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

ballet Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form ...

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