New York City Ballet

Intermezzo No. 1

Choreography by: Eliot Feld

Music by: Johannes Brahms

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Music: Three Intermezzi for Piano, Op. 117, No. 2; Six Piano Pieces, Op. 118, No. 2; Waltzes for Piano, Op. 39 (all waltzes except numbers 4 and 9)
Premiere: June 29, 1969, Teatro Nuovo, Spoleto, Italy
NYC Ballet Premiere: April 29, 2006, New York State Theater
Original Cast: David Coll, Alfonso Figueroa, Elizabeth Lee, Christine Sarry, John Sowinski, Cristina Stirling
NYC Ballet Original Cast: Megan Fairchild, Jenifer Ringer, Rachel Rutherford, Robert Fairchild, Charles Askegard, Tyler Angl
Length: 35 min.

Intermezzo No. 1 features three couples in festive ball attire, sweeping gracefully through alternating ensemble dances and duets. The dancers change tempo and mood from romantic waltzes to high-spirited quick steps, exhibiting the playfulness that is one of Eliot Feld’s trademarks

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