''Delight of the Muses'' is a ballet made by
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 ballet master in chief
Peter Martins
Peter Martins (born 27 October 1946) is a Danish ballet dancer and choreographer. Martins was a principal dancer with the Royal Danish Ballet and with the New York City Ballet, where he joined George Balanchine, Jerome Robbins, and John Taras as ...
to eponymous music by
Charles Wuorinen, commissioned by City Ballet as part of its commemoration of the bicentennial of the death of
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (27 January 17565 December 1791), baptised as Joannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period. Despite his short life, his rapid pace of composition r ...
. The composer has taken fragments of Mozart piano sonatas K.231 and K. 283 and music from ''
Don Giovanni'' for this tribute to Mozart. The premiere took place on 29 January 1992 at the
New York State Theater
The David H. Koch Theater is a theater for ballet, modern and other forms of dance, part of the Lincoln Center, at the intersection of Columbus Avenue and 63rd Street in the Lincoln Square neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. Originally ...
,
Lincoln Center
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.
Cast
Original
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Darci Kistler
Darci Kistler (born June 4, 1964) is an American ballerina. She is often said to be the last muse for choreographer George Balanchine.
Early life
Kistler was born in Riverside, California, the fifth child (with four older brothers) of a medic ...
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Jock Soto
Jock Soto (born 1965)Kisselgoff, Anna. "Not Only a Partner, a Dynamic Interpreter", ''The New York Times'', June 18, 2005. p. B7. is a former American ballet dancer and current ballet instructor.
Career
Jock Soto danced featured roles in over 40 ...
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Nilas Martins
Reviews
NY Times reviewby Anna Kisselgoff, January 31, 1992
by
Jennifer Dunning
Jennifer Dunning (born February 4, 1942) is a writer and critic for ''The New York Times'' on the subjects of dance and ballet. She is the author of the 1985 ''But First a School: The First Fifty Years of the School of American Ballet'', the 1996 ...
, February 15, 1993
NY Times articleby
Allan Kozinn
Allan Kozinn (born July 28, 1954) is an American journalist, music critic, and teacher.
Kozinn received bachelor's degrees in music and journalism from Syracuse University in 1976. He began freelancing as a critic and music feature writer for '' ...
, January 3, 1996
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Ballets by Peter Martins
Ballets by Charles Wuorinen
1992 ballet premieres
New York City Ballet repertory
Serial compositions