''Dance Preludes'' was a ballet made by
Miriam Mahdaviani Miriam Mahdaviani is a choreographer, a former New York City Ballet dancer and a '' repetiteur'' for the George Balanchine Trust. She has created ballets for NYCB's 1988 American Music Festival and its Diamond Project in 1992, 1994,1997, 2000 and 2 ...
of
New York City Ballet to
Witold Lutosławski's 1955 music as a ''
pièce d'occasion
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Examples
* ''The Dying ...
'' for the Dancers' Emergency Fund Benefit on 24 February 1991 at the
New York State Theater
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,
Lincoln Center. The program also included
George Balanchine
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's ''
Serenade
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'', the ''pas de deux'' from his ''
Theme and Variations
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Variation techniques
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'',
Robert La Fosse
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Principal dancers
Soloists
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Corps de ballet
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's ''
Gretry Pas de Deux'',
Sean Lavery's ''
Romeo and Juliet
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's ''
Salome Dances for Peace
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Track listing
Personnel
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'', and ended with Balanchine's ''
Stars and Stripes''.
Original cast
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Wendy Whelan
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Albert Evans
Reviews
NY Times review by Anna Kisselgoff, February 26, 1991
References
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Ballets by Miriam Mahdaviani
Ballets to the music of Witold Lutoslawski
1991 ballet premieres
New York City Ballet repertory