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This is a list of ballets by George Balanchine (1904–1983),
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on the website of the Balanchine Trust {{Balanchine ballets Balanchine, George
This is a list of ballets by George Balanchine (1904–1983), 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' ...
co-founder and ballet master.
Chronological
*1928 ''Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label= Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label ...
''
*1929 ''Le Bal''
*1929 '' The Prodigal Son''
*1935 '' Serenade''
*1936 ''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue'' is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy '' On Your Toes''. ''Slaughter'' is the story of a hoofer who ...
''
*1936 ''Zenobia
Septimia Zenobia ( Palmyrene Aramaic: , , vocalized as ; AD 240 – c. 274) was a third-century queen of the Palmyrene Empire in Syria. Many legends surround her ancestry; she was probably not a commoner and she married the ruler of the city ...
''
*1937 '' Jeu de cartes''
*1941 ''Concerto Barocco
''Concerto Barocco'' is a neoclassical ballet made for students at the School of American Ballet by George Balanchine, subsequently ballet master and co-founder of New York City Ballet, to Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto in D minor for Two V ...
''
*1941 '' Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2''
*1942 '' Circus Polka''
*1946 ''La Sonnambula
''La sonnambula'' (''The Sleepwalker'') is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the ''bel canto'' tradition by Vincenzo Bellini set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ''ballet-pantomime'' written by Eu ...
''
*1946 ''The Four Temperaments
''The Four Temperaments'' or Theme and Four Variations (''The Four Temperaments'') is an orchestral work and ballet by Paul Hindemith. Although it was originally conceived as a ballet for Léonide Massine, the score was ultimately completed a ...
''
*1947 ''Haieff Divertimento''
*1947 ''Symphonie Concertante''
*1947 '' Symphony in C''
*1947 '' Theme and Variations''
*1948 ''Orpheus
Orpheus (; Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation: ; french: Orphée) is a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion. He was also a renowned poet and, according to the legend, travelled with J ...
''
*1948 ''Pas de Trois'' (Minkus)
*1949 ''Bourrée fantasque''
*1949 ''The Firebird
''The Firebird'' (french: L'Oiseau de feu, link=no; russian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa, link=no) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev' ...
''
*1950 ''Sylvia Pas de Deux
*1951 ''À la Françaix''
*1951 '' La Valse''
*1951 '' Swan Lake'' (Act 2)
*1952 '' Bayou''
*1952 ''Concertino''
*1952 ''Harlequinade Pas de Deux
''Les Millions d'Arlequin'' (English: ''Harlequin's Millions'') (Russian: "Миллионы Арлекина", ''Milliony Arlekina'') also known under the title ''Harlequinade'' (Russian: "Арлекинада", ''Arlekinada'') is a ''ballet co ...
''
*1952 ''Metamorphoses''
*1952 ''Scotch Symphony
''Scotch Symphony'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, "Scottish". The ballet is inspired by Scotland, and evokes the style of the romantic ballet era, particularly ''La Sylphide'', which is set in Sc ...
''
*1954 ''Ivesiana
''Ivesiana'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to compositions by Charles Ives. The ballet premiered on September 14, 1954, four months after Ives's death, at the City Center of Music and Drama, performed by the New York City Ball ...
''
*1954 ''The Nutcracker
''The Nutcracker'' ( rus, Щелкунчик, Shchelkunchik, links=no ) is an 1892 two-act ballet (""; russian: балет-феерия, link=no, ), originally choreographed by Marius Petipa and Lev Ivanov with a score by Pyotr Ilyich Tchai ...
''
*1954 ''Western Symphony
''Western Symphony'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to American folk tunes arranged by Hershy Kay. It premiered on September 7, 1954 at the City Center of Music and Drama in New ...
''
*1955 ''Pas de Dix''
*1955 ''Pas de Trois''
*1956 ''Allegro Brillante
''Allegro Brillante'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 3. The ballet is danced by a principal couple and a corps de ballet of eight. Balanchine said it "contains everything I knew about classic ...
''
*1956 '' Divertimento No. 15''
*1957 '' Agon''
*1957 '' Square Dance''
*1958 ''Gounod Symphony''
*1958 '' Stars and Stripes''
*1959 ''Episodes
Episodes may refer to:
* Episode
An episode is a narrative unit within a larger dramatic work or documentary production, such as a series intended for radio, television or streaming consumption.
The noun ''episode'' is derived from the Greek ...
''
*1960 ''Donizetti Variations''
*1960 '' Liebeslieder Walzer''
*1960 ''Monumentum pro Gesualdo
''Monumentum pro Gesualdo'' is a ballet by the New York City Ballet (NYCB) co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to music by Igor Stravinsky composed in honor of the 400th birthday of the composer Carlo Gesualdo and consisting of Stravins ...
''
*1960 ''Ragtime (I)
''Ragtime (I)'' is the second of three ballets made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's 1918 '' Ragtime for Eleven Instruments''; with scenery by Robert Drew previously used for Lew Chris ...
''
*1960 ''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 ...
''
*1961 ''Raymonda Variations
''Raymonda Variations'', formerly titled ''Valses et Variations'', is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to excepts from Alexander Glazunov's score for the 1898 ballet '' Raymonda''. Instead of following the plot of the 1898 ballet, the ...
''
*1962 '' A Midsummer Night's Dream''
*1963 ''Bugaku
is a Japanese traditional dance that has been performed to select elites, mostly in the Japanese imperial court, for over twelve hundred years. In this way, it has been known only to the nobility, although after World War II, the dance was ope ...
''
*1963 ''Meditation''
*1963 ''Movements for Piano and Orchestra
''Movements'' is a sequence of five pieces for piano and orchestra by Igor Stravinsky lasting under ten minutes altogether. It was written during his Serial period and shows his dedication to that idiom as well as the influence of Anton Webern.
...
''
*1964 ''Clarinade''
*1964 ''Tarantella
() is a group of various southern Italian folk dances originating in the regions of Calabria, Campania and Puglia. It is characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in time (sometimes or ), accompanied by tambourines. It is among the mo ...
''
*1965 ''Don Quixote
is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...
''
*1965 ''Harlequinade
''Harlequinade'' is a British comic theatrical genre, defined by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th cent ...
''
*1966 ''Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet
''Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet'' is a one-act ballet by George Balanchine, to Johannes Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1, orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg. The ballet premiered on April 21, 1966 at the New York State Theater, performed by the New ...
''
*1966 ''Variations
Variation or Variations may refer to:
Science and mathematics
* Variation (astronomy), any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite, particularly of the moon
* Genetic variation, the difference in DNA among individuals ...
''
*1967 ''Divertimento Brillante''
*1967 ''Jewels
A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semiprecious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, a ...
''
** ''Emeralds
Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Jr. and Kammerling, Robert C. (1991) ''Gemology'', John Wiley & Sons, New York, p. ...
''
** ''Rubies
A ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sap ...
''
** ''Diamonds
Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, b ...
''
*1967 ''Ragtime (II)
''Ragtime (II)'' is the third ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's '' Ragtime for Eleven Instruments'' (1918). The premiere took place on July 15, 1966, at Philharmonic Hall, ...
''
*1967 ''Valse-Fantaisie''
*1968 ''Metastaseis and Pithoprakta
''Metastaseis and Pithoprakta'' is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to two orchestral works by Iannis Xenakis: ''Metastaseis (Xenakis), Metastaseis'', written 1953–54, and ''Pithoprakta'', written 1 ...
''
*1968 ''Requiem Canticles
''Requiem Canticles'' is a 15-minute composition by Igor Stravinsky, for contralto and bass soli, chorus, and orchestra. Stravinsky completed the work in 1966, and it received its first performance that same year.
The work is a partial setting o ...
''
*1968 '' La Source''
*1968 ''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue'' is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy '' On Your Toes''. ''Slaughter'' is the story of a hoofer who ...
''
*1970 '' Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3''
*1970 '' Who Cares?''
*1972 ''Divertimento from ''Le baiser de la fée
''Le Baiser de la fée'' (''The Fairy's Kiss'') is a neoclassical 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 sh ...
''
*1972 ''Duo Concertant
Duo Concertant is a 1932 composition for violin and piano by Igor Stravinsky. The impetus for this piece came from neo-classical literature and this is reflected in the names of the movements:
Stravinsky dedicated Duo Concertant to Samuel Dush ...
''
*1972 ''Pulcinella
Pulcinella (; nap, Pulecenella) is a classical character that originated in of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry. Pulcinella's versatility in status and attitude has captivated audiences worldwide and kept t ...
''
*1972 '' Scherzo à la Russe''
*1972 '' Stravinsky Violin Concerto''
*1972 ''Symphony in Three Movements
The Symphony in Three Movements is a work by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky wrote the symphony from 1942–45 on commission by the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York. It was premièred by the New York Philharmoni ...
''
*1973 ''Cortège Hongrois''
*1974 ''Coppélia
''Coppélia'' (sometimes subtitled: ''La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail'' (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Éti ...
''
*1974 ''Variations pour une porte et un soupir''
*1975 ''Le tombeau de Couperin
''Le Tombeau de Couperin'' (''The Couperin's Grave'') is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917. The piece is in six movements, based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated to the mem ...
''
*1975 ''Pavane''
*1975 '' Sonatine''
*1975 ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (Danish: ''Den standhaftige tinsoldat'') is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A. Reitzel on 2 Octob ...
''
*1975 ''Tzigane''
*1976 ''Chaconne
A chaconne (; ; es, chacona, links=no; it, ciaccona, links=no, ; earlier English: ''chacony'') is a type of musical composition often used as a vehicle for variation on a repeated short harmonic progression, often involving a fairly short rep ...
''
*1976 ''Union Jack
The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the ''de facto'' national flag of the United Kingdom. Although no law has been passed making the Union Flag the official national flag of the United Kingdom, it has effectively become such through precedent. ...
''
*1977 ''Etude for Piano''
*1977 ''Vienna Waltzes
''Vienna Waltzes'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Johann Strauss II, Franz Lehár and Richard Strauss, made as a tribute to Austria. It premiered on June 23, 1977 at the New York State Theater, performed by the N ...
''
*1978 '' Ballo della Regina''
*1978 '' Kammermusik No. 2''
*1979 ''Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a Play (theatre), play intermingled with music, dance and singing – wri ...
''
*1980 ''Ballade''
*1980 '' Robert Schumann’s ''Davidsbündlertänze''''
*1980 ''Walpurgisnacht Ballet
''Walpurgisnacht Ballet'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine for a 1975 production of Gounod's 1859 ''Faust'' at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Paris, including Gounod's addit ...
''
*1981 ''Garland Dance''
*1981 ''Hungarian Gypsy Airs''
*1981 '' Mozartiana''
*1982 '' Élégie''
*1982 '' Noah and the Flood''
*1982 ''Tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
''
*1982 '' Variations for Orchestra''
Alphabetical
*1951 ''À la Françaix'' *1962 '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' *1957 '' Agon'' *1956 ''Allegro Brillante
''Allegro Brillante'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 3. The ballet is danced by a principal couple and a corps de ballet of eight. Balanchine said it "contains everything I knew about classic ...
''
*1928 ''Apollo
Apollo, grc, Ἀπόλλωνος, Apóllōnos, label=genitive , ; , grc-dor, Ἀπέλλων, Apéllōn, ; grc, Ἀπείλων, Apeílōn, label= Arcadocypriot Greek, ; grc-aeo, Ἄπλουν, Áploun, la, Apollō, la, Apollinis, label ...
''
*1929 ''Le Bal''
*1980 ''Ballade''
*1978 '' Ballo della Regina''
*1952 '' Bayou''
*1979 ''Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a Play (theatre), play intermingled with music, dance and singing – wri ...
''
*1949 ''Bourrée fantasque''
*1966 ''Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet
''Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet'' is a one-act ballet by George Balanchine, to Johannes Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1, orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg. The ballet premiered on April 21, 1966 at the New York State Theater, performed by the New ...
''
*1963 ''Bugaku
is a Japanese traditional dance that has been performed to select elites, mostly in the Japanese imperial court, for over twelve hundred years. In this way, it has been known only to the nobility, although after World War II, the dance was ope ...
''
*1976 ''Chaconne
A chaconne (; ; es, chacona, links=no; it, ciaccona, links=no, ; earlier English: ''chacony'') is a type of musical composition often used as a vehicle for variation on a repeated short harmonic progression, often involving a fairly short rep ...
''
*1942 '' Circus Polka''
*1964 ''Clarinade''
*1952 ''Concertino''
*1941 ''Concerto Barocco
''Concerto Barocco'' is a neoclassical ballet made for students at the School of American Ballet by George Balanchine, subsequently ballet master and co-founder of New York City Ballet, to Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto in D minor for Two V ...
''
*1974 ''Coppélia
''Coppélia'' (sometimes subtitled: ''La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail'' (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Éti ...
''
*1973 ''Cortège Hongrois''
*1967 ''Diamonds
Diamond is a solid form of the element carbon with its atoms arranged in a crystal structure called diamond cubic. Another solid form of carbon known as graphite is the chemically stable form of carbon at room temperature and pressure, b ...
''
*1967 ''Divertimento Brillante''
*1972 Divertimento from ''Le baiser de la fée
''Le Baiser de la fée'' (''The Fairy's Kiss'') is a neoclassical 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 sh ...
''
*1956 '' Divertimento No. 15''
*1965 ''Don Quixote
is a Spanish epic novel by Miguel de Cervantes. Originally published in two parts, in 1605 and 1615, its full title is ''The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha'' or, in Spanish, (changing in Part 2 to ). A founding work of Wester ...
''
*1960 ''Donizetti Variations''
*1972 ''Duo Concertant
Duo Concertant is a 1932 composition for violin and piano by Igor Stravinsky. The impetus for this piece came from neo-classical literature and this is reflected in the names of the movements:
Stravinsky dedicated Duo Concertant to Samuel Dush ...
''
*1982 ''Élégie''
*1967 ''Emeralds
Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Jr. and Kammerling, Robert C. (1991) ''Gemology'', John Wiley & Sons, New York, p. ...
''
*1959 ''Episodes
Episodes may refer to:
* Episode
An episode is a narrative unit within a larger dramatic work or documentary production, such as a series intended for radio, television or streaming consumption.
The noun ''episode'' is derived from the Greek ...
''
*1977 ''Etude for Piano''
*1949 ''The Firebird
''The Firebird'' (french: L'Oiseau de feu, link=no; russian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa, link=no) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev' ...
''
*1946 ''The Four Temperaments
''The Four Temperaments'' or Theme and Four Variations (''The Four Temperaments'') is an orchestral work and ballet by Paul Hindemith. Although it was originally conceived as a ballet for Léonide Massine, the score was ultimately completed a ...
''
*1981 ''Garland Dance''
*1958 ''Gounod Symphony''
*1947 ''Haieff Divertimento''
*1965 ''Harlequinade
''Harlequinade'' is a British comic theatrical genre, defined by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th cent ...
''
*1952 ''Harlequinade Pas de Deux
''Les Millions d'Arlequin'' (English: ''Harlequin's Millions'') (Russian: "Миллионы Арлекина", ''Milliony Arlekina'') also known under the title ''Harlequinade'' (Russian: "Арлекинада", ''Arlekinada'') is a ''ballet co ...
''
*1981 ''Hungarian Gypsy Airs''
*1954 ''Ivesiana
''Ivesiana'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to compositions by Charles Ives. The ballet premiered on September 14, 1954, four months after Ives's death, at the City Center of Music and Drama, performed by the New York City Ball ...
''
*1937 '' Jeu de cartes''
*1967 ''Jewels
A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semiprecious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, a ...
''
*1978 '' Kammermusik No. 2''
*1946 ''La Sonnambula
''La sonnambula'' (''The Sleepwalker'') is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the ''bel canto'' tradition by Vincenzo Bellini set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ''ballet-pantomime'' written by Eu ...
''
*1968 '' La Source''
*1951 '' La Valse''
*1929 ''Le Bal''
*1960 '' Liebeslieder Walzer''
*1963 ''Meditation''
*1952 ''Metamorphoses''
*1968 ''Metastaseis and Pithoprakta
''Metastaseis and Pithoprakta'' is a ballet by New York City Ballet co-founder and ballet master George Balanchine to two orchestral works by Iannis Xenakis: ''Metastaseis (Xenakis), Metastaseis'', written 1953–54, and ''Pithoprakta'', written 1 ...
''
*1960 ''Monumentum pro Gesualdo
''Monumentum pro Gesualdo'' is a ballet by the New York City Ballet (NYCB) co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to music by Igor Stravinsky composed in honor of the 400th birthday of the composer Carlo Gesualdo and consisting of Stravins ...
''
*1963 ''Movements for Piano and Orchestra
''Movements'' is a sequence of five pieces for piano and orchestra by Igor Stravinsky lasting under ten minutes altogether. It was written during his Serial period and shows his dedication to that idiom as well as the influence of Anton Webern.
...
''
*1981 '' Mozartiana''
*1982 '' Noah and the Flood''
*1948 ''Orpheus
Orpheus (; Ancient Greek: Ὀρφεύς, classical pronunciation: ; french: Orphée) is a Thracian bard, legendary musician and prophet in ancient Greek religion. He was also a renowned poet and, according to the legend, travelled with J ...
''
*1955 ''Pas de Dix''
*1955 ''Pas de Trois'' (Glinka)
*1948 ''Pas de Trois'' (Minkus]
*1975 ''Pavane''
*1929 '' The Prodigal Son''
*1972 ''Pulcinella
Pulcinella (; nap, Pulecenella) is a classical character that originated in of the 17th century and became a stock character in Neapolitan puppetry. Pulcinella's versatility in status and attitude has captivated audiences worldwide and kept t ...
''
*1960 ''Ragtime (I)
''Ragtime (I)'' is the second of three ballets made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's 1918 '' Ragtime for Eleven Instruments''; with scenery by Robert Drew previously used for Lew Chris ...
''
*1967 ''Ragtime (II)
''Ragtime (II)'' is the third ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to Igor Stravinsky's '' Ragtime for Eleven Instruments'' (1918). The premiere took place on July 15, 1966, at Philharmonic Hall, ...
''
*1961 ''Raymonda Variations
''Raymonda Variations'', formerly titled ''Valses et Variations'', is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to excepts from Alexander Glazunov's score for the 1898 ballet '' Raymonda''. Instead of following the plot of the 1898 ballet, the ...
''
*1968 ''Requiem Canticles
''Requiem Canticles'' is a 15-minute composition by Igor Stravinsky, for contralto and bass soli, chorus, and orchestra. Stravinsky completed the work in 1966, and it received its first performance that same year.
The work is a partial setting o ...
''
*1980 '' Robert Schumann’s ''Davidsbündlertänze''''
*1967 ''Rubies
A ruby is a pinkish red to blood-red colored gemstone, a variety of the mineral corundum ( aluminium oxide). Ruby is one of the most popular traditional jewelry gems and is very durable. Other varieties of gem-quality corundum are called sap ...
''
*1972 ''Scherzo à la russe''
*1952 ''Scotch Symphony
''Scotch Symphony'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, "Scottish". The ballet is inspired by Scotland, and evokes the style of the romantic ballet era, particularly ''La Sylphide'', which is set in Sc ...
''
*1935 '' Serenade''
*1936 ''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue'' is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy '' On Your Toes''. ''Slaughter'' is the story of a hoofer who ...
''
*1975 '' Sonatine''
*1968 '' La source (Balanchine), La source''
*1957 '' Square Dance''
*1958 '' Stars and Stripes''
*1975 ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (Danish: ''Den standhaftige tinsoldat'') is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A. Reitzel on 2 Octob ...
''
*1972 '' Stravinsky Violin Concerto''
*1951 '' Swan Lake'' (Act 2)
*1950 ''Sylvia Pas de Deux''
*1947 ''Symphonie Concertante''
*1947 '' Symphony in C''
*1972 ''Symphony in Three Movements
The Symphony in Three Movements is a work by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky wrote the symphony from 1942–45 on commission by the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York. It was premièred by the New York Philharmoni ...
''
*1982 ''Tango
Tango is a partner dance and social dance that originated in the 1880s along the Río de la Plata, the natural border between Argentina and Uruguay. The tango was born in the impoverished port areas of these countries as the result of a combina ...
''
*1964 ''Tarantella
() is a group of various southern Italian folk dances originating in the regions of Calabria, Campania and Puglia. It is characterized by a fast upbeat tempo, usually in time (sometimes or ), accompanied by tambourines. It is among the mo ...
''
*1947 '' Theme and Variations''
*1975 ''Le tombeau de Couperin
''Le Tombeau de Couperin'' (''The Couperin's Grave'') is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917. The piece is in six movements, based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated to the mem ...
''
*1960 ''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 ...
''
*1941 '' Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2''
*1970 '' Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3''
*1975 ''Tzigane''
*1976 ''Union Jack
The Union Jack, or Union Flag, is the ''de facto'' national flag of the United Kingdom. Although no law has been passed making the Union Flag the official national flag of the United Kingdom, it has effectively become such through precedent. ...
''
*1967 ''Valse-Fantaisie''
*1966 ''Variations
Variation or Variations may refer to:
Science and mathematics
* Variation (astronomy), any perturbation of the mean motion or orbit of a planet or satellite, particularly of the moon
* Genetic variation, the difference in DNA among individuals ...
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*1982 '' Variations for Orchestra''
*1974 ''Variations pour une porte et un soupir''
*1977 ''Vienna Waltzes
''Vienna Waltzes'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Johann Strauss II, Franz Lehár and Richard Strauss, made as a tribute to Austria. It premiered on June 23, 1977 at the New York State Theater, performed by the N ...
''
*1980 ''Walpurgisnacht Ballet
''Walpurgisnacht Ballet'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine for a 1975 production of Gounod's 1859 ''Faust'' at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Paris, including Gounod's addit ...
''
*1954 ''Western Symphony
''Western Symphony'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to American folk tunes arranged by Hershy Kay. It premiered on September 7, 1954 at the City Center of Music and Drama in New ...
''
*1970 '' Who Cares?''
*1936 ''Zenobia
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''
By company
For Ballets Russes
* ''Le Chant du rossignol
''Le chant du rossignol'' (English: ''The Song of the Nightingale'') is a symphonic poem written by Igor Stravinsky in 1917. The score is adapted from his earlier work, '' Le rossignol'' (''The Nightingale''), an opera from 1914. The opera, based ...
'' (''The Song of the Nightingale'') (1925)
* ''Jack in the Box
Jack in the Box is an American fast-food restaurant chain founded February 21, 1951, by Robert O. Peterson (1916–1994) in San Diego, California, where it is headquartered. The chain has over 2,200 locations, primarily serving the West Coast ...
'' (1926)
* ''Pastorale'' (1926)
* ''Barabau'' (1926)
* ''La Chatte'' (1927)
* ''Le Triomphe de Neptune'' (1927)
* ''Apollo
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'' (1928)
* '' The Prodigal Son'' (1929)
* ''Le Bal'' (1929)
For Ballet Russe de Monte-Carlo
* ''Cotillon'' (1932) * ''Concurrence'' (1932) * ''Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a Play (theatre), play intermingled with music, dance and singing – wri ...
'' (1932 and 1944)
* ''Balustrade'' (1941)
* ''Danses concertantes
' is the title of a work for chamber orchestra written in 1941–42 by Igor Stravinsky, commissioned by Werner Janssen. Stravinsky's music has been used for eponymous ballets by numerous choreographers attracted by its danceability.
Balanchine ...
'' (1944 and 1972)
* ''Song of Norway'' (1944)
* ''Pas de Deux (Grand adagio)'' (1945)
* ''La Sonnambula
''La sonnambula'' (''The Sleepwalker'') is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the ''bel canto'' tradition by Vincenzo Bellini set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ''ballet-pantomime'' written by Eu ...
'' (1946)
* ''The Night Shadow'' (1946)
* ''Raymonda
''Raymonda'' (russian: Раймонда) is a ballet in three acts, four scenes with an apotheosis, choreographed by Marius Petipa to music by Alexander Glazunov, his Opus 57. It was first presented by the Imperial Ballet at the Imperial Mariinsky ...
'' (1946)
For Les Ballets 1933
* ''The Seven Deadly Sins The seven deadly sins is a classification of vices used in Christian teachings.
Seven deadly sins may also refer to:
Art
* ''The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things'', a 1485 painting by Hieronymus Bosch
* '' The Seven Deadly Sins of Moder ...
'' (1933)
* ''Errante'' (1933)
* ''Les Songes'' (1933)
* ''Fastes'' (1933)
For the American Ballet
* ''Alma Mater'' (1934) * ''Les Songes'' (''Dreams'') (1934) * '' Mozartiana'' (1934) * '' Serenade'' (1935) * ''Errante'' (1935) * ''Reminiscence'' (1935) * '' Jeu de cartes'' (variously, ''Card Game'' or ''The Card Party'') (1937) * ''Le Baiser de la Fée'' (originally titled ''The Fairy's Kiss'') (1937)For Broadway
*''Ziegfeld Follies of 1936
''The Ziegfeld Follies of 1936'' is a musical revue with lyrics by Ira Gershwin, music by Vernon Duke and sketches by Gershwin and David Freedman. The Ziegfeld Follies were a series of revues presented from 1907 through 1931, 1934, 1936, 1943, a ...
''
** ''Words without Music: A Surrealist Ballet,'' a production number for the singing and dancing ensemble
** ''Night Flight,'' a solo for Harriet Hoctor
** ''5 A.M.,'' a number for Josephine Baker and male dancers
*''On Your Toes
''On Your Toes'' (1936) is a musical with a book by Richard Rodgers, George Abbott, and Lorenz Hart, music by Rodgers, and lyrics by Hart. It was adapted into a film in 1939.
While teaching music at Knickerbocker University, Phil "Junior" Dol ...
'' (1936), music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Lorenz Hart; starring Tamara Geva and Ray Bolger
** ''Princess Zenobia Ballet'' (1936)
** ''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue
''Slaughter on Tenth Avenue'' is a ballet with music by Richard Rodgers and choreography by George Balanchine. It occurs near the end of Rodgers and Hart's 1936 Broadway musical comedy '' On Your Toes''. ''Slaughter'' is the story of a hoofer who ...
'' (1936)
:::''This dramatic ballet served as the climax of this musical production and has subsequently been presented as a stand-alone piece; however, several of the sung numbers in the show featured dance routines as well, notably the title number''.
* ''Babes in Arms'' (1937), by Rodgers and Hart
* ''I Married an Angel'' (1938), by Rodgers and Hart; starring Vera Zorina
* ''The Boys from Syracuse'' (1938), by Rodgers and Hart
* ''Great Lady'' (1938), music by Frederick Loewe
* ''Keep Off the Grass'' (1940), a musical revue
* ''Louisiana Purchase'' (1940), music and lyrics by Irving Berlin; with William Gaxton and Vera Zorina
* ''Cabin in the Sky'' (1940), music by Vernon Duke, lyrics by John Latouche; starring Ethel Waters and Katherine Dunham, who collaborated with Balanchine on the choreography
* ''The Lady Comes Across'' (1942), by Duke and Latouche; a notable flop
* ''Rosalinda'' (1942), an operetta with music by Johann Strauss
* ''The Merry Widow'' (1943), an operetta with music by Franz Lehár
* ''What's Up?'' (1943), lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, music by Frederick Loewe
* ''Dream with Music'' (1944), a musical fantasy starring Vera Zorina
* ''Song of Norway'' (1944), an operetta based on the life and music of Edvard Grieg
Edvard Hagerup Grieg ( , ; 15 June 18434 September 1907) was a Norwegian composer and pianist. He is widely considered one of the foremost Romantic era composers, and his music is part of the standard classical repertoire worldwide. His use of ...
; Balanchine's most successful Broadway show
* ''Mr. Strauss Goes to Boston'' (1945), another flop
* ''The Chocolate Soldier'' (1947), an operetta with music by Oscar Straus
* ''Where's Charley?'' lyrics and music by Frank Loesser, a long-running show starring Ray Bolger
* ''Courtin' Time'' (1951), music and lyrics by Don Walker and Jack Lawrence
* ''House of Flowers'' (1954), music by Harold Arlen
Harold Arlen (born Hyman Arluck; February 15, 1905 – April 23, 1986) was an American composer of popular music, who composed over 500 songs, a number of which have become known worldwide. In addition to composing the songs for the 1939 film ...
, lyrics by Truman Capote and Harold Arlen; starring Pearl Bailey
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, Diahann Carroll
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, and Juanita Hall
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; Balanchine's choreography was rearranged by Herbert Ross before the Broadway opening
For Hollywood
* ''The Goldwyn Follies'' (1938), with Vera Zorina and William Dollar as principal dancers ** "Romeo and Juliet," with ballet dancers as the Capulets and tap dancers as the Montagues ** "Water Nymph Ballet," in which Zorina rose from the depths of a pool * ''On Your Toes'' (1939), the film version of the Broadway show, starring Vera Zorina and Eddie Albert * ''I Was an Adventuress'' (1940), starring Vera Zorina * ''Star Spangled Rhythm'' (1942), a wartime morale booster for military troops ** "That Old Black Magic," sung by Johnny Johnston, danced by Vera Zorina * ''Follow the Boys'' (1944), with Vera Zorina and George RaftFor American Ballet Caravan
* ''Ballet Imperial'' (1941; renamed '' Tschaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 2'' in 1973) * ''Concerto Barocco
''Concerto Barocco'' is a neoclassical ballet made for students at the School of American Ballet by George Balanchine, subsequently ballet master and co-founder of New York City Ballet, to Johann Sebastian Bach's Concerto in D minor for Two V ...
'' (1941)
For the Ballet del Teatro de Colón
* Mozart ''Violin Concerto'' (1942)For Ballet Theatre
* Waltz Academy (1944) * '' Theme and Variations'' (1947)For Ballet Society
* ''The Four Temperaments
''The Four Temperaments'' or Theme and Four Variations (''The Four Temperaments'') is an orchestral work and ballet by Paul Hindemith. Although it was originally conceived as a ballet for Léonide Massine, the score was ultimately completed a ...
'' (1946)
* ''L'enfant et Les Sortilèges'' (''The Spellbound Child'') (1946)Balanchine had created ballet sequences for Ravel
Joseph Maurice Ravel (7 March 1875 – 28 December 1937) was a French composer, pianist and conductor. He is often associated with Impressionism in music, Impressionism along with his elder contemporary Claude Debussy, although both composer ...
's opera ''L'enfant et les sortilèges
''L'enfant et les sortilèges: Fantaisie lyrique en deux parties'' (''The Child and the Spells: A Lyric Fantasy in Two Parts'') is an opera in one act, with music by Maurice Ravel to a libretto by Colette. It is Ravel's second opera, his first be ...
'' with singers of the Monte Carlo Opera and dancers from the Ballets Russes
The Ballets Russes () was an itinerant ballet company begun in Paris that performed between 1909 and 1929 throughout Europe and on tours to North and South America. The company never performed in Russia, where the Revolution disrupted society. A ...
for the 1925 Monte Carlo
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premiere; this is not however listed as a Ballets Russes production.
* ''Haieff Divertimento'' (1947)
* ''Symphonie Concertante'' (1947)
* ''Orpheus
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'' (1948)
For the Paris Opera Ballet
* '' Palais de Cristal'' (renamed '' Symphony in C'') (1947)For Le Grand Ballet du Marquis de Cuevas
* ''Pas de Trois Classique'' (also known as ''Minkus Pas de Trois'') (1948)For New York City Ballet
* ''La Sonnambula
''La sonnambula'' (''The Sleepwalker'') is an opera semiseria in two acts, with music in the ''bel canto'' tradition by Vincenzo Bellini set to an Italian libretto by Felice Romani, based on a scenario for a ''ballet-pantomime'' written by Eu ...
'' (1946)
* ''Bourrée Fantasque'' (1949)
* ''The Firebird
''The Firebird'' (french: L'Oiseau de feu, link=no; russian: Жар-птица, Zhar-ptitsa, link=no) is a ballet and orchestral concert work by the Russian composer Igor Stravinsky. It was written for the 1910 Paris season of Sergei Diaghilev' ...
'' (1949; later revised with Jerome Robbins
Jerome Robbins (born Jerome Wilson Rabinowitz; October 11, 1918 – July 29, 1998) was an American dancer, choreographer, film director, theatre director and producer who worked in classical ballet, on stage, film, and television.
Among his nu ...
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* ''Sylvia Pas De Deux'' (1950)
* '' Swan Lake'' (after Lev Ivanov
Lev Ivanovich Ivanov (russian: link=no, Лев Ива́нович Ива́нов; 2 March 1834, Moscow – 24 December 1901, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian ballet dancer and choreographer and later, Second Balletmaster of the Imperial Ballet. ...
)'' (1951)
* '' La Valse'' (1951)
* ''Harlequinade Pas De Deux
''Les Millions d'Arlequin'' (English: ''Harlequin's Millions'') (Russian: "Миллионы Арлекина", ''Milliony Arlekina'') also known under the title ''Harlequinade'' (Russian: "Арлекинада", ''Arlekinada'') is a ''ballet co ...
'' (1952)
* ''Metamorphoses'' (1952)
* ''Scotch Symphony
''Scotch Symphony'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Mendelssohn's Symphony No. 3, "Scottish". The ballet is inspired by Scotland, and evokes the style of the romantic ballet era, particularly ''La Sylphide'', which is set in Sc ...
'' (1952)
* ''Valse Fantaisie'' (1953/1967)
* ''The Nutcracker
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'' (1954)
* ''Ivesiana
''Ivesiana'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to compositions by Charles Ives. The ballet premiered on September 14, 1954, four months after Ives's death, at the City Center of Music and Drama, performed by the New York City Ball ...
'' (1954)
* ''Western Symphony
''Western Symphony'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine to American folk tunes arranged by Hershy Kay. It premiered on September 7, 1954 at the City Center of Music and Drama in New ...
'' (1954)
* ''Glinka Pas De Trois'' (1955)
* ''Pas De Dix'' (1955)
* '' Divertimento No. 15'' (1956)
* ''Allegro Brillante
''Allegro Brillante'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 3. The ballet is danced by a principal couple and a corps de ballet of eight. Balanchine said it "contains everything I knew about classic ...
'' (1956)
* '' Agon'' (1957)
* '' Square Dance'' (1957)
* ''Gounod Symphony'' (1958)
* '' Stars and Stripes'' (a ballet in five "campaigns") (1958)
* ''Episodes
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* Episode
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The noun ''episode'' is derived from the Greek ...
'' (1959)
* ''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 ...
'' (1960)
* ''Monumentum pro Gesualdo
''Monumentum pro Gesualdo'' is a ballet by the New York City Ballet (NYCB) co-founder and balletmaster George Balanchine to music by Igor Stravinsky composed in honor of the 400th birthday of the composer Carlo Gesualdo and consisting of Stravins ...
'' (1960)
* ''Donizetti Variations'' (1960)
* '' Liebeslieder Walzer'' (1960)
* ''Raymonda Variations
''Raymonda Variations'', formerly titled ''Valses et Variations'', is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to excepts from Alexander Glazunov's score for the 1898 ballet '' Raymonda''. Instead of following the plot of the 1898 ballet, the ...
'' (1961)
* '' A Midsummer Night's Dream'' (1962)
* ''Bugaku
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'' (1963)
* ''Meditation
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'' (1963)
* ''Movements for Piano and Orchestra
''Movements'' is a sequence of five pieces for piano and orchestra by Igor Stravinsky lasting under ten minutes altogether. It was written during his Serial period and shows his dedication to that idiom as well as the influence of Anton Webern.
...
'' (1963)
* ''Harlequinade
''Harlequinade'' is a British comic theatrical genre, defined by the ''Oxford English Dictionary'' as "that part of a pantomime in which the harlequin and clown play the principal parts". It developed in England between the 17th and mid-19th cent ...
'' (1965)
* ''Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet
''Brahms–Schoenberg Quartet'' is a one-act ballet by George Balanchine, to Johannes Brahms's Piano Quartet No. 1, orchestrated by Arnold Schoenberg. The ballet premiered on April 21, 1966 at the New York State Theater, performed by the New ...
'' (1966)
* ''Jewels
A gemstone (also called a fine gem, jewel, precious stone, or semiprecious stone) is a piece of mineral crystal which, in cut and polished form, is used to make jewelry or other adornments. However, certain rocks (such as lapis lazuli, opal, a ...
'' (1967)
** ''Emeralds
Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineral beryl (Be3Al2(SiO3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium or sometimes vanadium.Hurlbut, Cornelius S. Jr. and Kammerling, Robert C. (1991) ''Gemology'', John Wiley & Sons, New York, p. ...
''
** ''Rubies
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''
** ''Diamonds
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''
* '' La Source'' (1968)
* '' Who Cares?'' (1970)
* '' Tschaikovsky Suite No. 3'' (1970)
* Stravinsky Festival (1972)
** ''Pulcinella
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'' (with Jerome Robbins
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Among his nu ...
)
** '' Stravinsky Violin Concerto''
** ''Symphony in Three Movements
The Symphony in Three Movements is a work by Russian expatriate composer Igor Stravinsky. Stravinsky wrote the symphony from 1942–45 on commission by the Philharmonic Symphony Society of New York. It was premièred by the New York Philharmoni ...
''
** ''Duo Concertant
Duo Concertant is a 1932 composition for violin and piano by Igor Stravinsky. The impetus for this piece came from neo-classical literature and this is reflected in the names of the movements:
Stravinsky dedicated Duo Concertant to Samuel Dush ...
''
** ''Lost Sonata''
** ''Divertimento from "Le Baiser de la fée"''
** ''Choral Variations on Bach's "Vom Himmel Hoch"''
** ''Danses Concertantes''
** ''Scherzo Á La Russe''
* ''Cortège Hongrois'' (1973)
* ''Coppélia
''Coppélia'' (sometimes subtitled: ''La Fille aux Yeux d'Émail'' (The Girl with the Enamel Eyes)) is a comic ballet from 1870 originally choreographed by Arthur Saint-Léon to the music of Léo Delibes, with libretto by Charles-Louis-Éti ...
'' (1974)
* ''Variations pour une porte et un soupir'' (1974)
* Ravel Festival (1975)
** '' Sonatine''
** ''Tzigane''
** ''Le tombeau de Couperin
''Le Tombeau de Couperin'' (''The Couperin's Grave'') is a suite for solo piano by Maurice Ravel, composed between 1914 and 1917. The piece is in six movements, based on those of a traditional Baroque suite. Each movement is dedicated to the mem ...
''
** ''Pavane''
** '' Shéhérazade''
** ''Gaspard de la Nuit
''Gaspard de la nuit'' (subtitled ''Trois poèmes pour piano d'après Aloysius Bertrand''), M. 55 is a suite of piano pieces by Maurice Ravel, written in 1908. It has three movements, each based on a poem or ''fantaisie'' from the collection '' ...
''
** ''Rapsodie Espagnole''
* ''The Steadfast Tin Soldier
"The Steadfast Tin Soldier" (Danish: ''Den standhaftige tinsoldat'') is a literary fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen about a tin soldier's love for a paper ballerina. The tale was first published in Copenhagen by C.A. Reitzel on 2 Octob ...
'' (1975)
* ''Chaconne
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'' (1976)
* ''Union Jack
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'' (1976)
* ''Vienna Waltzes
''Vienna Waltzes'' is a ballet choreographed by George Balanchine to music by Johann Strauss II, Franz Lehár and Richard Strauss, made as a tribute to Austria. It premiered on June 23, 1977 at the New York State Theater, performed by the N ...
'' (1977)
* '' Ballo della Regina'' (1978)
* '' Kammermusik No. 2'' (1978)
* ''Robert Schumann's Davidsbündlertänze
''Robert Schumann’s “Davidsbündlertänze”'' is one of the last major works made by New York City Ballet's founding choreographer and balletmaster-in-chief, George Balanchine. It is set to Robert Schumann's ''Davidsbündlertänze'' (''Dance ...
'' (1980)
* ''Walpurgisnacht Ballet
''Walpurgisnacht Ballet'' is a ballet made by New York City Ballet's co-founder and founding choreographer George Balanchine for a 1975 production of Gounod's 1859 ''Faust'' at the Théâtre National de l'Opéra, Paris, including Gounod's addit ...
'' (1980)
* Tschaikovsky Festival (1981)
** ''Garland Dance'' from '' The Sleeping Beauty''
** '' Mozartiana''
* Stravinsky Centennial Celebration (1982)
** ''Élégie''
For New York City Opera
* ''Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
''Le Bourgeois gentilhomme'' (, translated as ''The Bourgeois Gentleman'', ''The Middle-Class Aristocrat'', or ''The Would-Be Noble'') is a five-act ''comédie-ballet'' – a Play (theatre), play intermingled with music, dance and singing – wri ...
'' (1979)
Notes
NYC Ballet Premiere May 15, 1975, New York State Theater, Ravel Festival, as ''L'Enfant et les Sortilèges''. https://www.nycballet.com/ballets/s/the-spellbound-child.aspxExternal links
List of ballets
on the website of the Balanchine Trust {{Balanchine ballets Balanchine, George