Bugaku (ballet)

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See also: New York City Ballet repertory, NYCB 2008 Winter Repertory, and NYCB 2008 Spring Repertory

Bugaku is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's founder and ballet master George Balanchine to eponymous music by Toshiro 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 of gagaku.

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[edit] Cast

[edit] original NYCB

[edit] Spring 1984 NYCB

  • Bart Cook

[edit] March 1987 Dance Theatre of Harlem

  • Christina Johnson
  • Donald Williams

[edit] Spring 2007 NYCB

[edit] November 2007 Suzanne Farrell Ballet

  • Natalia Magnicaballi
  • Michael Cook

[edit] Winter 2008 NYCB

[edit] Spring 2008 NYCB

[edit] References

  • Playbill, New York City Ballet, Saturday, May 10, 2008
  • Repertory Week, New York City Ballet, Spring Season, 2008 repertory, week 2

[edit] External links