The Concert (ballet)
The Concert is a ballet made by Jerome Robbins, subsequently New York City Ballet's ballet master, to Chopin's:
The décor was by Saul Steinberg, the costumes by Irene Sharaff and the lighting by Ronald Bates. The premiere took place at City Center of Music and Drama, New York, on Tuesday, 6 March 1956. Robbins made three subsequent ballets to Chopin's music: Dances at a Gathering, In the Night, and Other Dances, made for Mikhail Baryshnikov and Natalia Makarova.Casts
Original
- Tanaquil LeClercq
- Todd Bolender
- Yvonne Mounsey
- Robert Barnett
- Wilma Curley
- John Mandia
- Shaun O'Brien
- Patricia Savoia
- Richard Thomas
NYCB revivals
1983 Winter
first cast
- Sterling Hyltin
- Rachel Piskin
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch Higgins
- Andrew Veyette
- Austin Laurent
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
second cast
- Sterling Hyltin
- Rachel Piskin
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch Higgins
- Andrew Veyette
- Tom Gold
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
2008 Saratoga Springs
- Sterling Hyltin
- Rachel Piskin
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch Higgins
- Andrew Veyette
- Austin Laurent
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
2009 Spring
- Sterling Hyltin
- Stephanie Zungre
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch Higgins
- Andrew Veyette
- Austin Laurent
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
2009 Saratoga Springs
- Sterling Hyltin
- Stephanie Zungre
- Ashley Laracey
- Georgina Pazcoguin
- Gwyneth Muller
- Arch Higgins
- Andrew Veyette
- Austin Laurent
- Allen Peiffer
- Justin Peck
Other companies (selected)
- The Australian Ballet, premiered May 10th, 1979. Revived 1987, 2008.
- Boston Ballet
- Houston Ballet
- Pacific Northwest Ballet
- Paris Opera Ballet
- Perm Opera and Ballet Theatre, premiered April 13th 2007.
- The Royal Ballet, premiered March 4th, 1975. Revived 1976, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2007, 2014, 2018.
- Stanislavski and Nemirovich-Danchenko Moscow Academic Music Theatre, premiered July 10th, 2010.
- Vienna State Ballet
- San Francisco Ballet
Footnotes
Reviews
- , John Martin, March 7, 1956
- , Anna Kisselgoff, November 26, 1983
- , Jennifer Dunning, May 15, 2001
- , Alastair Macaulay, January 5, 2008
