 19 March 1892 at an assembly of the Saint Petersburg branch of the Musical Society. The"
"Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to a composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky originally intended for act 3 of ""Swan Lake"" (Op. 20, 1875–76). With costumes by Barbara Karinska and lighting by Jack Owen Brown, it was first presented by New York City Ballet at the City Center of Music and Drama, New York, on 29 March 1960. Robert Irving conducted the New York City Ballet Orchestra. The dancers were Violette Verdy and Conrad Ludlow. In 1877, Anna Sobeshchanskaya, ""prima ballerina"" of the Bolshoi Theater in Moscow, made her debut in"
"had to be excised for the ballet. Petipa gave Tchaikovsky extremely detailed instructions for the composition of each number, down to the tempo and number of bars. The completion of the work was interrupted for a short time when Tchaikovsky visited the United States for twenty-five days to conduct concerts for the opening of Carnegie Hall. Tchaikovsky composed parts of ""The Nutcracker"" in Rouen, France. The first performance of the ballet was held as a double premiere together with Tchaikovsky's last opera, ""Iolanta"", on , at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg, Russia. Although the libretto was by Marius"
"Swan Lake Swan Lake ( """"), Op. 20, is a ballet composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1875–76. Despite its initial failure, it is now one of the most popular of all ballets. The scenario, initially in two acts, was fashioned from Russian and/or German folk tales and tells the story of Odette, a princess turned into a swan by an evil sorcerer's curse. The choreographer of the original production was Julius Reisinger (Václav Reisinger). The ballet was premiered by the Bolshoi Ballet on at the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow. Although it is presented in many different versions, most ballet"
"score were used in the 2005 ballet ""Anna Karenina"", choreographed by Boris Eifman. The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad) The Voyevoda, Op. 78, is a ""symphonic ballad"" for orchestra, written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1891. It is based on Alexander Pushkin's translation of Adam Mickiewicz's poem of that name. Tchaikovsky started work on the piece in September 1890, but did not finish it until close to the premiere over a year later. He was then actively engaged in finishing his last opera ""Iolanta"". The premiere of the ballad, which he conducted, took place on 18 November 1891, in Moscow. He was"
"writes that while the two composers shared similar talents, the Russian's passion places him in a higher league than that of the Frenchman. Where Delibes' music remains decorative, Tchaikovsky's touches the senses and achieves a deeper significance. Tchaikovsky's three ballets, Maes says, forced an aesthetic re-evaluation of music for that genre. Brown calls Tchaikovsky's first ballet, ""Swan Lake"", ""a very remarkable and bold achievement."" The genre on the whole was mainly ""a decorative spectacle"" when ""Swan Lake"" was written, which made Tchaikovsky's attempt to ""incorporate a drama that was more than a convenient series of incidents for mechanically shifting from"
"Enchantress"" (1886) and ""The Queen of Spades"" (1890). In 1887 Vsevolozhsky commissioned Tchaikovsky to score music for Marius Petipa's ""The Sleeping Beauty"", a ballet which would prove to be one of both Tchaikovsky and Petipa's greatest masterworks. The first performance on 15 January 1890 by the Imperial Ballet was a great success and soon Vsevolozhsky commissioned a second score for a ballet and an opera from the composer, ""The Nutcracker"" and ""Iolanthe"", which premiered together on a double bill on 6 December 1892. Prior to commissioning ""The Sleeping Beauty"", Vsevolozhsky had considered reviving one act of ""Swan Lake"" for the"
"the Moscow Imperial Bolshoi Theatre on 20 February/4 March 1877 (Julian/Gregorian calendar dates) in Moscow, Russia. Although the ballet is presented in many different versions, most ballet companies today base their stagings both choreographically and musically on this revival by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov, staged for the Imperial Ballet, first presented on 15 January/27 January 1895, at the Imperial Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia instead of the original version. In the 1880s Tchaikovsky was commissioned by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, director of the St. Petersburg Imperial Theatres, to score what would become two of his greatest works: the operas ""The"
"of the musicologist Alexander Ossovsky. In 1907, during his time at the Conservatory, he wrote possibly his most famous work, the ballet ""Le Pavillon d'Armide"". Two years later, Tcherepnin conducted the ballet at the premiere performance of Diaghilev's legendary Ballets Russes. He conducted for the entire first season and returned to conduct multiple times over the next five years. He conducted performances with the Ballets Russes in Berlin, Monte Carlo, Paris, Rome, and the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden in London. In addition to his professorship and his commitments with the Ballet, in 1908, he became conductor at the"
"Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Tschaikovsky's Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G major, Op. 55 (1884). The premiere took place on 3 December 1970 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with scenery and costumes by Nicolas Benois. Balanchine set the final movement of Tschaikovsky's third orchestra suite in 1947 for Ballet Theatre under the title ""Theme and Variations"". He incorporated this choreography substantially unchanged into Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 as the fourth–and final–movement, which is sometimes called ""Tema"
"con variazioni"", when he set the entire suite. Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to Tschaikovsky's Suite No. 3 for Orchestra in G major, Op. 55 (1884). The premiere took place on 3 December 1970 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center, with scenery and costumes by Nicolas Benois. Balanchine set the final movement of Tschaikovsky's third orchestra suite in 1947 for Ballet Theatre under the title ""Theme and Variations"". He incorporated this choreography substantially unchanged into Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3 as"
"Tsar himself. The original choreography was created by Arthur Saint-Léon and was set to music by Cesare Pugni. The ballet was first presented by the Imperial Ballet on at the Imperial Bolshoi Kamenny Theatre in St. Petersburg, Russia. Marfa Muravyova (as the Tsar Maiden) and Timofey Stukolkin (as Ivanushka) were planned as principal performers. However, Stukolkin had broken his leg and was replaced with Nilolay Troitsky, who had no previous experience of dancing principal roles. The ballet became an important milestone in the development of Russian ballet. It was the first ballet based on a Russian story. Composer Pugni included"
"written as Tchaykowsky, Tchajkowskij, Czajkowski, Chikovsky, and Tschaikovski, among numerous other variations. The New York City Ballet and The George Balanchine Trust choose to use Tschaikovsky as their preferred spelling. Their reasoning is sound: that is how the composer spelled his name when he visited New York in 1891. Described by the New York City Ballet as ""an eight-minute display of ballet bravura and technique,"" ""Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux"" opens with an expectant, lyrical ""entrée"", as the dancers discover each other on stage, join hands, and take an opening pose. This leads into a softly romantic ""grand adage"" of balances,"
"guest performances. Since the dissolution of the Soviet Union, there have been a few attempts to reduce the theatre's traditional dependence on large state subsidies. Corporate sponsorship occurs for some productions, but state funding is still the lifeblood of the company. The Bolshoi has been associated from its beginnings with ballet. Tchaikovsky's ballet ""Swan Lake"" premiered at the theatre on 4 March 1877. Other staples of the Bolshoi repertoire include Tchaikovsky's ""The Sleeping Beauty"" and ""The Nutcracker"", Adam's ""Giselle"", Prokofiev's ""Romeo and Juliet"", and Khachaturian's ""Spartacus"". The chief ballet conductor from 1923 to 1963 was Yuri Fayer. After the death"
"La Scala Theatre Ballet in Milan. In Saint Petersburg, at the Mikhailovsky Ballet, Leonid Sarafanov usually eclipsed his ballerina with his extraordinary classical technique and athleticism. Performances by most of these dancers were recorded and can be viewed on YouTube on the Internet. Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux Tchaikovsky Pas de Deux is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to a composition by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky originally intended for act 3 of ""Swan Lake"" (Op. 20, 1875–76). With costumes by Barbara Karinska and lighting by Jack Owen Brown, it was first presented by New York City Ballet at the City Center"
"The Nutcracker The Nutcracker ( / ""Shchelkunchik, Balet-feyeriya"" ; ) is a two-act ballet, originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (Op. 71). The libretto is adapted from E. T. A. Hoffmann's story ""The Nutcracker and the Mouse King"". Although the original production was not a success, the 20-minute suite that Tchaikovsky extracted from the ballet was. However, the complete ""Nutcracker"" has enjoyed enormous popularity since the late 1960s and is now performed by countless ballet companies, primarily during the Christmas season, especially in North America. Major American ballet companies generate around"
"The Sleeping Beauty (ballet) The Sleeping Beauty ( / ""Spyashchaya krasavitsa"") is a ballet in a prologue and three acts, first performed in 1890. The music was composed by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (his opus 66). The score was completed in 1889, and is the second of his three ballets. The original scenario was conceived by Ivan Vsevolozhsky, and is based on Charles Perrault's ""La Belle au bois dormant"". The choreographer of the original production was Marius Petipa. The premiere performance took place at the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg on January 15, 1890. The work has become one of the"
"Swan Lake (1895) The 1917 Petipa/Ivanov/Drigo revival of Swan Lake is a famous version of the ballet ""Swan Lake"", (ru. ""Лебединое Озеро""), (fr. ""Le Lac des Cygnes""). This is a ballet by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky based on an ancient German legend, presented in either four acts, four scenes (primarily outside Russia and Eastern Europe), three acts, four scenes (primarily in Russia and Eastern Europe) or, more rarely, in two acts, four scenes. Originally choreographed by Julius Reisinger to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky (opus 20), it was first presented as ""The Lake of the Swans"" by the Ballet of"
"Le baiser de la fée Le baiser de la fée (""The Fairy's Kiss"") is a ballet in one act and four scenes composed by Igor Stravinsky in 1928 and revised in 1950 for George Balanchine and the New York City Ballet. Based on Hans Christian Andersen's short story ""Isjomfruen"" (English: The Ice-Maiden), the work is an homage to Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, for the 35th anniversary of the composer's death. Stravinsky elaborated several melodies from early piano pieces and songs by Tchaikovsky in his score. A commission by Ida Rubinstein from 1927, the ballet was choreographed by Bronislava Nijinska and premiered"
"Russia's first Conservatories in St Petersburg and in Moscow: the former trained the great Russian composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–93), best known for ballets like ""Swan Lake"", ""Sleeping Beauty"", and ""The Nutcracker"". He remains Russia's best-known composer outside Russia. Easily the most famous successor in his style is Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943), who studied at the Moscow Conservatory (where Tchaikovsky himself taught). Alexander Glazunov also took this romantic style. The late 19th and early 20th century saw the third wave of Russian classics: Igor Stravinsky (1882–1971), Alexander Scriabin (1872–1915), Sergei Prokofiev (1891–1953) and Dmitri Shostakovich (1906–1975). They were experimental in style"
"that if he conducted the orchestra he would ruin his score, and so Drigo, still ill, consented to conduct the rehearsal. The shy and reserved Tchaikovsky was ever after grateful to Drigo for his exceptional conducting, particularly after the premiere on . Drigo eventually conducted nearly 300 performances of ""The Sleeping Beauty"" at the Mariinsky Theatre. Two years later Drigo conducted the premiere of Tchaikovsky's next work, ""The Nutcracker"", on . Drigo composed another score for the annual graduation performance of the Imperial Ballet school in 1893. This was the one-act ballet ""La Flûte magique"" (""The Magic Flute""), which told"
"The Voyevoda (symphonic ballad) The Voyevoda, Op. 78, is a ""symphonic ballad"" for orchestra, written by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky in 1891. It is based on Alexander Pushkin's translation of Adam Mickiewicz's poem of that name. Tchaikovsky started work on the piece in September 1890, but did not finish it until close to the premiere over a year later. He was then actively engaged in finishing his last opera ""Iolanta"". The premiere of the ballad, which he conducted, took place on 18 November 1891, in Moscow. He was very dissatisfied with the work; even before the first performance he had decided"
"The Bolt (Shostakovich) The Bolt (), Op. 27 is a ballet music score written by Dmitri Shostakovich between 1930 and 1931 to a libretto by . The full-length ballet in three acts and seven scenes was choreographed by Fyodor Lopukhov and premiered on 8 April 1931 at the State Academic Theatre of Opera and Ballet in Leningrad. The ballet is an ironic tale of slovenly work in a Soviet factory. The lazy Lyonka hates work and together with a local priest and anti-Soviet plotter he plans to sabotage the machinery by putting a bolt in it. Their plan is foiled"
"quality. ""The Sleeping Beauty"" is Tchaikovsky's longest ballet, lasting nearly four hours at full length (counting the intermissions). The complete score runs practically 3 hours. It is nearly always cut. At the premiere, Tsar Alexander III summoned Tchaikovsky to the imperial box. The Tsar made the simple remark 'Very nice,' which seemed to have irritated Tchaikovsky, who had likely expected a more favorable response. ""The Royal Court"": ""The Fairies"": Carabosse, the evil fairy ""The Four Suitors"": ""The Prince's Hunting Party"": ""Fairy-Tale Characters"": Setting Prologue (The Christening)<br>King Florestan XXIV and his Queen have welcomed their first child, Princess Aurora, and declare"
"the ballet, then the orchestration in the fall and winter, and was still struggling with the instrumentation in the spring. By April 1876, the work was complete. Tchaikovsky's mention of a draft suggests the presence of some sort of abstract but no such draft has ever been seen. Tchaikovsky wrote various letters to friends expressing his longstanding desire to work with this type of music, and his excitement concerning his current stimulating, albeit laborious task. Moscow première (world première) St. Petersburg première Other notable productions Original interpreters The première on Friday, 4 March 1877, was given as a benefit performance"
"was first staged for New York City Ballet by Frederic Franklin on 15 October 1964 at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Balanchine restaged it in 1973 with its current title. Traditional tutus and scenery in the grand Russian style were used through the 1964 NYCB revival; since 1973 it has been danced with chiffon skirts designed by Karinska and without scenery. Balanchine said that the ballet is ""a contemporary tribute to Petipa, 'the father of the classical ballet,' and to Tschaikovsky, his greatest composer."" Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2 (ballet) Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2, originally called Ballet"
"in St. Petersburg in 1890. Russian composer Igor Stravinsky, working for Sergei Diaghilev and the Ballets Russes, achieved international fame with three ballets commissioned by the impresario Sergei Diaghilev and first performed in Paris by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes: ""The Firebird (L'Oiseau de feu)"" (1910), ""Petrushka"" (1911) and ""The Rite of Spring"" (1913). The rhythmic structure of these compositions were largely responsible for Stravinsky's enduring reputation as a musical revolutionary who pushed the boundaries of musical design. Stravinsky's admiration for Tchaikovsky is well documented. Stravinsky's music has often been compared with Cubism. His path often crossed with the Cubists, notably Picasso"
"still be several decades before most countries outside of Europe could claim their own professional ballet companies, however. Sergei Diaghilev brought ballet full-circle back to Paris when he opened his company, Ballets Russes. It was made up of dancers from the Russian exile community in Paris after the Revolution. Diaghilev and composer Igor Stravinsky merged their talents to bring Russian folklore to life in ""The Firebird"" and ""Petrushka"" choreographed by Fokine. Diaghilev's next choreographic commissions went to Nijinsky. His First ballet was ""L'apres-midi d'un Faune"" (Afternoon of a Faun) to music by Debussy. It was notable for its two dimensional"
"Tchaikovsky most admired Adam's 1844 score for ""Giselle"", which used the ""Leitmotif"" technique: associating certain themes with certain characters or moods, a technique he would use in ""Swan Lake"", and later, ""The Sleeping Beauty"". Tchaikovsky drew on previous compositions for his ""Swan Lake"" score. According to two of Tchaikovsky's relatives – his nephew Yuri Lvovich Davydov and his niece Anna Meck-Davydova – the composer had earlier created a little ballet called ""The Lake of the Swans"" at their home in 1871. This ballet included the famous ""Leitmotif"", the ""Swan's Theme"" or ""Song of the Swans"". He also made use of"
"of Alexander III, he was appointed as Director of Imperial Theatres from 3 September 1881. Though a relative unknown, Vsevolozhsky was a vigorous and ‘enchantingly kind’ figure with ‘astonishing insight’. Vsevolovsky was responsible for who brought about the very existence of such world-famous ballets as ""The Sleeping Beauty"" (Tchaikovsky/Petipa) and ""The Nutcracker"" (Tchaikovsky/Ivanov). In 1889, he duly instructed the Imperial Balletmaster Marius Petipa to choreograph a full-length ballet to the story ""The Sleeping Beauty"" for a premiere at the Mariinsky Theatre. He successfully obtained the most famous Russian composer to write the score for it, one Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky. Vsevolojskoy"
"ballet soon became a favorite of the ballerinas of the era, among them Mathilde Kschessinska (who created the principal role of Flora), Tamara Karsavina and particularly Anna Pavlova, who included an abridged version of the work on her legendary world tours. In late 1894 Drigo prepared an important revision of Tchaikovsky's score for ""Swan Lake"", originally produced at the Imperial Bolshoi Theatre of Moscow in 1877. Following the success of ""The Sleeping Beauty"" and ""The Nutcracker"", Ivan Vsevolozhsky—director of the Saint Petersburg Theatres—expressed interest in reviving the ballet. Drigo later recalled: Tchaikovsky died on just as plans to revive ""Swan"