''Designs with Strings'', also ''Designs for Strings'' (french: Dessins pour six or ''pour les six''; da, Variationer), is a

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choreographed by

John Taras John Taras (April 18, 1919 – April 2, 2004) was an American ballet master, repetiteur, and choreographer. Early life and education Born on the Lower East Side of New York City to Ukrainian parents, he was sent at age 16 to study balle ...

to music from the second movement of

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's Trio in A minor. It was first performed on 6 February 1948 in Edinburgh by the

Metropolitan Ballet Metropolitan Ballet was a short lived British ballet company. Founded in 1947 by Cecelia Blatch and Leon Hepner, the company performed in London and on tour in the provinces and abroad, staging shortened versions of the classics, some of the Diaghi ...

.American Ballet Theatre: Designs with Strings
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*''The Oxford Dictionary of Dance'' (p.131), Debra Craine, Judith Mackrell, 2nd ed 2010 ] 1948 ballet premieres Ballets by John Taras Ballets to the music of Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky {{ballet-stub