Square Dance (ballet)

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See also: NYCB repertory, NYCB 2008 Winter Repertory, and NYCB 2008 Spring Repertory

Square Dance is a ballet made by George Balanchine, New York City Ballet's founder and ballet master, to Antonio Vivaldi's Concerto Grosso in B minor and the first movement of his Concerto Grosso in E major, Op. 3, nos. 10 and 12, respectively; in 1976 he added Arcangelo Corelli's Sarabanda, Badinerie e Giga, second and third movements. The premiere took place on November 21, 1957, at City Center of Music and Drama, New York. The original version placed the musicians on stage with a square dance caller calling the steps; from its 1976 revival the caller was eliminated, the orchestra placed in the pit, and a solo added for the premier danseur to the Corelli Sarabanda. The Pacific Northwest Ballet restored the caller for one performance at the 2007 Vail International Dance Festival.

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[edit] Casts

[edit] NYCB original

  • Patricia Wilde

[edit] revivals

[edit] PNB 2007

[edit] matinee

  • Kaori Nakamura
  • Benjamin Griffiths

[edit] evening

  • Jonathan Porretta

[edit] NYCB Winter 2008

[edit] Miami City Ballet Spring 2008

[edit] Saturday, March 29

  • Jeanette Delgado

[edit] Sunday, March 30

  • Jeremy Cox

[edit] External links