Repertoire
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A Farewell to Music (2002)
Company Premiere: October 23, 2002
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Choreography by Anthony Morgan
Costume Design by Kate Burrows
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Afternoon of a Faun (1953)
Company Premiere: September 27, 2001
Music by Claude Debussy
Choreography by Jerome Robbins
Costume Design by Holly Hynes after Irene Sharaff
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Pas de Deux from Agon (1957)
Company Premiere: December 5, 2003
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Apollo (1928)
Company Premiere: September 27, 2001
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes after Karinska
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
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Ballade* (1980)
Company Premiere: November 23, 2007
Music by Gabriel Faure
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by Jeff Bruckerhoff
Bugaku (1963)
Company Premiere: November 20, 2007
Music by Toshiro Mayuzumi
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Karinska courtesy of
San Francisco Ballet
Set Design by David Hays courtesy of
San Francisco Ballet
Original Lighting Design by Ronald Bates
adapted by Jeff Bruckerhoff
Fourth Movement of Brahms-Schoenberg Quartet (1966)
Company Premiere: November 23, 2007
Music by Johannes Brahms
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Judanna Lynn courtesy of Pacific Northwest Ballet
Lighting Design by Jeff Bruckerhoff
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Chaconne (1976)
Company Premiere: October 25, 2002
Music by Christoph Willibald von Gluck
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Contrapuntal Blues pas de deux from Clarinade* (1964)
Company Premiere: November 22, 2005
Music by Morton Gould
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Adagio from Concierto de Mozart* (1942)
Company Premiere: June 6, 2007
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
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Divertimento Brillante* (1955)
Company Premiere: June 8, 2007
Music by Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Divertimento No. 15 (1956)
Company Premiere: September 15, 2000
Music by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Balanchine's Don Quixote* (1965)
Company Premiere: June 22, 2005
(Pas de Deux Mauresque premiered December 5, 2003)
Music by Nicolas Nabokov
Choreography by George Balanchine
Set Design by Zack Brown
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by Brad Fields
Duo Concertant (1972)
Company Premiere: September 28, 2001
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Original Lighting Design by Ronald Bates adapted by J. Russell Sandifer
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The Unanswered Question from Ivesiana (1954)
Company Premiere: December 5, 2003
Music by Charles Ives
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
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La Sonnambula (1946)
Company Premiere: September 28, 2001
Music by Vittorio Rieti
Choreography by George Balanchine
Set Design by James Morgan courtesy of Kansas City Ballet
Principals Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Soloist and Corps de Ballet Costumes courtesy of Kansas City Ballet
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
La Source (1968)
Company Premiere: November 22, 2005
Music by Léo Delibes
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Freda Bromberg after Karinska
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
La Valse (1951)
Company Premiere: November 22, 2005
(Pas de Deux premiered December 5, 2003)
Music by Maurice Ravel
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume design by Karinska
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
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Meditation (1963)
Company Premiere: December 5, 2003
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Monumentum Pro Gesualdo (1960)
Company Premiere: September 28, 2001
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Movements for Piano and Orchestra (1963)
Company Premiere: September 28, 2001
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Mozartiana (1933)
Company Premiere: October 18, 2003
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
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Pas Classique Espagnol* (1972)
Company Premiere: November 20, 2007
Music by Nicolas Nabokov
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Pithoprakta* (1968)
Company Premiere: November 23, 2007
Music by Iannis Xenakis
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
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Raymonda Variations (1961)
Company Premiere: October 23, 2002
Music by Alexander Glazunov
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Karinska courtesy of The Pennsylvania Ballet
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Scene d'amour from Romeo and Juliet (1966)
Company Premiere: June 6, 2007
Music by Hector Berlioz
Choreography by Maurice Béjart
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
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Scotch Symphony (1952)
Company Premiere: September 27, 2001
Music by Felix Mendelssohn
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Masako courtesy of Texas Ballet Theater
Additional Principal Costume Designs by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Serenade (1935)
Company Premiere: October 18, 2003
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costumes courtesy of Kansas City Ballet
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Slaughter on Tenth Avenue (1968)
Company Premiere: September 28, 2001
Music by Richard Rodgers, arr. Kay (from the musical On Your Toes, composed in 1936)
Choreography by George Balanchine
Set courtesy of Cincinnati Ballet
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Stars and Stripes (1958)
Company Premiere: December 5, 2005
Music by John Philip Sousa
Choreography by George Balanchine
Set Design by David Hayes
Costume Design by Karinska
Costumes and set courtesy of Dance Theatre of Harlem
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
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Tempo di Valse from The Nutcracker (1954)
Company Premiere: October 18, 2003
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes constructed by Crystal Thompson
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Tschaikovsky Pas de Deux (1960)
Company Premiere: October 18, 2003
Music by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costumes Design courtesy of The National Ballet of Canada
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
Tzigane (1975)
Company Premiere: October 22, 1999
Music by Maurice Ravel
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes constructed by Barbara Matera, Ltd.
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
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Variations for Orchestra* (1982)
Company Premiere: February 16, 2001
Music by Igor Stravinsky
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design by Holly Hynes
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
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Who Cares? (1970)
Company Premiere: October 23, 2002
Music by George Gershwin
Choreography by George Balanchine
Costume Design after Karinska courtesy of San Francisco Ballet
Lighting Design by J. Russell Sandifer
*These pieces are part of the Balanchine Preservation Initiative, which is a project of The Suzanne Farrell Ballet that is produced with the knowledge and cooperation of The George Balanchine Trust.
The performances of all Balanchine® Ballets are presented by arrangement with The George Balanchine Trust and have been produced in accordance with the Balanchine Style® and Balanchine Technique® Service standards established and provided by the Trust.
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