''Ragtime (II)'' is the third ballet made by

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'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, New York. The first City Ballet performance was on January 17, 1967, at

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. The previous ballets made to Stravinsky's ''Ragtime'' were ''

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 ...

'' for City Ballet in 1960 and one of a number of "informal little things" made in St. Petersburg in 1922.New York City Center, '' Playbill'' I:10, December 2, 1957

Original cast

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* Arthur Mitchell

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