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Watermill (ballet)
''Watermill'' is a ballet by New York City Ballet balletmaster Jerome Robbins to Teiji Ito's eponymous music from the previous year with costumes by Patricia Zipprodt, lighting by Jennifer Tipton and décor by Robbins in association with Davie Reppa. The premiere took place on Thursday, February 3, 1972, at the New York State Theater, Lincoln Center. Original cast * Penny Dudleston * Tracy Bennett *Deni Lamont *Colleen Neary *Edward Villella *Hermes Conde *Jean-Pierre Frohlich *Bart Cook *Victor Castelli *Robert Maiorano References *''Playbill'', New York City Ballet, Friday, May 2, 2008 *''Repertory Week'', New York City Ballet, Spring season, 2008 repertory, week 1 Articles NY Timesby Donal Henahan, February 10, 1972NY Timesby Clive Barnes, February 13, 1972 NY Timesby Clive Barnes, May 8, 1972NY Timesby Anna Kisselgoff, June 3, 1990 Reviews NY Timesby Clive Barnes, February 4, 1972 NY Timesby Alastair Macaulay Alastair Macaulay is an English writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New York City Ballet
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, 1934; the American Ballet, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet Caravan, 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946. History In a 1946 letter, Kirstein stated, "The only justification I have is to enable Balanchine to do exactly what he wants to do in the way he wants to do it."Alastair Macaulay, "A Paragon of the Arts, as Both Man and Titan" (review of Martin Du ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean-Pierre Frohlich
New York City Ballet (NYCB) is a ballet company founded in 1948 by choreographer George Balanchine and Lincoln Kirstein. Balanchine and Jerome Robbins are considered the founding choreographers of the company. Léon Barzin was the company's first music director. City Ballet grew out of earlier troupes: the Producing Company of the School of American Ballet, 1934; the American Ballet, 1935, and Ballet Caravan, 1936, which merged into American Ballet Caravan, 1941; and directly from the Ballet Society, 1946. History In a 1946 letter, Kirstein stated, "The only justification I have is to enable Balanchine to do exactly what he wants to do in the way he wants to do it."Alastair Macaulay, "A Paragon of the Arts, as Both Man and Titan" (review of Martin Duberman, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballets To The Music Of Teiji Ito
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. Ballet has been influential globally and has defined the foundational techniques which are used in many other dance genres and cultures. Various schools around the world have incorporated their own cultures. As a result, ballet has evolved in distinct ways. A ''ballet'' as a unified work comprises the choreography and music for a ballet production. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained ballet dancers. Traditional classical ballets are usually performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets are often performed in simple costumes and without elaborate sets or scenery. Etymology Ballet is a French word which had its origin in Italian ''b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
